Lt. Colonel Brian Wynne
Deputy Superintendent - Patrol
Biography Information
Lieutenant Colonel Brian Wynne was named Deputy Superintendent of Patrol/Transportation and Environmental Safety by Colonel Michael Edmonson, State Police Superintendent on January 8, 2010. LTC Wynne is a twenty-nine year veteran of the Louisiana State Police. As the Deputy Superintendent of Patrol/Transportation and Environmental Safety, LTC Brian Wynne is responsible for overall public safety and the service operations of nine State Police Troop Headquarters as well as the Transportation and Environmental Safety Section of State Police with includes Motor Carrier Safety, Towing and Recovery, Hazardous Materials/Explosives, and Weights and Standards.
LTC Wynne served three years with the Baton Rouge Police Department prior to becoming a Trooper assigned to Troop A in Baton Rouge. During his State Police career, LTC Wynne was named Written Directives Coordinator and has served as a supervisor in the Towing and Recovery Unit, the Research Unit, and the Technical Support Services Section. In October of 2000, he was promoted to Commander of the State Police Crime Lab, where he was responsible for the delivery of accurate and reliable forensic analysis to more than 200 law enforcement agencies throughout the state. In January of 2006, he became the Commander of State Police Troop A, where he commanded 65 troopers assigned to the nine-parish Baton Rouge metropolitan area. After two years as a Troop Commander, LTC Wynne was appointed Commander of the Internal Affairs Division of State Police. In June 2008, he was promoted to the rank of Major as the Command Inspector of the Transportation and Environmental Safety Section, where he remained until his promotion to Lieutenant Colonel as the Deputy Superintendent of Patrol/TESS.
In his 29 years of service to the Louisiana State Police and over 31 years as a law enforcement officer, LTC Wynne has shown himself to be a true dedicated professional. LTC Wynne has served as a member of the East Baton Rouge Local Emergency Planning Committee, the International Association of Auto Theft Investigators, the Attorney General’s Sex Offender Task Force, the American Society of Crime Lab Directors, the Louisiana Association of Crime Lab Directors, and the Louisiana Integrated Justice Information System Board.
While serving as Deputy Commander of the Technical Support Services Sections of State Police, LTC Wynne was instrumental in the automation of the State Sex Offender and Child Predator Registry by linking it to the LSP website, thereby allowing all citizens to search on-line for registered sex offenders. As Commander of the State Police Crime Lab, he implemented forensic DNA case work which played a pivotal role in identifying two serial killers directly leading to their apprehension by law enforcement personnel. He also supervised implementation of CODIS (Combined DNA Index System) DNA for the LSP Crime Lab with participation at the state and national levels for samples collected from convicted offenders as well as arrestees. LTC Wynne was able to attain accreditation for the State Police Crime Lab in Forensic and CODIS DNA, Latent Fingerprints and Crime Scene Investigation from the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors (ASCLD) in May 2004 and attained re-accreditation in all forensic disciplines at the LSP Crime Lab from the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors in May 2005.
LTC Wynne has been the recipient of numerous awards during his career including two Louisiana State Police Meritorious Service Awards, the Louisiana State Police Professional Excellence Award, the Louisiana State Police Emergency Service Award, the Louisiana State Police Unit Citation Award, twenty Louisiana State Police Ace Awards and the Louisiana State Police Blue Max Award for the recovery of the most stolen cars in one year with apprehension of the driver. In addition, LTC Wynne was awarded the Franklin Kreml Leadership Award from Northwestern University.
