Darius Ward

• Conducted regular briefings to ensure personnel were informed of changes in regulations and policies.
• Organized travel arrangements for personnel on temporary assignments.
• Prepared documents such as leave forms, awards, decorations, and various reports.
• Created detailed reports on upcoming schedules and tracked progress towards meeting goals.
• Developed internal policies to prevent future cases of abuse or misconduct.
• Gathered evidence through interviews with witnesses, victims, and suspects.
• Developed training programs for new investigators regarding investigative procedures and protocol.
• Maintained up-to-date knowledge of applicable laws and regulations related to surveillance investigations.
• Developed investigative strategies to document suspicious activity and behavior.
• Assigned, coordinated and reviewed the work of police officers.
• Ensured that all personnel met department standards for performance and conduct.
• Performed supervisory duties such as developing goals, evaluating job performance, approving leave requests and maintaining discipline.

• Testified in court cases to back up case evidence and detail timelines.
• Prepared detailed reports and affidavits for courts by obtaining information through physical surveillance and thorough investigations.
• Managed investigations and prepared criminal cases for court.
• Offered advice, guidance and leadership to junior detectives.
• Testified under oath in administrative hearings and criminal court cases.

Performs secondary level review for monitoring and reporting suspicious activity to financial crimes, for fraud activity related to AML
Conducts enhanced due diligence on alerted transactional activity through CLEAR and google Negative News to make SAR/no SAR disposition.
Responsible for monitoring and reporting suspicious activity to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), as it pertains to instances of money laundering and terrorist financing.

Writing SAR narrative’s that identify the five essential elements of information related to the unusual or suspicious activity being reported: the who,what,when,where, and why.

Analytical/investigation skills to determine unusual or possible suspicious activity regarding transaction or account activities.

Review transactional activity from customer/counterparties that has triggered due to certain red flags and drafts initial SARs.

Conducted interrogations and interviews on police officers who have been engaging in police corruption.

• Installed covert cameras to review media and gather surveillance evidence in protest and illegal activity cases.
• Bagged evidence carefully and verified submission to proper department.
• Performed undercover work in person or through remote communications such as telephone calls.
• Conducted surveillance on individuals, specific properties and events.

• Investigated over 200 Homicides.
• Achieved 80% case clearance by efficiently managing investigations, interrogations and evidence collections.
• Sought out witnesses to obtain information about identifiable violations of local, state or federal statutes.
• Managed surveillance of individuals, specific properties and events.
• Documented facts and statements gathered from complainants, witnesses and accused persons.
• Prepared detailed reports and affidavits for courts by obtaining information through physical surveillance and thorough investigations.
• Testified in court cases to back up case evidence and detail timelines.
• Investigated activities such as aggravated assaults, kidnappings and Homicides and Robberies to build solid cases for criminal prosecution.
• Obtained and executed search and arrest warrants in full compliance with legal protections.
• Executed and obtained search warrants and subpoenas to obtain evidence for resolution of criminal matters.
• Attended autopsies and took detailed notes on information relevant to case investigations.
• Read and evaluated case reports from each detective to assess accuracy and completeness.

• Wrote reports detailing events and people involved.
• Performed administrative tasks related to police work, including patrolling neighborhoods, writing accident reports and conducting felony and misdemeanor arrest.