DESTINY ALSTON
WALDORF,UNITED STATES
Summary
Armed Special Police Officer with over a decade of extensive expertise in community policing, emergency response, and civil law enforcement. Skilled in crowd control and legal procedures, ensuring public safety through strategic collaboration and advanced communication. Committed to fostering community trust and maintaining a secure environment while continuously enhancing proficiency in defensive tactics.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Armed Special Police Officer
Allied Universal Security Services
03.2025 - Current
- Managed access control systems to ensure only authorized individuals entered restricted areas, protecting sensitive information and assets.
- Participated in ongoing training sessions to maintain proficiency in firearms usage, defensive tactics, and other essential skills required for effective performance as an Armed Special Police Officer.
- Reduced risks by identifying and addressing potential security threats proactively.
- Enhanced overall security by conducting thorough patrols and monitoring surveillance systems.
- Responded to emergency calls to provide assistance to citizens in need.
- Identified, pursued and arrested suspects and perpetrators of criminal acts.
Armed Special Police Officer
Paragon Security
09.2022 - 03.2025
- Ensure public safety by monitoring events and patrolling areas, fostering community trust.
- Collaborate with city staff to enforce laws, enhancing public service and protection.
- Conduct comprehensive security checks, identifying and addressing potential threats.
- Engage in continuous training to maintain proficiency in firearms and defensive tactics.
- Fostered strong community relationships, improving communication channels and building trust to enhance overall security effectiveness.
- Analyzed criminal activity patterns, identifying suspicious behavior and implementing targeted prevention strategies.
- Conducted thorough searches of individuals, vehicles, and premises, ensuring compliance with legal protocols and maintaining safety standards.
- Maintained accurate records of all incidents, ensuring proper documentation for future reference or legal proceedings.
- Collaborated with law enforcement agencies for timely response to incidents, resulting in minimal disruptions.
- Demonstrated exceptional situational awareness and decision-making abilities during high-pressure situations, resulting in increased confidence from supervisors and peers.
- Ensured public safety and maintained order during high-profile events and emergency situations.
- Responded swiftly to medical emergencies, providing first-aid assistance until medical professionals arrived on scene.
Process Server
Legal Papers
03.2021 - 11.2022
- Delivered legal documents promptly, ensuring court compliance and timely case progression.
- Coordinated with attorneys and court officials to manage document flow efficiently.
- Authenticated receipt of documents, maintaining accurate records for legal proceedings.
- Prepared affidavits of service, enhancing the credibility of legal documentation.
- Facilitated court appearances by serving papers to individuals with legal obligations.
- Delivered legal documents with precision, ensuring timely service and accurate documentation through affidavits, supporting court proceedings efficiently.
Armed Special Police Officer
Constellis Centerra, LLC
08.2018 - 09.2022
- Duties range daily depending on the location assigned on a particular shift.
- Inspect equipment and participate in briefing from the previous officer.
- Check identification of employees entering and exiting the premises.
- Secure all checkpoints, X-ray, magnetometer and handheld wand proficiency on guest entering the facility.
- Patrols the exterior and interior of buildings.
- Reports suspicious activities and objects to the supervisor.
- Secured entrances and exits by maintaining a physical presence and monitoring closed-circuit television.
- Communicated with security team and building supervisors using radios, mobile phones and other technological devices.
- Enforced security policies and removed violators and unauthorized individuals from premises to maintain safe environment.
- Adhered to established procedures and posted orders to enforce company rules, policies and regulations to general public.
- Responded quickly to emergency situations to assess and deflect issues.
- Greeted guests and courteously to cultivate welcoming atmosphere while making safety top priority.
- Monitored criminal activity in community to identify suspicious activity. Implemented rigorous security protocols, enhancing facility safety and reducing unauthorized access incidents through vigilant monitoring and swift response.
- Fostered seamless communication with security teams and building supervisors, ensuring coordinated responses to potential threats and emergencies.
Amazon Prime Shopper
Amazon
11.2020 - 09.2021
- Responded to customer questions and concerns or escalated to supervisor for resolution.
- Provided clients with price quotes on securities and financial information on corporations issuing select securities.
- Developed and maintained strong knowledge of multiple products and varying levels of benefits within each product.
- Developed advanced product knowledge to share current information while generating and delivering products quotes.
- Gathered customer information and maintained in CRM database.
- Collaborated with clients to maintain relationships and provide customers with thorough support and guidance.
- Confirmed all selected items were in excellent condition with intact packages.
- Demonstrated speed and accuracy in order item selection.
- Maximized efficiency by scanning items quickly and completing as many as 6 orders per hour. Streamlined order fulfillment process, consistently completing 6 orders per hour while maintaining high accuracy and package integrity for Amazon Prime customers.
Internship Student
DFS Intelligence Unit
10.2019 - 08.2020
- Collaborated with team to optimize workflow and achieve objectives.
- Assisted with projects by applying strong analytical skills and studies.
- Gather all the data for intelligence impact study.
- Gather all the data for SEX Kit of FY18.
- Gather all the data during SCI and track daily offenses and gun recoveries.
- Reported back to instructor to receive day-to-day tasks and responsibilities.
- Communicated effectively with faculty and staff and accepted critiques and suggestions for areas of improvement. Conducted comprehensive data collection for intelligence impact studies and SEX Kit FY18, enhancing decision-making processes and strategic planning.
- Meticulously tracked daily offenses and gun recoveries during SCI, providing crucial data for law enforcement initiatives and public safety measures.
Supervisory Special Police Officer
Admiral Security Services
10.2017 - 07.2018
- Document all daily occurrences within the security department.
- Record personnel and visitor’s visiting the property, with the time they came in and when they left.
- Receives verbal and written reports from subordinates and takes any follow up actions that are needed.
- Compile comprehensive security reports for upper management.
- Protect the property and personnel by conducting routine patrols.
- Monitor for any suspicious persons, fires, vandalism, or hazards also ensures that all the doors and windows are locked to prevent any unlawful entry.
- Responds to any distress calls and alarms to ensure all the security systems, such as the closed-circuit television and burglar alarms, reports any breakdowns of the security systems to management.
- Report unlawful activities such as theft or vandalism to local law enforcement officers.
- Identify trespassers or criminals during routine patrols, violators will be detained and calls the police.
- Conduct briefings to inform officers of important considerations such as properties to check and individuals in local areas. Led security operations, ensuring comprehensive documentation and incident reporting while managing personnel and visitor access control.
Special Police Officer
Pact Pro, LLC
12.2016 - 08.2017
- Controls access to client facility through the admittance process assists visitors with a legitimate need to gain entry to the facility.
- Screens visitors and client employees in an efficient manner to expedite their admittance to the facility.
- Monitors entrances and exits; prevents unapproved or unlawful entry; controls entrances, the movement of people and vehicles, and parking vehicles; and operates a gate and examines vehicle contents; monitors remote entrances using closed circuit television.
- Prepares logs or reports as required for post, writes or types reports or enters information in a computer using standard grammar, inspects security control logs and acts as required.
- Responds to incidents of fire, medical emergency, bomb threat. Controlled facility access, screened visitors, and monitored entrances to ensure security. Prepared detailed logs and responded to emergencies promptly.
- Managed entrance and exit protocols, preventing unauthorized access. Operated surveillance systems and conducted vehicle inspections for enhanced security.
- Streamlined visitor admittance process, improving efficiency while maintaining strict security standards. Handled incident reports with precision.
- Coordinated with client employees to facilitate smooth entry procedures. Acted as a key liaison between visitors and facility management.
Overnight Stocker
Walmart
08.2016 - 06.2017
- Assisted customers in finding merchandise.
- Restocking the stores shelves.
- Maintaining a clean work space.
- Off loading the trucks for inventory.
- Preparing the store to open meaning making sure all aisles were neat.
- Completed price change for any and all sides.
- Realigned merchandise throughout assigned section to give shelves and racks professional appeal.
- Readied items for sales floor stocking by affixing tags and preparing shelf labels.
- Met incoming trucks and used forklifts to move pallets to staging areas.
- Designed and constructed advertising signs to attract customers and promote sales.
- Observed safety protocols when transporting merchandise to different areas of store to alleviate item damage.
- Scanned shelves and product cases to locate expired, outdated and spoiled items. Optimized inventory management by efficiently restocking shelves, ensuring product availability and maintaining a clean, organized sales floor for enhanced customer experience.
- Streamlined receiving process by expertly operating forklifts to move pallets, significantly reducing unloading time and improving overall store efficiency.
- Revitalized visual merchandising through creative sign design and strategic product placement, driving customer engagement and boosting sales in assigned sections.
Transporter
Southern Maryland Hospital
02.2016 - 07.2016
- Transports patients by assisting patients in and out of taxis, ambulances, cars, and helicopters lifting patients on and off beds and move them to and from special service and treatment areas, and operating rooms; using wheelchairs or moveable beds.
- Comforts patients and their families by offering support and encouragement; being punctual and attentive to procedure schedules; demonstrating caring and cultural sensitivity.
- Transports equipment and supplies by picking-up requisitioned orders; delivering them to assigned treatment areas and patient care areas.
- Transports laboratory specimens by picking-up specimens and delivering them to specified laboratory.
- Transports deceased patients by following protocols and delivering them to the mortuary.
- Maintained accurate logs of all equipment deliveries and patient trips and submitted documentation at end of shift.
- Assisted with lifting and handling patients using appropriate patient safety equipment such as lift swings, stand-up lifts and overhead lifts.
- Warmly greeted patients and visitors and made each feel welcome.
- Collaborated with CNAs, nurses and physicians to maintain stability during transport and facilitate event-free transport. Coordinated seamless patient transport across hospital units, ensuring safe and timely transfers while maintaining empathetic communication with patients and families.
Shift Leader
Smokey Bones Bar & Fire Grill
08.2014 - 12.2015
- Completed cash and credit card transaction.
- Placed customers orders by phone and in person.
- Packed customers entrees for take out.
- Served Occasionally.
- Worked close with management for inventory, Kept a clean work space.
- Resolved challenging customer complaints to full satisfaction, promoting brand loyalty and maximizing repeat business.
- Delivered superior training and leadership to teams to boost performance and help team members achieve performance targets.
- Maintained clean and well-organized production areas to avoid violations or unnecessary work delays due to hazards or inefficient layouts.
- Helped customers complete purchases, locate items and join reward programs to promote loyalty, satisfaction and sales numbers.
- Counted cash in register drawer at beginning and end of shift.
- Increased sales by offering advice on purchases and promoting additional products.
- Trained new employees and delegated daily tasks and responsibilities.
- Opened and closed location and monitored shift changes to uphold successful operations strategies and maximize business success. Led shift operations, optimized customer service, and streamlined order processing, resulting in improved efficiency and customer satisfaction.
- Fostered teamwork among staff, mentored new hires, and coordinated with management to ensure smooth operations and inventory control.
- Managed cash transactions, maintained accurate records, and ensured compliance with safety and cleanliness standards in all work areas.
- Implemented creative solutions to resolve customer complaints, enhancing brand loyalty and driving repeat business.
- Provided comprehensive training to team members, boosting overall performance and helping individuals achieve their targets.
- Led shift operations, optimized customer service, and streamlined order processing, enhancing efficiency and customer satisfaction at Smokey Bones Bar & Fire Grill.
Education
Bachelors in Criminal Justice - undefined
Bowie State University
Bowie, MD12.2020
Associates of Applied Science in Criminal Justice - undefined
Prince George’s Community College
Upper Marlboro, MD05.2017
Skills
- Law knowledge (Experienced), Legal codes, Database searching, Civil law, Document filing, Community Policing, Computer Skills, Arrest Procedures (Experienced), Crowd Control, Search and Seizure (Skillful), Emergency Response (Skillful)
- Computer skills
- Less-lethal weapons
- Self-defense techniques
- Officer safety
- Surveillance techniques
- Arrest procedures
- Search and seizure
- Use of force guidelines
- Patrol procedures
- Evidence collection
- Teamwork and collaboration
Certification
- DC CODE (TITLE 6A CHAPTER 11) Various
- DC SPECIAL POLICE COMMISSION LICENSE (ARMED) Various
- MARYLAND COLMAR CODE PRIVATE SECURITY Various
- SEMI AUTOMATIC 9MM Various
- 38 CAL. REVOLVER Various
- ASP-TACTICAL HANDCUFFING CERTIFICATION Various
- SABRE LAW ENFORCEMENT TACTICAL Various
- OLORESIN CAPSICUM "OC" CERTIFICATION Various
- ASP- TACTICAL BATON CERTIFICATION Various
- FIRST AID/CPR/AED Various
Timeline
Armed Special Police Officer
Allied Universal Security Services
03.2025 - Current
Armed Special Police Officer
Paragon Security
09.2022 - 03.2025
Process Server
Legal Papers
03.2021 - 11.2022
Amazon Prime Shopper
Amazon
11.2020 - 09.2021
Internship Student
DFS Intelligence Unit
10.2019 - 08.2020
Armed Special Police Officer
Constellis Centerra, LLC
08.2018 - 09.2022
Supervisory Special Police Officer
Admiral Security Services
10.2017 - 07.2018
Special Police Officer
Pact Pro, LLC
12.2016 - 08.2017
Overnight Stocker
Walmart
08.2016 - 06.2017
Transporter
Southern Maryland Hospital
02.2016 - 07.2016
Shift Leader
Smokey Bones Bar & Fire Grill
08.2014 - 12.2015
Bachelors in Criminal Justice - undefined
Bowie State University
Associates of Applied Science in Criminal Justice - undefined
Prince George’s Community College
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