CAPTAIN GEORGE ROXBY obtained the position of police captain after just 11 years of service. He quickly rose through the ranks supervising his former peers, earning their respect and admiration as he focused his leadership on his desire to help those around him achieve their highest potential.

Known for taking a frontline approach and showing others that he is not above any task, Capt. Roxby takes an active role in working alongside the officers under his supervision and leads with integrity, restraint, compassion, and empathy for others while demonstrating the highest levels of professionalism. One notable example of this was when he and his team were dealing with an armed individual who refused to comply with officers’ commands to drop the weapon. Capt. Roxby was able to successfully and peacefully deescalate the situation and arrest the individual without using deadly force.

Capt. Roxby grew up under tough family circumstances in the town he currently serves. Finding himself getting into trouble in his later high school years, he decided to change his path and become a police officer. He enrolled in community college to study law enforcement, but then felt a calling to serve his country after the events of 9/11. After an enlistment in the U.S. Army, honorably serving as a 19 Delta Cavalry Scout deployed in Baghdad, he returned home, finished school, and became a Highlands police officer.

To this day, Capt. Roxby takes every opportunity to guide the youth in his community toward success and uses his career and life story as a way to make an impact and keep them on the right path in life.

“I am proud to help lead a police department of officers who genuinely care for the community they serve.”