Criminal Investigation Division
The Marion Police departments Criminal Investigation section consist of two criminal investigators. Both have been schooled in various techniques of crime detection, investigation and prosecution. They are charged with investigating all crimes committed within the city limits of Marion as well as aiding and assisting other law enforcement agencies when called upon to do so.
Criminal Investigator
Detective Captain Gerald (GB) Martin
Firearms Instructor
mpd405@marionpolice.us
Investigator Martin retired from the West Memphis Police Department at the rank of Lieutenant after over 28 years of service with the City of West Memphis.
The first 7 1/2 years of his service was with the West Memphis Fire Department.
As with each officer starting in the police Department, he spent the first 2 1/2 years in uniform patrol and then was assigned to the Criminal Investigation Division. During his tenure as an investigator he was promoted to Sgt and then Lt, the rank he held when he retired in 1993.
After a tenure with the Carroll County Sheriff's Department in Northwest Arkansas, he came to the Marion Police Department and began as a uniform patrolman and worked in that division as well as investigations for approximately one year before leaving for a 5 year stint in the public area of work and then came back to the Marion Police Department as an investigator in August of 1999.
Criminal Investigator
Detective Sgt. Freddy Williams
mpd404@marionpolice.us
Freddy Williams was employed as a Patrolman with the Marion Police Department on November 20, 2000. Officer Williams left a higher paying job as a senior technical analyst with a well known company in Memphis, Tennessee.
While Officer Williams was a Patrolman, he received the following medals:
The Purple Heart
The Medal of Valor
A Commendation Citation Award
2002 & 2003 Officer of the Year for the City of Marion
2003 State Of Arkansas officer of the year award presented by Attorney General Mike Beebe
2003 Arkansas Chiefs of Police Officer of the Year Award.
Medal of Valor from the City of West Memphis, Arkansas.
Some of these medals were due to Officer Williams being shot in the face on January 30th, 2003 on a routine traffic stop and being involved in a gun battle involving two suspects and a stolen vehicle. One suspect was secured in Williams' patrol car before the shoot-out occurred and the other suspect was expired by Williams during the shoot-out. In 2003 Officer Williams was transferred to the Criminal Investigation Department. Also in 2003 Officer Williams was promoted to the rank of Corporal. Officer Williams has a Associate Degree and his wife Deborah is a local Dentist and they have one son "Dalton" and a daughter "Brooke".
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