Chief Allen Banks
Chief Allen Banks
Round Rock Police Chief Allen Banks started with the City in March 2014 after a 21-year career with the Albuquerque (N.M.) Police Department. Chief Banks’ time with Albuquerque PD exposed him to nearly every facet of municipal law enforcement. He started as a patrol officer in 1992. As he promoted up the ranks, he managed Internal Affairs and Criminal Nuisance Abatement as a Lieutenant and served as a Shift Watch Commander for the busiest sector of that city. As a commander, he headed that agency’s largest division and promoted to Deputy Chief in 2009 before being tapped for Interim Chief in 2013 upon the prior chief’s retirement.Â
With his arrival in Round Rock, the Department has enjoyed a re-energized approach to community and relational policing. Major new events, Kutz4Kidz, Junior Police Academy, Back to School Celebration, and other programs were introduced for the City’s youth. Under Chief Banks’ leadership, the Department’s volunteer programs – from the Citizens Police Academy alumni to the Chaplains Program and Citizens on Patrol – have seen a greater emphasis and a significant increase in volunteers for the Department. Also, outreach events to the international, faith and diverse communities were started. The Bless the Badge Event conducted by area church pastors initiated in 2015, and in 2016 the Department created the Be Alert of Residential K9s (BARK) program to allow citizens to alert the Department to the presence of pets in a home.
Because of these initiatives, the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) awarded him the Civil Rights Justice by Action Award in 2016. He was also named 2018 Citizen of the Year by the Round Rock Chamber of Commerce.Â
Chief Banks is a graduate of the FBI National Academy class #237 and the FBI Law Enforcement Executive Development Seminar session #78. He has a Bachelor’s degree from Wayland Baptist University and earned a Master of Science in Criminal Justice Leadership and Management degree from Sam Houston State University. He is a member of International Chiefs of Police, National Organization for Black Law Enforcement Executives, and the Texas Police Chiefs Association.Â
He and his wife, Tammy, have three children.
Assistant Chief Willie Richards
Assistant Chief Willie Richards has served this community since 1995, in Patrol, Training and Recruiting, and Criminal Investigations. He currently oversees the Criminal Investigation Division, Special Operations Division, Support Services, and the Planning and Policy Section to include Accreditation. Before beginning his career in law enforcement, he worked in the Travis County Jail and at the Texas Department of Public Safety. He was promoted to Assistant Chief in April 2017. He is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and acquired a Master’s degree from Sam Houston State University.
Assistant Chief Willie Richards
Assistant Chief Justin Carmichael
Assistant Chief Justin Carmichael
Assistant Chief Justin Carmichael joined the Round Rock
Police Department in 2001 after serving four years with the Hearne Police
Department as a patrol officer and detective. Throughout his career at RRPD, he
has held various roles including Field Training Officer, Task Force Officer,
Honor Guard Member, and SWAT Team Member. Carmichael also served as a Patrol
Sergeant, and his tenure as Lieutenant and Commander included responsibilities
in the Criminal Investigations and Patrol Divisions. He was promoted to
Assistant Chief in April 2021, where he currently oversees the Patrol and
Training Divisions, as well as the Department’s Federal Task Force Officers.
Carmichael holds a master’s degree in Criminal Justice Leadership and
Management from Sam Houston State University. Additionally, he is a graduate of
the FBI National Academy, Session 272, and the Bill Blackwood Law Enforcement
Management Institute of Texas Leadership Command College.
