Elizabethton Police Department promotes two officers to new rank
Published 2:28 pm Friday, July 19, 2024
Photo Contributed/Ivan Sanders - City of Elizabethton PIO/Elizabethton City Clerk Preston Cobb administers the oath of Captain to EPD Sergeant David Johnson.
Photo Contributed/Ivan Sanders - City of Elizabethton PIO/Hannah Johnson pins Captain bars on her husband, David, after Johnson was sworn in as the EPD's newest Captain.
Photo Contributed/Ivan Sanders - City of Elizabethton PIO/City Clerk Preston Cobb administers the oath of Sergeant to EPD's Corporal Lance Peters.
Photo Contributed/Ivan Sanders - City of Elizabethton PIO/Frank Peters does the honor of pinning Sergeant bars on his son, Lance, who was sworn in as the EPD's newest Sergeant.
Photo Contributed/Ivan Sanders - City of Elizabethton PIO/EPD Chief Jason Shaw (center) is flanked by his two newly promoted officers, Captain David Johnson (left) and Sergeant Lance Peters (right).
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BY IVAN SANDERS
CITY OF ELIZABETHTON PIO
Due to a recent resignation within the department of an EPD Captain, the department announced two promotional opportunities were created as a result.
The department promotes officers based on merit and conducts a promotional process to gauge whether the candidate possesses the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to be promoted.
David Johnson successfully completed the promotional process and was sworn in on Thursday as he prepares to assume the role of Patrol Captain at the department.
Johnson has been an officer at the Elizabethton Police Department since 2015. He has served as a patrol officer and was advanced to the rank of Corporal in 2020 before being promoted to Patrol Sergeant in 2022.
He assists heavily in the department’s training program. In addition to being a field training officer, Johnson is a defensive tactics, firearms, and DUI Enforcement Instructor. He holds certification in traffic crash reconstruction and is part of the Specialized Traffic Accident Reconstruction Team and is a drug recognition expert.
Johnson is also a member of the Special Response Team and has been the team commander since July 2023.
Lance Peters was sworn in on Thursday as he prepares to assume the role of Patrol Sergeant. Peters has been an officer with the police department since January 2018. He has served as a patrol officer since that time and was advanced to the rank of Corporal in January 2022.
Peters serves on the department’s Special Response Team. He is also a bicycle patrol officer, one of the department’s field training officers, and is a first aid instructor.
Both officers will officially assume their new ranks effective July 28.
