In , Caldwell moved from the Patrol Division to Community Policing and was assigned as a bicycle police officer. Another year passed before he moved to the Traffic Division and became a motorcycle officer. This year, , would also be the year that he and Lorri married. They started a family together and today are the proud parents of three children, Jacob, Grant and Aubrey. Jacob, 21, is a student at McNeese State University. In his early years with the department, Caldwell received basic police officer training, graduated from the local police academy and completed other basic requirements along with additional community policing training.
His time in the Traffic Division, however, afforded him the opportunity to attend more specialized training and Caldwell became a Traffic Accident Reconstructionist. It is this training that Caldwell credits with preparing him to investigate fatal traffic crashes.
He also received training as a certified instructor defensive tactics instructor and many other certifications. While this was not something he aspired to become, he remembers this time of his career as an enlightening time where he realized the importance of this division, as well as several aspects of police department administration, including discipline, civil service and many other areas.
After two years in Professional Standards, Caldwell was promoted to Sergeant in and became a patrol shift supervisor. This was another new aspect of law enforcement for him to learn as in this new role he was now responsible not only for supervising fellow officers, but also motivating them. He attended additional training courses and brought this new knowledge back to the department. Caldwell continued to supervise that shift of men and women until when he once again answered the call to serve in Professional Standards Division as an IA Investigator.
In , 20 years after his career with the department began, he would take the next big step with LCPD when we was promoted to Deputy Chief over the Support Bureau. He once again found himself with new opportunities grow his law enforcement experience, including budget and fleet management, narcotics task force supervision and other duties now under his command.
