In 2002, after serving in the United States Marine Corps, Richard 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, Richard 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. Richard 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.

Over the past few years, Assistant Chief Pesce designed, coordinated, and created a paperless case management computer system for the District Attorney’s Office. This paperless system allows prosecutors to have access to all cases on a computer while in Court, which eliminated the need for paper files. The paperless system has significantly boosted the office’s efficiency at prosecuting cases while also saving substantial money for the citizens of El Dorado County.

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

Currently, Assistant Chief 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.

Lieutenant Ramsey started his career as a Reserve Officer with the Scotts Valley Police Department in 1996. In 1998, he joined the Santa Cruz Sheriff’s Office where he was assigned to corrections, patrol, SWAT, as a Field Training Officer, and as a detective investigating both property crimes and homicides.

In 2008, Lieutenant Ramsey and his family relocated to El Dorado County where he became a Deputy Sheriff with the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office assigned as Patrol Deputy, field training officer, and as a detective.

After working closely with the District Attorney’s Office on the Phillip and Nancy Garrido case, Lieutenant Ramsey discovered his newfound passion and became a DA Investigator in 2011. Lieutenant Ramsey has worked on a variety of assignments over the last decade, including cold case homicides, elder abuse, domestic violence, and general crimes.