Captain Todd Ellison
Nevada Highway Patrol

Captain Ellison began his Public Safety career in 1981 as an Emergency Medical Technician and Graduated the Daniel Freeman Hospital School for Paramedics in 1983. He continued to work Paramedic/Rescue after becoming a State Trooper in 1985. His Trooper assignments included Commercial Enforcement in Las Vegas and Reno, which included the Hazardous Materials Response Unit and a tour of duty at the Consolidated Narcotics Units with the Washoe County Sheriff’s Department and was a member of the Governor’s Dignitary Protection Detail until being promoted to Sergeant in 1992. As a Sergeant he was assigned to the Winnemucca District and Reno Traffic and Commercial Operations. In Reno he supervised the Inter-agency Criminal Enforcement Team, (I.C.E. Team) which consisted of state and federal agencies. He was assigned to Las Vegas upon being promoted to Lieutenant in 1995.

Captain Todd Ellison is currently assigned as the Operations Commander for the Southern Command. His current tour in the Southern Command began in October 1995 as a Lieutenant. During this time he has been the Commander of Administrative and Special operations, Deputy Commander over Commercial Operations, Traffic Operations in both Urban and Rural and the Deputy Commander over Special Operations. In Special Operations he commanded the I.C.E. Team (Inter-agency Criminal Enforcement Team) and supervised personnel assigned to the VIPER program (Vehicle Investigations Project for Enforcement and Recovery). He was promoted to Captain in April of 2003. As a member of the Department he has served in all three Region Commands in Urban, Rural and Commercial assignments.

Captain Ellison is a graduate of the Northwestern University Traffic Institute – School of Police Staff and Command. He has received specialized training in Narcotics Investigations, Critical Incident Management, Weapons of Mass Destruction Response and Criminal Enforcement and Interdiction.