Metro captain retires after 36 years on job

Thursday, June 29, 2000 | 10:53 a.m.

Metro Police Capt. Frank Barker retired this week after more than 36 years with the department.

Barker, 58, became a Clark County Sheriff's deputy on May 18, 1964, and retired Monday as a Metro Police captain. Barker, one of the longest-serving officers with Metro, started when the department had about 100 deputies and leaves a department that has more than 1,600 officers.

"When I started, there was only one stoplight in the county. The city had a bunch, but there was only in the county," Barker said. "It was really a small town then."

Barker was promoted to sergeant in 1967, and when the Metro Police Department was formed in 1973, he was assigned to the newly formed Internal Affairs Bureau. He was promoted to lieutenant in 1974 and promoted to captain in 1988.

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