Officer Walter Barrett has been a member of the Tazewell Police Department for over 20 years. Throughout his extensive experience in law enforcement Officer Barrett has attended several training courses such as DWI Detection and Field Sobriety School, Drug Enforcement Training, Terrorist Bombing Awareness, Fingerprint Analysis, Alcohol Countermeasures, Tactical Baton Training, Level I in Hazardous Materials Emergencies, and training in International Terrorism Recognition.

 Recently he graduated from Southwest Virginia Community College with a Certificate in Law Enforcement.