Senior Inspector
Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area
Senior Inspector, U.S. Customs Service (USCS), worked on land, sea and air ports of entry. I was responsible for a variety of duties related to Customs laws and regulations. I performed supervisory tasks, inspections, investigation and intelligence gathering, arrest of persons and seizures of contraband into and out of the U.S. I worked in: Primary and Secondary passenger processing, Passenger Analysis Team (PAT), commercial Cargo, Private Aircraft, and various special enforcement operations. Cargo Supervisor: responsible for over 2000 cargo entries per month.• Tasked with increasing the effectiveness of our targeting• Created a new form of targeting which increased our seizures and penalties over 50 percent• One example, was the discovery of Russian religious artifacts. The suspects smuggled them out of Russia via a dummy corporations and through the Baltic countries. This was a highly sensitive and complicated investigation. The Russian government was excited about this find.• Dealt with difficult employees’, irate passengers, and EEO issues• I handled these situations with tact and diplomacy• Commercial merchandise investigations, inspections and clearances of goods being imported and exported• Reviewed and processed all related shipping and handling documents ensuring all merchandise was valued and classified properly• sensitive examination/investigations of merchandise for value, trademark infringements, export violations and narcotics violationsPAT Team Leader: detected candidates for investigation. • Investigative methods (i.e., behavioral analysis, records search, interviewing)• Trained & briefed Inspectors and management on smuggling techniques• Organized & conducted Joint Operations with DOC, FBI, DEA, CIA, Secret Service, & Local Agencies Firearms Instructor:Qualified all InspectorsTrained all personnel in safe handlingConfrontational awareness, arrest techniques, officer safety the level of force continuum