TIM CEPLINA
• Rank: Chief (27 years with HPD)
• Age: 51
• Badge number: 801
DAVID KIDWELL
• Rank: Corporal (32 years with HPD)
• Age: 53
• Badge number: 802
BRAD EVANS
• Rank: Lieutenant (15 years with HPD)
• Age: 37
• Badge number: 803
MATT WOODMANSEE
• Rank: Sergeant (nine years with HPD)
• Age: 30
• Badge number: 802
JOSH GREEN
• Rank: School Resource Officer (two years with HPD)
• Age: 32
• Badge number: 804
ADAM STEVENSON
• Rank: Patrolman (one year with HPD)
• Age: 27
• Badge number: 806
TRAVIS THOMPSON
• Rank: Patrolman (one year with HPD)
• Age: 27
• Badge number: 807
JASON WINK
• Rank: Patrolman (recent hire with HPD)
• Age: 23
• Badge number: 809
• The Houston Police Department has three reserve officers: Jeremy St. John, B.J. Adler and Brian Algire.
Additionally, all officers now have mobile data terminals (MDT) in their vehicles that can be used at all times for accessing information, communicating without using radio and even writing case reports.
“It all comes down to making this a safer place to live and raise a family,” Ceplina said. “People want safety and security in their lives, and we get that.
Ceplina has been with the department for 27 years. He became chief in October 2015.
“Myself and all of the officers greatly appreciate the support from the community that we’ve had in the past and we hope it continues in the future,” he said.
“Houston has always been a very police-positive community, and we don’t take that lightly.”