Benny Westcott
Twenty-nine-year-old Daniel Gerkman may be new to policing, but the blue runs in his family blood.
His father, Tim, is a Gladstone Police Department lieutenant who previously spent 33 years on the Gresham force, working his way up to captain. Brother Brian began with Fairview in 2012, four years before the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office took over that department. He was promoted to sergeant within the MCSO in 2020.
Now, Daniel’s following in…