David Joel Branch

Department	Job Title	Badge No.	Unit	Start Date	End Date
Danville Police	Corporal	313	Patrol	2021-07-01
Danville Police	Patrolman/Officer	None		2016-03-01
Danville Police	Corporal	313	Patrol	2016-03-01
Danville Police	Officer	313	Patrol	2016-03-01	2021-06-30
Danville Police	Officer-in-training		Patrol	2016-03-01	2016-10-17

Annual Salary	Overtime & Other Pay	Total Pay	Year
$61,254.46			FY2023

Incident Juan-Markee-Jones
Date	Apr 08, 2018
Time	01:30 AM
Report #	Juan-Markee-Jones
Department	Danville Police
Officers	Christopher Shane Simpkins , David Joel Branch
Description	Juan Markee Jones, 25, of Danville was shot and killed by Danville Police.

Address	Sunset Drive near Oak Street Danville, VA

Commonwealth's Attorney: 2 Danville officers justified in deadly shooting Edit Delete
"Newman also revealed that Jones... was shot by officers Christopher Simpkins and David Branch. Five shots were fired, according to Newman, two of them hitting Jones. Ballistics testing did not determine which officer fired the fatal shot... This is the second officer-involved shooting of the year." - Colter Anstaett, Heather Butterworth/WSLS, June 18, 2018
Danville Police Officers Promoted Edit Delete
"Jonathan Epps was named a lieutenant; Richard Marlowe was promoted to the rank of sergeant; and David Branch is now a corporal on the Danville Police Department... The promotions are effective July 1." - WBTM Danville, June 29, 2021
New Police Officer in Danville wants to make his city proud Edit Delete
"David Branch is one of six who just graduated from the Danville Police Academy on October 17." - Caren Pinto/WSET, Nov. 2nd 2016

Body camera footage of the fatal shooting of 25-year-old Juan Jones.
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Felipe Hemming/Danville Police Department

Officer Detail: David Joel Branch