State Police Captain Lamar Davis has been promoted to LSP Superintendent, replacing Col. Kevin Reeves who retired after three years running the department.
Governor John Bel Edwards said Davis is a 25 year LSP vet who has worked a lot of different jobs in the department.
“Whether it was patrolling, whether it was gaming, whether it was the Fusion Center information technology,” said Edwards.
Reeves is ending a 30-year career with State Police. Edwards says this retirement has been planned for about a year and is not related to the ongoing investigation into the May 2019 death of Ronald Greene, a black man who died while in State Police custody. Green’s family alleges he had been brutalized by officers leading to his death.
Edwards, a former paratrooper, said he’s a fan of Davis’ military background.
“He is a native of Baton Rouge, he has been with the State Police since 1998, and he is a member of the Army, a non-commissioned officer. He was a Command Sargent Major of a battalion in the Louisiana National Guard,” said Edwards.
Davis also has an undergrad and master’s degree from Southern University, his promotion was effective as of Friday.
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