THE SANTA CRUZ POLICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED THE PROMOTION OF OFFICER CARTER JONES TO SERGEANT ON MONDAY. JONES HAS BEEN ON THE POLICE FORCE FOR OVER 11 YEARS, SERVING IN THE STREET CRIMES UNIT, AS A PEER COUNSELOR, ON THE SANTA CRUZ TACTICAL MEDICAL TASK FORCE, AND MOST RECENTLY, AS A FIELD TRAINING OFFICER. IN ADDITION TO HIS PATROL AND FIELD TRAINING DUTIES, HE WILL REMAIN A RESCUE DIVER AND AN OPERATOR ON THE SWAT TEAM. SERGEANT JONES WAS BORN AND RAISED IN SANTA CRUZ AND GRADUATED FROM SOQUEL HIGH SCHOOL.
