(La Porte, IN) - Allen Williamson, formerly of La Porte County, has been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel for the Indiana State Police. He will serve as the Deputy Superintendent of the Investigations Bureau.

Williamson is a 1981 graduate of New Prairie High School. He received his Bachelor’s Degree from Indiana University at Bloomington in Public and Environmental Affairs specializing in Criminal Justice. Since 1987, Williamson has been a Trooper and a detective on the Toll Road and in Porter and La Porte Counties.

He and his family now reside in Madison County.