After a promotional process consisting of a series of tests as outlined in the City’s Personnel Manual, Sergeant Matt Sexton received the top score in the process, earning the promotion to Captain.  Captain Sexton will be assigned to lead patrol shift 2 beginning today.  He has been an officer with the Elizabethton Police Department since 2009, and has served in various capacities. He has worked as a patrol officer, then as the public housing officer, has worked in the Criminal Investigation Division as a Vice investigator, before returning to the patrol division and receiving a promotion to Sergeant in 2018.

Also effective today, Captain Chris Bowers began a new assignment as the departments’ Criminal Investigations Commander.  Captain Bowers has been leading patrol shift 2 since his promotion to captain in 2018.  He has been an officer with the Elizabethton Police Department since 2005 and has served as a patrol officer, public housing officer, as an investigator, was promoted to Sergeant and served in CID in 2012, and has served as Patrol Sergeant.

Next month, several of the police department’s Corporals will challenge the process to be promoted to Sergeant.        

Alert sent on 10/12/2020 at 3:04PM EDT

Captain Matt Sexton	Captain Chris Bowers

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