Patrol

The men and women in uniform are responsible for a wide variety of duties including:

  • General Calls for Service
  • All initial law enforcement related
  • Emergency calls (i.e. Homicides, Domestics, Shootings, Burglaries, Home Invasions, etc.)
  • Crash investigations including fatalities, serious bodily injuries, and property damages
  • Initial Investigations
  • Warrant Service
  • Community Oriented Policing Initiative
  • School Resource Officer Program
  • Ordinance Violation
  • Department Training
  • Traffic Enforcement
  • Liaison with other law enforcement agencies and emergency services
  • Special Crime Details
  • Salvage Title Inspections
  • Background Investigations

Leadership

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Captain Brian Holloman - Patrol Divison

Captain Brian Holloman, who has been with the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Office (ECSO) since March of 1995, is the commander of the Patrol Division. 

Captain Holloman is a certified Internal Affairs investigator, Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (SFST) instructor, Field Training Officer, Traffic Crash Reconstructionist, Computer Forensics Specialist, Crime Analyst, and Homicide Investigator. Previously, Captain Holloman was a Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) for over twelve years and a DRE instructor for over ten years. He was also a five-year member of the Emergency Services Unit. Captain Holloman previously held the position of law enforcement coordinator for the Elkhart County Fatal Alcohol Crash Team (FACT), a county-wide, multi-jurisdictional crash investigation unit. He has instructed Advanced Crash Investigation I-III, prerequisites for reconstruction school, as well as SFST methodology and DRE methodology. Captain Holloman formerly worked as an undercover officer in the Elkhart County Drug Task Force where he was responsible for informant management, intelligence gathering, as well as case investigation and building in illicit drug sales, prostitution, and the sale of stolen property. Prior to attending the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA), Captain Holloman worked as a security officer in the Elkhart County Jail.

Captain Holloman is a court-recognized expert in crash reconstruction and drug recognition examinations. He holds a Master of Criminal Justice degree from Boston University and his undergraduate studies were completed at Ball State University where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice & Criminology. Captain Holloman is presently a member of the adjunct faculty in the Criminal Justice Department at Indiana Tech. Between law enforcement and college, he has taught courses on understanding criminal behavior, criminal profiling, crime analysis, policing, ethics in criminal justice, victimology, death investigations, serial crimes, sex offenses, explanative theories of criminal behavior, crime scene processing, and reconstruction to name a few.

Captain Holloman has formal training in supervision to include 40-hours of first-line supervisor’s school through the Southern Police Institute as well as successfully completed 120-hours of training in the Police Executive Leadership Academy.

On a personal note, Captain Holloman is the father of a son who is on the fetal alcohol spectrum and as a result, he is passionate about the need to educate others about the support necessary for those on the spectrum to have the ability to succeed in life. By recognizing the needs of those on the spectrum, through both personal and professional experiences, Captain Holloman seeks out ways to educate those willing to listen on what an affected person needs and why so that the lessons he and his son had to learn over the course of fifteen undiagnosed years can be used in the hopes of improving the life potential of others like his son.

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