By SALINA POST
Salina Police Chief Brad Nelson today announced the promotion of three employees in the Salina Police Department.
All of the promotions are effective as of today.
Officer Carlos Londono was promoted to sergeant and assigned to the Patrol Division.
Londono has served the Salina Police Department and the City of Salina for 17 years. During this time, he has worked as a patrol officer, field training officer, detective for the
Drug Task Force, SWAT operator, K9 officer, and detective for the Criminal Investigations Unit. He has a bachelor’s degree from Kansas State University.
Sergeant James Miller was promoted to lieutenant and assigned to the Patrol Division.
Miller has served the Salina Police Department and the City of Salina for 29 years. During this time, he has worked as a patrol officer, field training officer, master patrol officer, traffic officer, patrol sergeant, traffic sergeant, and detective sergeant assigned to the Drug Task Force.
Sergeant David Villanueva was promoted to lieutenant and assigned to the Patrol Division.
Villanueva has served the Salina Police Department and the City of Salina for eight years. During this time, he has worked as a patrol officer, field training officer, motorcycle officer, patrol sergeant, and detective sergeant assigned to the Criminal Investigations Unit. Villanueva is an Army veteran who served for 15 years in the Military Police Corps and finished his service as a Sergeant First Class. He also served as a police officer in the Oxnard,
Calif., Police Department for 18 years, retiring in 2013. He worked in patrol, administration, investigations, and his last assignment was the sergeant in charge of the Major Crimes (Homicide) Unit. Villanueva holds two bachelor’s degrees from Jacksonville State University, Alabama, and a master’s segree from Boston University.