Bernard Smith

Performs all law enforcement-related duties in a highly professional manner consistent with established procedures and directives.

• Enhanced school safety by conducting regular campus patrols and monitoring potential threats.
• Provided security and safety to school staff and students.
• Conducted school security inspections.
• Provide a security clearance for each student entering the secure area of the building. This will include when youth leave the secure area for bathroom breaks, class breaks/lunch time breaks, and at the beginning of each session.
• Inspect areas frequented by youth for contraband and /or safety breach after each movement including break times and beginning/ending of each session.

• Collaborated effectively with team members to maintain a secure and supportive atmosphere within the residence.
• Conducted comprehensive intake processes for new residents, ensuring seamless transitions into the program''s structure.
• Kept residents safe, controlled, and in proper locations.
• Evaluated individual progress of each resident in accordance with established goals using assessment tools.
• Upheld strict compliance to facility policies, educating residents on rules and expectations consistently.
• Updated documentation with latest information about residents, incidents, and infractions.

• Patrol halls in the school
• Monitor school traffic for intake and dismissal
• Building Safety Inspections
• Transporting of students
• Work with the administrative staff at the school

• Cultivated working relationships with school staff and students to build trust and communication
• Investigated calls and complaints involving fire, theft, accident, and hazard reports
• Mitigated risk while accurately analyzing and evaluating criminal information and processing crime scenes
• Organized and recorded facts to prepare incident reports
• Responded to civil unrest, and search and rescue operations
• Conducted covert, undercover investigations to uncover ongoing crimes and crimes in progress

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• Answered calls and complaints while providing community-oriented police services to improve and enhance the quality-of-life community-wide
• Patrolled designated to identify criminal activities, issue citations, prevent incidents and serve warrants
• Testified in court at criminal hearings and trials as to scenes observed evidence collected, and previous incidents
• Recognized by management for providing exceptional customer service
• Helped children to develop social skills and meaningful relationships
• Collaborated with different disciplines to provide cohesive care to patients
• Referred family members to outside support options to assist with coping during times of increased stress
• Worked with community resources to engage youth in pro-social activities and help families access services
• Met with clients to determine necessary services and make treatment recommendations
• Interviewed clients to assess situations, capabilities, and problems
• Entered client data in a centralized database and maintained up-to-date case records for all clients
• Conferred with clients to discuss options and goals for various services
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