Deputy Chief of Police

Deputy Chief Richard A. Riggs serves as the department's executive officer and is second in command of the department.    Prior to his promotion he served as commander of patrol operations.

Deputy Chief Riggs has been a member of the South Windsor Police Department since 1979.   Through the years he has served as a patrol officer, patrol supervisor and patrol watch commander.  He has been assigned as a criminal investigator, manager of the public information and technology section, and coordinator of the department’s field training officer program.  Deputy Chief Riggs also served as aide to the Chief of Police where he was charged with the research and writing of department policies.  He also served as the department's public information officer.

Deputy Chief  Riggs holds an Associate’s Degree in Law Enforcement and a Bachelor’s Degree from Charter Oak State College.  He is a graduate of the Institute of Law Enforcement and Administration in Plano, Texas, and the Supervisory Leadership Program at the Connecticut Criminal Justice Command Institute.