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Forensics & AFIS Unit Commander

Responsible for supervision and management of two units, providing all forensic and fingerprint-related services for the department from processing of homicide scenes to analyzing fingerprints from larcenies.As an extension of these units, bore responsibility for maintaining a Field Evidence Technician program to provide immediate forensic services for.

Detective Bureau - Unit Commander - Property Crimes, Cyber Crimes, Major Crimes

*Authored SOP documentation for every unit within the Criminal Investigations Bureau (across two divisions)*Authored succession plans for every supervisory position with the Criminal Investigations Bureau (every position below Assistant Chief)

Uniform Patrol, District Unit Commander

*Typically directly supervised two out of the three districts in the city, due to staffing.*No officer under my command was subject to discipline or investigation arising from citizen complaints. *Multiple officers were awarded officer of the month, including one awarded twice in a row.

Crime Analysis Unit Commander

*Crime trend analysis and reporting, assisted through personally developed projects combining ArcGIS, Python, and Excel to complete automation of routine tasks. *Developed and managed a multi-jurisdictional project as solution to an initiative from the Attorney General's Office.*Duplicated reports from Richmond PD from scratch at the request of Assistant.

Technical Services Unit

Identical job responsibilities to previous posting, due to reorganization.

Staff Inspections

Process improvement through creation of various software and full stack projects, including semi-autonomous distributed computing software.

Forensics & AFIS Unit Commander

*Responsible for supervision and management of two units, providing all forensic and fingerprint-related services for the department from processing of homicide scenes to analyzing fingerprints from larcenies.*As an extension of these units, bore responsibility for maintaining a Field Evidence Technician program to provide immediate forensic services for.

Criminal Investigations Bureau

Primary Duties:Crime analysisAutomation of multiple crime analysis and administrative functions through full stack software development (Primarily using AutoIT, MySQL, MSSQL, SQLite). Other duties:General assignment (robbery, economic crimes, etc)Pawn/dealer compliance enforcementAutomation of pawn/dealer audits through custom software development.Other.

Uniform Patrol

Responsible for responding to citizen calls for service, warrant service, and general first-line citizen contact.Was awarded Outstanding Job Performance

Primary Duties:Windows NT4/5 domain and Genesys/Rockwell administration and support. Troubleshooting and maintenance of computer hardware.Maintenance of SMS and proxy servers.Implementation of center-wide software roll-outs via SMS and personally developed applications.Author documentation for center policies/procedures as well as Retail Operations Control.

Primary Duties: Troubleshoot and resolve problems in the hardware, operating system, application and LAN/VPN environment. Deliver excellent customer service on each call utilizing soft skills. Follow established escalation process and training to achieve first call resolution. Improve metrics to drive customer satisfaction and meet contact objectives..

Various

MCB Facilities Engineer Branch Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan (FAP): Information Systems Coordinator for all seven USMC Camp Billeting Offices on Okinawa. Created an intranet Excel/Access integrated system to facilitate DRMO, property issue, motor transport, and maintenance.1st MAW, MWCS-18, MACG-18: Data/Communications electronics repair. Responsible for.

Norfolk State University

Respond to and resolve trouble calls for workstations on the university campus. Answer questions regarding usage of standard desktop applications. Install and configure new workstations.*This was weekend employment while on active duty at Camp LeJeune.

Leo Certification, Criminal Law

Electronics

January 12, 1998 Completed Basic Electronics Course Finished 3rd in class. March 8, 1998 Completed Radio Fundamentals Course Finished 1st.

Military

Activities and Societies: Company High Shooter

Information Systems

Hs Degree

Activities and Societies: AP Computer Science AP Art History