Captain Williams oversees MNPD’s Traffic Division. Capt. Williams has worked for the Metro Police Department for 19 years. As an officer he served in patrol and as a Crash Investigator on the Fatal Crash Team. As a sergeant, he has served in patrol, as the supervisor of the DUI Unit, Crash Investigation Unit, Hit & Run Unit, and Aggressive Driving Unit. He served as the lieutenant over the Traffic Investigation Section.
He was selected in 2016 as National Institute of Justice Law Enforcement Advancing Data and Science (LEADS) Scholar. Capt. Williams earned a Master’s degree in Public Policy and Administration from Northwestern University and a Graduate Certificate in Digital Forensics from DeSales University.
Capt. Williams is a Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) and completed Crash Reconstruction training in 2013. In 2020 he became ACTAR accredited in crash reconstruction. He instructs several courses at the Metro Nashville Police Academy including crash investigation, SFST/DUI, RADAR LIDAR, and Traffic Incident Management (TIM).