In 2002, after serving in the United States Marine Corps, Pesce worked at the Amador County District Attorney’s Office as an Information Systems Specialist. While with Amador County, he attended the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Academy and subsequently started his law enforcement career performing patrol duties for the Amador County Sheriff’s Office and becoming a District Attorney Investigator.

In 2007, Pesce transferred to the El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office where he was initially assigned to investigate High Technology Crimes. He was later assigned to investigate substantial and special cases as determined by the District Attorney. Pesce has investigated and helped successfully prosecute many homicides and significant cases which include: Phillip and Nancy Garrido for the kidnap and sexual assault of Jaycee Dugard; David Zanon, for the first-degree murder of CHP Officer Scott Russell, resulting in a death sentence; Charles Bailey for the kidnap and brutal first-degree murder of his 2-year-old son; Morris Greenberg for the first-degree murder of Anthony Dumont; and school janitor John Luebbers for the first-degree murder of Principal Sam LaCara while school was in session.

Pesce went on to design, coordinate, and create a paperless case management computer system for the District Attorney’s Office. This paperless system allowed prosecutors to have access to all cases on a computer while in Court, which eliminated the need for paper files. The paperless system significantly boosted the office’s efficiency at prosecuting cases while also saving substantial money for the citizens of El Dorado County.

Pesce is licensed by the FAA, and has flown over and documented numerous critical incident, homicide, and officer-involved shooting scenes with sUAS.

Currently, Pesce manages the Investigations Bureau, Support Staff, and IT.

Lieutenant Kuhlmann is a veteran who served in the United States Army as a Combat Medic and Jumpmaster in the 82nd Airborne Division, 1st Battalion of the 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment. He began his career in law enforcement with the Mountain View Police Department by attending the Police Academy at the South Bay Regional Training Consortium, where he graduated first in his class. He then served as a Patrol and Field Training Officer with MVPD.

In 2002, Lieutenant Kuhlmann relocated with his family to El Dorado County and joined the South Lake Tahoe Police Department. He was a member of the SWAT Team, a Field Training Officer, and Supervising Officer. He was promoted to Detective in 2005, where he investigated fraud, burglary, domestic violence, crimes against children, sexual assault, and homicide. In 2007, he was honored as Detective of the Year.

In 2008, Lieutenant Kuhlmann was selected by the El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office as an investigator in the South Lake Tahoe office. As the only full-time investigator at the lake from 2010-2021, he handled a wide variety of cases, including officer-involved shootings, cold case homicides, Watson murder, and political corruption. He was named Investigator of the Year in 2018 and was promoted to Lieutenant in 2021.