A patrol deputy is a sworn law enforcement officer responsible for maintaining public safety, enforcing laws, and protecting life and property within a county. Key duties include patrolling assigned areas, responding to emergency and non-emergency calls, conducting preliminary investigations, arresting violators, and serving warrants. Core Responsibilities Routine Patrol: Maintaining high-visibility motorized or walking patrols to deter crime and check businesses, schools, and residences. Emergency Response: Responding to 911 calls, domestic disputes, accidents, and crimes in progress. Law Enforcement: Conducting traffic stops, enforcing traffic laws, arresting suspects, and issuing citations. Investigations: Securing crime scenes, interviewing victims and witnesses, collecting evidence, and conducting follow-up investigations. Documentation: Preparing detailed, accurate reports on arrests, traffic accidents, and incidents. Court Duties: Serving civil papers and criminal warrants, and testifying in court proceedings.
Hours per week: 40
Police Officer/Patrol Detective
Lake Charles Police Department
09.2025 - 03.2026
Protecting the public: Police officers work to keep the public safe by enforcing laws and regulations. Maintaining law and order: Police officers patrol assigned areas to prevent and detect crime. Responding to calls: Police officers respond to emergency and non-emergency calls for service. Conducting investigations: Police officers investigate criminal and traffic incidents, both initially and as follow-ups. Making arrests: Police officers make arrests when necessary. Issuing citations: Police officers issue citations or warnings when appropriate. Directing traffic: Police officers may direct traffic at the scene of an incident, such as a fire. Providing first aid: Police officers may provide first aid when needed. Preparing reports: Police officers prepare reports related to their patrol, traffic enforcement, investigations, and disturbances. Patrol Detective duties: A Patrol Detective investigates crimes, collects and analyzes evidence, interviews witnesses/suspects, processes crime scenes, maintains detailed records, prepares reports, testifies in court, and often works undercover or conducts surveillance, bridging patrol functions with specialized criminal investigation to build cases for prosecution, requiring strong analytical, communication, and physical skills for serious offenses like homicide, robbery, or fraud. Criminal Investigation: Conducting in-depth investigations into serious crimes (homicides, robberies, fraud, narcotics, etc.). Evidence Handling: Securing, collecting, preserving, and processing physical and digital evidence from crime scenes. Interviews & Interrogations: Questioning victims, witnesses, and suspects to gather crucial information. Surveillance & Undercover Work: Monitoring suspects, conducting surveillance, and participating in undercover operations (especially for narcotics or organized crime). Report Writing: Preparing comprehensive reports, legal documents, and detailed case files. Court Testimony: Presenting findings and evidence in court, Grand Juries, and hearings. Collaboration: Working with prosecutors, other law enforcement agencies, forensic experts, and the public. Warrants: Obtaining search warrants and other legal orders. Case Management: Managing cases from initial report to final resolution, ensuring continuity and successful prosecution.
Hours per week: 65
Police Officer
Bossier City Police Department
09.2023 - 05.2025
Protecting the public: Police officers work to keep the public safe by enforcing laws and regulations. Maintaining law and order: Police officers patrol assigned areas to prevent and detect crime. Responding to calls: Police officers respond to emergency and non-emergency calls for service. Conducting investigations: Police officers investigate criminal and traffic incidents, both initially and as follow-ups. Making arrests: Police officers make arrests when necessary. Issuing citations: Police officers issue citations or warnings when appropriate. Directing traffic: Police officers may direct traffic at the scene of an incident, such as a fire. Providing first aid: Police officers may provide first aid when needed. Preparing reports: Police officers prepare reports related to their patrol, traffic enforcement, investigations, and disturbances.
Hours per week: 40
Manager of Operating Practices/Locomotive Engineer
Canadian Pacific
01.2011 - 09.2023
. I supervise 300 plus employees assigned to my territory of the Vicksburg, Meridian and New Orleans Subdivision. As a manager of operating practices I make sound judgement decisions to accomplish company organizational goals and improvements. I have over 12 years combined experience as a Locomotive Engineer and a Manager of operating practices of railroad operating practices, rules, and procedures, especially as they relate to safety issues and investigations. I have over 12 years' combined experience as a Locomotive Engineer and a Manager of operating practices of Federal regulations and standards relating to railroad operations and requirements in such areas as hours of service, accident reporting, blue signal protection of workers, rear end markers, radio communication, railroad employee qualifications, and railroad employee testing. I Educate and coach assigned locomotive Engineers and Remote-Control Operators. Tests and qualifies Engineers to ensure license certification is achieved and maintained. Provides training to Engineers regarding certification and terrain. Partners with Trainmasters to provide technical information regarding safety, equipment, and policies. Coordinates OLS (Operation Life Saver) program with Public Safety Director. Ensures compliance with company and Federal safety requirements. Participates on Train Separation Committee. Serves as a first responder to critical incidents. Provides support to the Assistant Superintendent. I Respond and investigate all major injuries, accidents derailments, assigned territory and collects evidence to make a detailed report for the upper management team and for court/trial. On call 24/7 and responsible for 400 miles of territory. I have over 12 years' experience in general railroad safety health and principles, and investigation and inspection techniques. I monitor and regulate qualifications of Engineers and Conductors, hours of service, safety and health, radio rules, all operating rules set for and practices. I do drug and alcohol test for compliance. I have over 12 years' experience in field operation testing for federal rules compliance of railroad employees on different territories and sites. I am considered an expert with over 12 years' experience on investigation derailments to use my expertise on developing the cause of a derailment, collisions and or other accidents. I have over 12 year's experience on operating practice doing face to face groups giving rules exams to railroad employees in a group setting. I have over 12 years' experience conducting interviews, investigations, gathering information to be accurate in using for investigations for root cause, preserving the scene for accurate evidence. I plan group settings to set goals and reach goals and evaluate the progress of employees and myself. I have over 12 years railroad industry experience, including economic and operating considerations and equipment. I have over 12 years general railroad safety and health principles and practices applicable to the railroad industry. I have over 12 years railroad accident investigation techniques, for root cause analysis. I have the outstanding skills in written and oral communication.
Kansas City Southern Railroad/
Hours per week: 80
Led cross-functional teams to optimize operational efficiency and reduce delays.
Military Police
Louisiana Army National Guard
03.2010 - 01.2014
Military police serve as the primary law enforcement and security force within the military, combining traditional policing duties with specialized military operations. Their responsibilities include enforcing laws, conducting investigations, providing tactical support, training and leading personnel, and ensuring the safety and security of military operations both at home and abroad
Correctional Officer GS6
Federal Bureau Of Prisons
12.2009 - 02.2011
Completed the Federal Law Enforcement Academy in Glynco Georgia, Graduation April 2, 2010 Enforce Rules and Keep Order: Enforce Rules and Keep Order: Inside the prison or jail, correctional officers enforce rules and regulations. They maintain security by settling disputes between inmates, preventing disturbances, assaults, and escapes. Investigates thefts, assaults, search for drugs and contraband. Searches for contraband and provides security; counts, feeds, and supervises offenders in housing, work, and other areas accessed by stairs; and maintains security of various assigned areas involving long periods ... Provides custody and security of offenders including observing actions of offenders, squatting and bending to perform "pat" and "strip" searches of offenders, restraining and securing sometimes assaultive offenders, and transferring ... Supervises and provides security of offenders performing technical skills such as construction, maintenance, laundry, food service, and in varied industrial and agricultural operations which involve climbing stairs and ladders, and ...
Series: 0007 - Grade: GS 6
Hours per week: 50
Correctional Officer III
Texas Department Of Criminal Justice
07.2009 - 12.2009
Attends pre-service training programs at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) Correctional Training Academy and receives on-the-job training while working with experienced correctional officers at the assigned facility. Searches for contraband and provides security; counts, feeds, and supervises offenders in housing, work, and other areas accessed by stairs; and maintains security of various assigned areas involving long periods ... Provides custody and security of offenders including observing actions of offenders, squatting and bending to perform "pat" and "strip" searches of offenders, restraining and securing sometimes assaultive offenders, and transferring ... Supervises and provides security of offenders performing technical skills such as construction, maintenance, laundry, food service, and in varied industrial and agricultural operations which involve climbing stairs and ladders, and ... Responds to emergencies, including climbing stairs and ladders while searching for escaped offenders, hearing calls for and calling for help, giving first aid at the emergency site, carrying an injured ...
Petty Officer Third Class
United States Navy
06.2002 - 02.2009
Supervises the movement, spotting, and securing of aircraft and equipment ashore and afloat. Performs crash rescue, fire fighting, crash removal, and damage control duties in connection with launching and recovery of aircraft.
Hours per week: 50
Education
High school diploma or equivalent -
Starks School
Starks, LA
05-2002
Skills
Integrity and ethics
Leadership qualities
Incident command
Mental health awareness
Traffic enforcement
Weapons handling
Physical fitness
Crowd control
Police patrol operations
Gang awareness
Officer safety
Community policing
Certification
Completed the Federal Law Enforcement Academy in Glynco Georgia, Graduation April 2, 2010
Job-related training
Post Certified Police Officer
Road Foreman of Engines
GCOR trainer course
Federal Law Enforcement Academy
Child and Infant Death Investigations
Timeline
Patrol Deputy
Calcasieu Parish Sheriffs Office
03.2026 - Current
Police Officer/Patrol Detective
Lake Charles Police Department
09.2025 - 03.2026
Police Officer
Bossier City Police Department
09.2023 - 05.2025
Manager of Operating Practices/Locomotive Engineer