Arizona Department of Public Safety Sergeant Daniel Heltemes has twenty years of Law Enforcement experience.  He started his career in 2000, as a dispatcher with the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office.  In 2002, he became a police officer for the Benson Police Department.  In 2006, he lateraled to the Arizona Department of Public Safety as a Trooper assigned to Metro Phoenix.  Since then he has held numerous assignments including Highway Patrol, Commercial Motor Vehicle Enforcement, and worked narcotics on the Highway Interdiction Team.  In 2013, he became a Detective and was assigned to the Major Crimes District, Special Investigations Unit.  In 2015, he was promoted to Sergeant and assigned to Internal Affairs.  In 2016, he was selected to establish and create a Facial Recognition Section at the Arizona Counter Terrorism Information Center (ACTIC).  He now oversees the Department’s very successful statewide Facial Recognition program including supervising Audio/Video and Facial Recognition examiners from several different agencies.