Superintendent of the Indiana State Police Douglas G. Carter has announced the promotion of Sergeant Christopher D. Cecil to the rank of First Sergeant.
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First Sergeant Cecil will serve as the Assistant Commander of the Cybercrime and Investigative Technologies Section, which includes the digital forensic examiners in the Cyber Crime Unit and the detectives of the Internet Crimes Against Children Unit. He will also serve as the Assistant Commander of the Indiana Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.
Cecil, who is originally from Madisonville, Ky., is a 1992 graduate of Madisonville-North Hopkins High School. Following high school, he served four years active duty in the United States Marine Corps operating small boats as a member of 2d Small Craft Company. He earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Archeology and Religion from the University of Evansville in 2000.
On Oct. 24, 2004, Cecil graduated from the 64th Indiana State Police Recruit Academy and was appointed as a Trooper assigned to the Indiana State Police Post in Jasper, where he served for three years patrolling Orange and Dubois counties. In 2007, Cecil was promoted to Detective at the Jasper Post and assigned general investigations in Perry County. In 2010, he was promoted to Detective and reassigned to the Internet Crimes Against Children Unit. Meanwhile in 2012, Cecil earned a Graduate Certificate in Computer Forensics from the University of Central Florida.
In 2013, Cecil was promoted to the rank of Sergeant and served as a digital forensic examiner in the Cyber Crime Unit in Indianapolis. In 2017, he was selected to serve the FBI as a Task Force Officer with the FBI Violent Crimes Against Children Task Force. Cecil has received multiple awards for his investigative efforts during his career with the State Police.
Cecil and his wife Jennifer have two children and are residents of Hamilton County.