Three Bethel Police Department members are being promoted.  Sergeant Heather Burnes is being promoted to the rank of Lieutenant and has been named as the Field Operations Commander for the department, placing her in command of patrol operations as well as the Detective Bureau.  Officer Vincent Lajoie is being promoted to the rank of Sergeant, a position he previously held in the Danbury Police Department until his retirement there. Youth Detective Courtney Whaley is also being promoted to the rank of Sergeant and will be returning to patrol operations after some time spent as a School Resource Officer.   All three will be sworn in to their new positions at 6pm on November 1st at the new Police Department Headquarters located at 12 Judd Avenue.