Experience

Lawrence County Sheriff Department

• Law Enforcement
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Deputy Sheriff (School Resource Officer)

  • May 2017 - Present

  Graduated National Association of School Resource Officers Basic SRO Class March 2017.Provide law enforcement and police services to the school, school grounds and areas adjacent to the school. Investigate allegations of criminal incidents per police department policies and procedures. Enforce state and local laws and ordinances. Make appropriate referrals to juvenile authorities or other governmental agencies.Develop crime prevention programs and conduct security inspections to deter criminal or delinquent activities. Monitor crime statistics and work with local patrol officers and students together to design crime prevention strategies.Establish and maintain a close partnership with school administrators in order to provide for a safe school environment. Assist school officials with their efforts to enforce Board Of Education policies and procedures. Ensure school administrator safety by being present during school searches, which may involve weapons, controlled dangerous substances or in such cases that, the student’s emotional state may present a risk to the administrator. Assist school administrators in emergency crisis planning and building security matters. Provide a course of training for school personnel in handling crisis situations, which may arise at the school.Be visible within the school community. Attend and participate in school functions. Build working relationships with the school’s staff as well as with student and parent groups. Develop and implement classes in law related education to support the educational efforts of the faculty. Work closely with teachers in designing and presenting law-related topics and the role of police in our society.Initiate interaction with students in the classroom and general areas of the school building. Promote the profession of police officer and be a positive role model. Increase the visibility and accessibility of police to the school community.

• Deputy Sheriff (Court Security Officer)

  • Feb 2016 - May 2017

  Court Security Officer - (Feb 2016 - Present) Provide protection and security for the Lawrence County Courts and respective facilities. Responsibilities include providing essential security functions to assigned court facilities by maintaining order and ensuring the personal safety andsecurity of judges, staff, the court facility and the general public. Operates and maintainsthe security screening functions in court facilities. Monitors and responds to courtroom and court facilities emergency alarms. Responds to calls for security services and assistance.Required to make arrests, serve warrants and make probable cause arrests without a warrant. Examines and processes time-sensitive legal documents for the Court, checks for accuracy, completeness and legal compliance with federal and state laws.

• Deputy Sheriff (Corrections)

  • Feb 2014 - Feb 2016

  C.E.R.T. TEAM LEADER - (Mar 2015 - Feb 2016) Trained to resolve high risk events using direct measures that otherwise might not be resolved as effectively or safely. These events include, but are not limited to, riots, cell extractions, post-escape response, counter-escape operations, high risk cell searches, hostage rescue, and high risk transports. C.E.R.T. is also used in operations that require special training or equipment.Facility Training Officer (FTO) - (Jan 2015 - Feb 2016) Responsible for training new-hire corrections officers and providing training for all staff, support staff, and volunteers, Maintain current training to Tennessee Corrections Institute (TCI) standards. Developed master training plan and created new training modules to comply with 2016 standards change.



Lawrence County Sheriffs Dept

• United States
• Law Enforcement
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Cadet - Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy

  • Apr 2016 - Jun 2016

  The Basic Police School is the mainstay of the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy. Our mission is to produce a physically fit, highly motivated, basically trained police office thoroughly indoctrinated in the ethics and professional standards of the law enforcement profession. The officer will have a degree of both technical and tactical proficiency to function on the streets as well as in the criminal and civil courts of our state.TLETA is 501.5 hours, 12 weeks. The Basic Police School is the mainstay of the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy. Our mission is to produce a physically fit, highly motivated, basically trained police office thoroughly indoctrinated in the ethics and professional standards of the law enforcement profession. The officer will have a degree of both technical and tactical proficiency to function on the streets as well as in the criminal and civil courts of our state.TLETA is 501.5 hours, 12 weeks.



US Navy

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• PATROL LEADER

  • Jan 2009 - Sep 2011

  Senior Patrol Leader for Tactical Boat Detachment, forward deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. This position requiring extensive planning, coordination, communication, leadership, and training to over 50 detachment members.Fully trained and qualified over 15 individual members in Expeditionary Warfare techniques andsmall boat combat defense.Individual Section Leader for department of 28 sailors in continuous, 24/7 Force Protection of designated coalition High Value Assets.Provided Harbor / Port Security and Law Enforcement both Landside and Waterside.

• Military Police (Master-at-Arms)

  • Oct 1992 - Oct 2001

  Provided waterborne and land security, aircraft and flight line security, strategic weapons and cargo security, maritime security and platform protection. Conducted customs operations, corrections operations, detainee operations, and protective service operations.Performed force protection, physical security and law enforcement. Organized and train personnel in force protection, physical security, law enforcement, and weapons proficiency. Developed plans for physical security and force protection enhancement of Navy bases, installations, property, and personnel, and assisted commands in conducting terrorist threat analysis and implementing defensive measures.