With the retirement of Deputy Chief Jim Skinner effective on July 31, Mayor Judith Sheets will promote Captain Cesar Muñoz to become the next Deputy Chief of Police. Captain Muñoz has been a member of the Frankfort Police Department since 2012. He was promoted to Captain by Chief Scott Shoemaker in July 2020.
According to Mayor Sheets, “Captain Muñoz comes highly recommended by Chief Shoemaker and Deputy Chief Skinner as well as officers at FPD. He has been a very effective leader.” Indiana State law provides that a Deputy Chief of Police in a class three city be appointed by the mayor. The appointment is effective August 1, 2022.
Current staffing provides for two patrol captains. In an effort to streamline and unify the entire patrol division, Chief Scott Shoemaker will reduce the staffing to one patrol Captain. “We essentially have two patrol divisions with the two Captains of A and B squads,” stated Chief Shoemaker. “I will reduce the division to one single Patrol Captain to command the entire patrol division.”
B Squad Patrol Captain Brady Sorrells is the other patrol captain. He will be promoted to a new division, Special Operations. This position will be third in line if the Chief of Police is incapacitated. Currently, Special Events, Traffic Unit, Narcotics Unit, School Resource Officer Unit, Code Enforcement Unit, Training, K-9, Drone, Community Outreach and Crisis Intervention and Peer Support Teams are all ran by different positions within the department. The aforementioned will be consolidated into Special Operations and commanded by Captain Sorrells. Sorrells has been a member of the Frankfort Police Department since 2012.
With the promotions of Muñoz and Sorrells, the new Captain of Patrol position is vacant. Lieutenant Evan Hall will be promoted to this position. Hall was promoted to Lieutenant in July 2020. He will command the 24-member patrol division. By creating this position, Lieutenants will be removed from the command staff and focus all of their attention to their respective patrol shifts and response to calls for service in the city. Hall has been a member of the Frankfort Police Department since 2013.
The new positions ensure we have the most effective possible policing strategies employed in our city. All promotions are effective August 1, 2022 and were approved by the Board of Public Works and Safety today.