Chief W.H.‘Skip‘ Holbrook announces that several senior members of the Columbia Police Department‘s (CPD) Command Staff have been sworn in as part of the South Carolina Chapter of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executive Board (NOBLE).
2023 Executive Board:
Deputy Chief Melron Kelly – President- Columbia Police Department
Lieutenant Fred Bryant – Vice President-Columbia Police Department
Captain Aaron Dobbs – Secretary – City of Aiken Department of Public Safety
Captain Kellie Yates – Treasurer- Columbia Police Department
Chief Tonia Alston – Parliamentarian – SC State Museum
Deputy Chief Tyrone Simmons – Sergeant At Arms – Mt. Pleasant Police Department
The National NOBLE Board was established in 1976 and ‘has served as the conscience of law enforcement by being committed to justice by action.’
According to organizers, NOBLE has nearly 60 chapters and represents over 3,000 members worldwide that represent chief executive officers and command-level law enforcement officials from federal, state, county, and municipal law enforcement agencies, and criminal justice practitioners.
More information: https://noblenational.org/
Additional CPD Members for SC Chapter:
Chief W.H. “Skip” Holbrook
Major C. White
Captain M. Blair
Lieutenant D. Hicks
Sergeant D. Wade
Major R. Martin
Lieutenant S. Walker
Lieutenant D. Wesley
Sergeant M. Sumter
Sergeant C. Duckett
Corporal C. Lake
Investigator W. Hilton
Investigator R. Brewer
Off. A. Holston
Off. J. Selph