INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Indiana Department of Natural Resources has announced that Conservation Officer Robert Klakamp has been selected the 2018 District 6 Officer of the Year. The nine-county district covers Bartholomew, Brown, Johnson, Monroe, Shelby, Morgan, Hancock, Marion, and Hendricks counties.
Klakamp is currently assigned to Brown County. He was raised in Jackson County and has been a conservation officer for a little more than two years. Klakamp serves the division as a certified breath test operator, a venomous snake handler, and is also a certified EMT.
He will now be in the running for the Pitzer Award, which is given to the top overall Conservation Officer in the Hoosier state. The Pitzer award recipient will be selected from the 10 district award winners.