Michael Johnson Email & Phone Number

Memphis, Tn, Us

Tennessee, United States & Arkansas

Directs Memphis Area of Responsibility over a two state radius. Executes operational oversight of fourteen teams including the Anti-Terrorist Contraband Enforcement Team (A-TCET), consisting of CBP officers, Agriculture Specialists, K-9 units, Supervisors and Chiefs. My area of responsibility includes seven airports, five class one rail yards, 21 Foreign Trade Zones, 15 bonded warehouses, deferred inspections, two Global Entry sites, and the six area ports that fall under Memphis. Partners with the Fines, Penalty, and Forfeitures on penalties, seizures, and destructions. Reviews aircraft landing rights requests. Audits the overtime budget of $567,000 for seven Memphis Area ports and FedEx. Partners with HSI and other law enforcement agencies to further shipments for deliveries. Chief security systems administrator. Collateral duty safety officer. Lead the implementation of A-TCET in Memphis, TN in the fall of 2016. The creation of the team had immediate results. In the first year, rail exams went from 99 to 997 resulting in several seizures. Overall, the team has accounted 41 seizures of IPR and narcotics since inception. TDY HQ Targeting Business Division January to March 2016. Participated with the development and implantation of National Security Inbound (NS-I) in the express environment. Collaborated between Memphis A-TCET and Shelby County Sheriff’s office. The collaboration resulted in eleven seizures, which led to several arrests in Memphis and the additional seizure of narcotics, currency and weapons. Directed recruiting for the Memphis 2016 to present. Established professional relationships with 16 colleges and universities in West Tennessee and Arkansas. Increased agency participation in regional job fairs from six to thirty-two a year. Oversaw and coordinated Global Entry center opening in Memphis, TN in the fall of 2016. Since 2016, Memphis has enrolled over 11,000 travelers. TDY incident command training (ICS 300) September 2016.

Greater Memphis Area

Officer in charge of the FedEx Hub. Responsible for a staff of forty-two, which included four first line supervisors. Responsible for employee development, planning, mentoring, counseling and evaluation. Approved SOPs, authored operational after action reports and situation room reports. Responsible for department budget. Chief security systems administrator. Led exceptional team at the FedEx, which seized large quantities of narcotics and contraband. Implemented a chemical team in 2014 that utilized the FTIR machine to identify designer drugs and opioids inbound primarily from China. This led to the first Fentanyl seizures in the United States at a hub. Since creation of the chemical team, the FTIR has led to the interception of over 3,000 shipments of opioids and designer drugs. Member of the Project Synergy Team. This highly successful operation brought elements of NTC, ICE, DEA and LSS together to successfully interdict narcotic shipments into the US. Worked in the US Embassy in Baghdad as senior adviser. Met with and advised senior officials of the State Department, Iraqi Customs and the US Military on issues related to Border Security. Supervised nine Border teams on Syrian and Iranian Border. Member of a committee of three CBP officials that met with Secretary of Homeland Security. TDY to HQ to participate in workgroup that developed a national targeting program in. Continued participation in the project led to a creation of a highly successful program that since inception has accounted for in excess of 7,800 seizures of altered and counterfeit travel documents. TDY to HQ to participated in a revision of the Hub standards work group, the resulting product serves as the current standard for the design of newly constructed express facilities. Appeared on local and national news broadcasts as subject matter expert related to border security as well as two episodes of Homeland Security USA, nationally televised reality show about CBP.

Greater Detroit Area

Worked various shifts at the Detroit Metro Airport (DMA), Detroit Canada Tunnel (DCT), Ambassador Bridge (AMB), land border cargo both rail and truck (the busiest land border crossing point for cargo in the United States) as a shift supervisor. Chief security systems administrator. Responsible for staffing, organizing and supervising various enforcement operations, including specific blitzes and outbound operations resulting in contraband seizures and arrests. Responsible for employee development, planning, mentoring, counseling and evaluation. Executed daily briefings. Insured all Portal hits were vetted. Filed shift reports, Situation room reports, JIC reports, traffic reports and COAS operations. Initiated and supervised the small boat team. Developed and implemented inaugural marine SOP for small boat operations. During the first year of operations one narcotics seizure, one illegal alien were apprehended and numerous non-reporting penalties were issued. Partnerships were developed with Border Patrol, CBSA (Canadian Border Services Agencies) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) along the Detroit River. Developed special operation that focused on disrupting smugglers at shift change. The first night of the operation netted a significant amount of ecstasy that resulted in ICE arresting several individuals as part of a smuggling organization. Worked Outbound Operations with ICE at the Detroit Canada Tunnel. During one such joint operation with ICE and CBSA, a tobacco smuggling organization was identified and dismantled, eventually leading to the arrest of a CBSA inspector who had been a member of the organization. September to October 2005 (TDY) to Hurricane Katrina Law Enforcement disaster relief mission in New Orleans, LA. Lead a team based at the New Orleans Customs how in Law Enforcement and Humanitarian missions.

San Francisco Bay Area

Targeted express airfreight. Seizures of illegal drugs increased by three hundred percent. San Francisco International Terminal, acted as team leader for anti drug smuggling team. Trained inspectors in roving techniques, plain-clothes operations, seizure processing and arrest procedures. Experienced in the passenger analysis unit, utilizing inbound manifests, airline reservation systems to target high-risk passengers.

Greater Detroit Area

Seized numerous types of contraband including illegal drugs and automatic weapons including multi-agency seizures. Executed numerous arrests, issued Federal citations, conducted witness interviews, gathered evidence, developed contacts with local and Federal Law Enforcement agencies. Experience in reviewing cargo manifests and I have participated in several audits. Identified and seized numerous types of fraudulent credit cards, currency, and identification. Authored intelligence reports. Acted as Seized Property Custodian, responsible for securing seized contraband & adhered to correct chain of custody. Trained National Guardsmen and local police in search, interview and terrorist detection techniques. Participated in law enforcement mission for 2002 Winter Olympic games in Salt Lake City, MI. Participated in law enforcement mission for 1996 Summer Olympic games in Atlanta, GA.

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Leads the recruiting program for the New Orleans Field Office, which encompasses five states. Identifies recruitment strategies and makes improvements based on the developing staffing needs of the agency, which resulted in significant strides in the number of quality applicants. Oversees training, and placement of collateral duty recruiters resulting in an almost 200 percent increase in partnerships throughout the AOR. Plans and determines the locations and frequency of recruitment events, utilizing the most effective use of agency resources, streamlining the recruitment budget. Partnered with career services and faculty at twenty-seven Historically Black Colleges and Universities and one historically Native American University, to effectively recruit students from a diverse background, and have consistently lead the nation in diversity and inclusion events. Established professional relationships with private sector recruitment entities, five military bases and 204 colleges and universities to promote recruiting best practices, talent acquisition and event planning.  Initiated and organized over 87 virtual recruitment sessions to continue recruitment activities during the COVID 19 pandemic, leading all Field Offices in such events. Recruitment activities within the New Orleans Field Office have increased by over 200 percent during FY 20, this includes events, information sessions and collaborations with media officers. Initiated recruitment activities with Native American Nation by attending Native American enrollment officers’ conferences. This has resulted in forging relationships with over 50 federally recognized Native America Tribes, to assist in promoting diversity recruitment.

Greater Detroit Area

Assigned to NMCB 26 as a Heavy Equipment Operator (EO). Trained in basic tactical infantry. Selected for non rate rodeo competition.

Pre-Theology/Pre-Ministerial Studies

Law

Activities and Societies: Jr Bar Assoication

Bachelor'S Degree, History & English

Activities and Societies: Tau Kappa Epsilon Eastern Echo School NewspaperBS History & English

Physical And Biological Anthropology