Williams to be promoted to lieutenant in SLTPD

Brian Williams, who has been an officer with the South Lake Tahoe Police Department since 1986, will be promoted to lieutenant July 9.

Williams, 46, spent nearly a decade in detectives. He earned certification through California’s Robert Presley Institute of Criminal Investigations in the specialties of homicide and sexual assault investigations.

He has been a sergeant for the last 10 years. His brother, Brad, is also a sergeant in the department. He did not take the test to become a lieutenant. To avoid nepotism issues, the lieutenant will not supervise his brother.

Brian Williams

Williams has a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice management, and in 2012 will complete his master’s in managerial science.

For more than a decade he has been an adjunct faculty member at Lake Tahoe Community College.

Williams fills the vacancy left when Marty Hale retired.

More changes are coming to SLTPD starting this fall when Police Chief Brian Uhler also takes over the responsibility of the fire department.

In February, after Martin Hewlett retires, the captain’s position will no longer exist.

Lt. David Stevenson is the other lieutenant in the department. The department will reduce the number sergeants from seven to five. Patrol officers will remain staffed at the current level.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report