HomeMy WebLinkAbout____2021823 KPD NR Chief Raybuck appoints new Deputy ChiefDEREK S.K. KAWAKAMI, MAYOR
MICHAEL A. DAHILIG, MANAGING DIRECTOR
News Release
For Immediate Release: August 23, 2021
COUNTY OF KAUA‘I
KAUA‘I POLICE DEPARTMENT
TODD G. RAYBUCK, CHIEF
(808) 241-1600
Chief Raybuck appoints new Deputy Chief
LĪHU‘E – Chief of Police Todd G. Raybuck has appointed Stan R. Olsen as the Kauaʿi Police
Department’s new Deputy Chief of Police as of August 16.
The Deputy Chief position has been vacant due to a retirement in 2019.
Deputy Chief Olsen joins the Kauaʻi Police Department with more than 35 years of law
enforcement experience. During his career at the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD),
Olsen worked in a variety of assignments, including Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT), investigations
of street narcotics, burglary, internal criminal and discrimination complaints, and assistant patrol bureau
commander.
As the Logistics Bureau Commander, Deputy Chief Olsen was responsible for managing the
LVMPD’s building leases, vehicle fleet management, and purchasing for department equipment and
supply.
At the time of his retirement, Deputy Chief Olsen served as the Police Executive Director of the
LVMPD Office of Intergovernmental Services where he was responsible for representing the LVMPD
Sheriff before local, state, and federal legislative bodies and commissions.
After his retirement from LVMPD in 2007, Deputy Chief Olsen was appointed by the County
Commission to serve as a Nevada State Senator. After completing his appointed term as state Senator,
Olsen served two U.S. Congressmen as the Interim Chief of Staff in Washington D.C. and as District
Director in Nevada. In 2016, Deputy Chief Olsen was appointed by the Nevada Governor to serve as the
Chair of the Nevada Taxi Authority where he remained until his resignation to accept his appointment
with the Kauaʻi Police Department.
The Deputy Chief position serves many functions, including supporting the Chief of Police and
overseeing the day-to-day operations of the department.
Photos of DC Olsen taken during a small swearing-in ceremony held last week at KPD.
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