Christopher Willis

• Dedicated hostage and crisis negotiator with the Wichita Police Department with four years' service in this role. Responds to high-risk incidents including armed barricades, suicide interventions, and emotionally-volatile crises requiring advanced communication and de-escalation techniques. Consistently demonstrates excellence in active listening, de-escalation, and communications with individuals in crisis.
• Graduate of FBI Crisis Negotiation Course, mastering negotiation strategy and tactics, incident management, command coordination, and behavioral analysis.
• Certified as a UK hostage and crisis negotiator through the London Metropolitan Police Service, becoming the first American local law enforcement officer to be invited to, attend, and complete this demanding course. Gained international-level training in cross-cultural communication, negotiation strategies and techniques, and counter-terror negotiation strategies. Built foundational international relationships and partnerships, leading to additional available training opportunities.
• Leads and assists in the training of officers and police recruits at both the local and state level in general communication, communication with persons in mental health crisis, active listening, and rapport-building, enhancing departmental readiness, officer safety, communications effectiveness, and community relations.

• Conducts proactive patrols to deter crime, ensure the public's safety, and provide rapid response to both emergent and non-emergent calls for service.
• Demonstrates excellence in crisis intervention and de-escalation, successfully resolving volatile situations and mental health calls for service with empathy, compassion, and professionalism.
• Serves as a key responder and trainer for mental health-related calls, providing crisis intervention training and collaborating with local mental health resource providers to connect persons in crisis with appropriate services and reduce the need for police intervention in non-criminal mental health issues.
• Applies active listening and science-based interviewing/rapport-based interviewing techniques to build rapport with individuals in crisis, victims, community members, and subjects, leading to positive outcomes, successful investigations, and strengthened public trust.
• Utilizes emerging law enforcement technologies-such as the Flock and ELSAG LPR systems, StarChase Pursuit Management System, and databases such as ACCURINT/LexisNexis-to support case development, enhance situational awareness, and conduct more efficient investigations.
• Maintains strong commitment to community policing principles, engaging with community members and businesses, as well as providing a trusted law enforcement contact to international students studying and living in the Wichita area.
• Recognized and trusted by supervision for professionalism, integrity, sound judgment, and thorough investigations in diverse, complex, and high-stress field environments.

Recruit at Wichita/Sedgwick County Law Enforcement Training Center. Demonstrated excellence and dedication to the learning and training environment. Completed the academy ranked second of twenty-one in class testing average.

• Maintained and safely operated critical life-support and mechanical systems, including hydraulics, atmosphere purification, oxygen generation, and emergency power systems critical to the safe operation of a cutting-edge US Navy submarine valued at over $2.5 billion.
• Conducted physical security and asset protection operations in numerous US and foreign ports, safeguarding a high-value asset and enforcing strict access control and security protocols.
• Trained and mentored junior sailors in technical proficiencies, operational safety, maintenance procedures, and leadership, fostering teamwork, accountability, and professional growth within Auxiliary Division and the crew as a whole.
• Managed and improved key shipboard programs, including the Authorized Change Checklist Log-Forward and Small-Valve Maintenance programs, restoring operational compliance to previously-derelict programs and enhancing overall mission-readiness.
• Qualified in the handling, storage, and inspection of hazardous materials, ensuring compliance with safety and environmental regulations.
• Certified and experienced with multiple weapons platforms, including the Mk. 43 and Mk. 48 medium machine guns, M4A1 and M16A3 rifles, Mossberg M500 shotgun, and Beretta M9 pistol, maintaining high standards of firearms safety and proficiency.
• Recognized with multiple commendations for excellence and dedication, including the Navy Unit Commendation, Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, and an Admiral's Letter of Commendation from Commander, Submarine Forces Atlantic Fleet.
• Served as the ship's Protestant Lay Leader, providing moral and spiritual support to crew members and promoting their emotional and spiritual well-being under demanding and isolated operational conditions.

• Conducted lot security, parking enforcement, traffic direction, and lot sanitation activities.
• Provided motorist assistance.
• Assisted with guest relations.

• Conducted records management, data input, property management, landscaping, and construction around the office property.

• Took and delivered orders with efficiency and precision.
• Maintained interior and exterior sanitation.