Daniel Martinez
Long Beach,CA
Summary
Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Crime Scene Investigations Supervisor
Newport Beach Police Department
2023.07 - Current
- Oversee daily operations of the Crime Scene Investigations Unit, ensuring smooth workflow and timely completion of tasks.
- Apply strong leadership talents and problem-solving skills to maintain team efficiency and organize workflows.
- Handle complaints, resolve issues, and adjust policies to meet changing needs.
- Monitor workflow to improve employee time management and increase productivity.
- Increase team productivity by implementing efficient workflows and setting clear expectations for staff members.
- Resolve conflicts among team members promptly, maintaining a harmonious working environment conducive to productivity.
- Enhance communication within the team by holding regular meetings and encouraging open dialogue among all members.
- Create successful work schedules for each team member to maintain deadlines and fully staff shifts.
- Enforce rules and regulations outlined in company manual to set forth expectations comprehensibly and consistently.
- Implement safety protocols to minimize workplace accidents and maintain compliance with industry standards.
- Identify unsafe or unhealthful workplace conditions or hazards to enforce safe work practices and procedures.
- Develop staff skills through targeted training programs, resulting in improved performance and career growth opportunities.
- Streamline operations for increased efficiency through regular process reviews and implementing necessary changes.
- Evaluate staff performance and provided coaching to address inefficiencies.
- Maintain overall safe work environment with employee training programs and enforcement of safety procedures.
- Collect, arrange, and input information into database system.
- Recognize, preserve and collect physical evidence at crime scenes
- Retrieve video surveillance from homes and businesses for Crimes Against Persons, Fraud, Burglary, and Special Victims detectives
- Develop and preserve latent fingerprints using various techniques
- Identify and compare latent fingerprints
- Measure and diagram accurately; prepare charts, graphs or exhibits for investigation or court presentation
- Assist Crime Against Persons, Fraud, Burglary, and Sexual Assault detectives in Search Warrants
- Prepare detailed written field and laboratory reports
- Testify in court as an expert witness.
Crime Scene Investigator
Newport Beach Police Department
2010.08 - 2023.07
- Recognize, preserve and collect physical evidence at crime scenes
- Retrieve video surveillance from homes and businesses for Crimes Against Persons, Fraud, Burglary, and Special Victims detectives
- Develop and preserve latent fingerprints using various techniques
- Identify and compare latent fingerprints
- Measure and diagram accurately; prepare charts, graphs or exhibits for investigation or court presentation
- Assist Crime Against Persons, Fraud, Burglary, and Sexual Assault detectives in Search Warrants
- Prepare detailed written field and laboratory reports
- Testify in court as an expert witness.
Forensic Technician II
Riverside County Sheriff's Department
2008.01 - 2010.08
- Search for, collect, and preserve evidence at crime scenes for laboratory analysis; photograph crime scenes, collisions, suspects, or evidence
- Develop and preserve latent fingerprints using various techniques
- Collect, preserve, and attempt to evaluate or identify evidence such as blood, hair, fibers, cloth, wood, paint, and glass fragments
- Interview witnesses as to location of evidence and for details in order to compile composite drawings of suspects
- Use computer software and equipment to prepare and draw crime scene sketches
- Prepare detailed records; tag, mark, preserve, and store evidence that is collected
- Study new techniques in forensics; conduct research into the development of new techniques, methods, and equipment
- Prepare detailed written field and laboratory reports and other correspondence
- Photograph autopsies of criminal investigations
- Testify in court as an expert witness in the presentation and verification of collected evidence such as bloodstain interpretation, projectile trajectory, fingerprints, photography, and diagramming
- Assigned to the Moreno Valley Police Department as their night shift Forensic Technician from October 2009-August 2010.
Education
Masters Degree - Cybersecurity
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno, NV08.2024
Masters Degree - Forensic Science
National University
La Jolla, CA10.2008
Bachelor Of Science - Biology
Texas State University
San Marcos, TX05.2003
Skills
- Training and Mentoring
- Goal-Oriented
- Staff Management
- Complex Problem-Solving
- Strategic Planning
- Inventory Control
- Staff Development
- Processes and Procedures
- Operations Management
- Schedule Development
- Policy Enforcement
- Priority Management
- Analytical Thinking
- Data Analysis
- Wireshark Software
- Data Encryption
- Digital Forensics
- Disaster Recovery Planning
- Information Governance
- Risk Assessment
Timeline
Crime Scene Investigations Supervisor
Newport Beach Police Department
2023.07 - Current
Crime Scene Investigator
Newport Beach Police Department
2010.08 - 2023.07
Forensic Technician II
Riverside County Sheriff's Department
2008.01 - 2010.08
Masters Degree - Cybersecurity
University of Nevada, Reno
Masters Degree - Forensic Science
National University
Bachelor Of Science - Biology
Texas State University
Affiliation
- International Association for Identification, Member, 2009, Present
- American Chemical Society, Member, 2007, 2008
- Texas State University-San Marcos Alumni Association, Member, 2003, 2004
- Texas State University-San Marcos Alumni Association, Member, 2016, Present
- American Criminal Justice Association/Lambda Alpha Epsilon, Member, 2002, 2003
Continuing Education Workshops
- RON SMITH & ASSOCIATES, INC., Essential Ridgeology Concepts, 10/2022, Newport Beach, California
- GAP SCIENCE LLC, Forensic Supervision Course, 03/2022, Ontario, California
- RON SMITH & ASSOCIATES, INC., Courtroom Testimony; Success Instead of Survival, 02/2022
- RON SMITH & ASSOCIATES, INC., Essential Camera Operations and Controls, 07/2021
- FARO, Virtual Workshop: Crime Scene Reconstruction Series, 05/2021
- RESOLUTION VIDEO, Digital Video Evidence Recovery, 04/2021, Santa Ana, California
- SYMBOL INTELLIGENCE GROUP, Ritualistic Crime Scene Investigation, 02/2021
- FARO, FZ3 Intro, 12/2020
- GAP SCIENCE LLC, Forensic Field Training Officer Course, 12/2020, Newport Beach, California
- RON SMITH & ASSOCIATES, INC., Common Sense Digital Imaging for Latent Print Examiners, 08/2020
- SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF FINGERPRINT OFFICERS, 28th Annual Training Seminar, 10/2019, San Diego, California
- EMBASSY CONSULTING SERVICES, LLC, Civilian Leadership Course, 02/2019, Corona, California
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR IDENTIFICATION, 103rd International Educational Conference, 07/2018, San Antonio, Texas
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE / RTI International, A Review of Forensic Anthropology in Mexico, 06/2017
- COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL EXAMINER-CORONER, Skeletal Recovery Workshop, 09/2016, Los Angeles, California
- RON SMITH & ASSOCIATES, INC., Understanding Exclusion and Sufficiency Decisions, 11/2015, Las Vegas, Nevada
- FACTUALDIAGRAMS.COM / THE CAD ZONE, INC., 40-hour Basic/Intermediate Training Course in the Use of The Crime Zone / The Crash Zone, 09/2014, Fontana, California
- RTI INTERNATIONAL, The Emperor's New Clothes: A Guide to Latent Print Testimony, 08/2014
- SAFRAN – MORPHOTRAK / ORANGE COUNTY CRIME LAB, Latent Expert Workstation Course Record Archive, 07/2014, Santa Ana, California
- GOLDEN WEST COLLEGE – CRIMINAL JUSTICE TRAINING CENTER, Crisis Intervention Training for Law Enforcement, 05/2014, Huntington Beach, California
- CALIFORNIA STATE DIVISION – INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR IDENTIFICATION, 98th Annual Training Seminar, 04/2014, Riverside, California
- SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF FINGERPRINT OFFICERS, 22nd Annual Training Seminar, 09/2013, Anaheim, California
- LOS ANGELES HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREA, Homicide Crime Scenes, 07/2012, Seal Beach, California
- LOS ANGELES HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREA, Arson Homicide Investigations, 08/2012, Seal Beach, California
- LOS ANGELES HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREA, Elder and Child Death Investigations, 08/2012, Seal Beach, California
- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, Gunshot Trajectory Reconstruction, 10/2011, San Bernardino, California
- AMERICAN RIVER COLLEGE – SACRAMENTO REGIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING CENTER, Latent Fingerprint Identification and Comparison Advanced (Post Certified), 04/2011, McClellan, California
- UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-RIVERSIDE, Forensic Entomology, 07/2009, Riverside, California
- AMERICAN RIVER COLLEGE – SACRAMENTO REGIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING CENTER, Fingerprint Identification Basic (Post Certified), 01/2009, McClellan, California
- SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF FINGERPRINT OFFICERS, Annual Conference/Workshop, 10/2008, Ontario, California
- RIVERSIDE COUNTY CAL-ID, Fingerprint Technician Training/Pattern Recognition, 03/2008, Riverside, California
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