Captain Ron Hutchison

Captain Ron Hutchison works under the supervision of Deputy Chief Mike Ingram and Chief of Police Steve Sanders. Captain Hutchison started his law enforcement career with the Clovis Police Department in December of 1984. Captain Hutchison has been assigned to the Clovis Police K-9 Unit and the Clovis Police Traffic Division as the designated D.W.I. Unit. Captain Hutchison has attended and completed advanced training in D.W.I. Detection, Apprehension and Prosecution, Basic and Advanced Accident Investigation, Standardized Field Sobriety and Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus, High Risk Warrant Service, Interviews and Interrogations, Drug Interdiction, Basic and Advanced Special Weapons and Tactics and Traffic Accident Reconstruction. Captain Hutchison was a member of the Clovis Police Special Response Team (SWAT Team) for 18 years and was Unit Commander. Captain Hutchison is currently the Commander of the Support Services Division, which encompasses the Special Operations Unit made up of Criminal Investigations and Crisis Negotiations, consisting of Detectives and Drug Task Force Agents, the Property and Evidence Unit, Property Quartermaster, Records Division and the department’s Custodial Services. Captain Hutchison has served several years as both the Field Services Division Captain and the Support Services Division Captain at different times.      

Captain Hutchison is a 2003 graduate of the Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy (Police Command College) in Quantico, Virginia. Captain Hutchison is certified by the International Association of Chief’s of Police as a Drug Recognition Expert. Captain Hutchison is certified by the State of New Mexico as a Police Instructor for: Accident Investigation, Police Emergency Driving, Special Weapons and Tactics, Critical Incident Management, Patrol Response to Violent School Incidents and Standardized Field Sobriety and Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus.

Captain Hutchison has received two Meritorious Service Awards, along with numerous letters of appreciation.

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