Patrol Officer

• Mar 2020 - Present

Providing a layer of protection for patients and staff at a community hospital. Report writing, interaction with suicidal or homicidal emergent patients. Secure facility maintenance responsibilities. Providing a layer of protection for patients and staff at a community hospital. Report writing, interaction with suicidal or homicidal emergent patients. Secure facility maintenance responsibilities.

Security Professional

• May 2017 - Mar 2020

Correctional Officer

• Mar 2015 - Jun 2017

Care and custody of male inmates in a secure facility that housed approximately three-hundred (300) inmates in housing unit of fifty (50). Safe and secure transport of male inmates to appointments outside of the facility. Monitor the climate/atmosphere in assigned area looking specifically for nefarious activities, weapons, drugs and potentially violent situations. Maintained a shift log via computer with regards to all of the events that transpired during your tour of duty. Maintained an accurate head count of inmates assigned to your area. Write appropriate reports when required. Observe and respond to incidents of violence by physically subduing a person, or, applying "Pepper Spray" to help quell any disturbance. Share information and observations with your chain of command. Respond to medical emergencies, fires, power outages, snow emergencies and other "acts of God". Show less

Captain

• Dec 1987 - 2011

1987: Care and custody of 681 inmates in a confined Maximum security setting. Safe and secure armed transportation to any appointments outside of the facility. Respond to emergency incidents at the facility. On occasion, the altercations would involve large groups of inmates partaking in an altercation or insurrection for several months. K-9 Units, C.N./C.S. chemical agents, and specialized staff with specific firearms training would be employed into paramilitary/tactical teams. 1997: Promoted to the rank of Sergeant after an aptitude test administered and an interview panel. Recruited in 1998 to become a certified Background Investigator and C.J.I.S./N.C.I.C. operator. Completed/reviewed thousands of job applications during four hiring projects. 2000: Transferred to M.C.I. Shirley, a fifteen hundred (1,500) bed Medium Security Facility. Many of the inmates were ill or in-firmed. Violence level reduced exponentially with an aging inmate population. 2002: Received "Correction Officer of the Year" award for meritorious conduct from the Secretary's Office for Public Safety and Security at the state house in Boston, MA (successful C.P.R. on stranded motorist while en route to work). 2003: Promoted to the rank of Lieutenant after a an aptitude test and interview panel. This position is second in the chain of command after Sergeant. I was selected to lead the M.C.I. Shirley Investigations Unit. Our goal was to stem the flow of contraband inside and outside of the facility and report violations of rules and regulations by staff to the Superintendent. 2004: Promoted to the rank of Captain by an interview panel assembled by the Commissioner. Many of the job duties related to this position required staff discipline, interviews conducted to reveal any potential legal action (staff and inmates) that may be required. Acted as the "Superintendent's Designee" during weekends, holidays or off-hours. Extremely multi-faceted position. Show less

Emergency Dispatcher

• Mar 1987 - Dec 1987

Receive in-coming emergency 9-1-1 calls for police, fire and E.M.S. assistance. Dispatch via two-way radio and radio tones, the appropriate personnel for the reported emergency. Maintain constant radio contact with police units on patrol and any fire service or E.M.S. service member that was engaged in a situation, routine or emergency. Maintain typed and handwritten logs of incidents transpiring during the course of a shift. Receive in-coming emergency 9-1-1 calls for police, fire and E.M.S. assistance. Dispatch via two-way radio and radio tones, the appropriate personnel for the reported emergency. Maintain constant radio contact with police units on patrol and any fire service or E.M.S. service member that was engaged in a situation, routine or emergency. Maintain typed and handwritten logs of incidents transpiring during the course of a shift.