Elijah Myrick
Round Rock,TX
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Police Lieutenant, Bomb Squad
Austin Police Department
04.2024 - Current
- Supervise over 400 yearly deployments of the Bomb Squad, which include proactive sweeps at large events, dignitary visits, military ordnance disposal, special operations breaching support, and response to explosive device callouts
- Serve as incident commander on SWAT callouts, continually evaluating the deployment to ensure safety for all officers, innocent civilians, and suspects
- Maintain a vehicle and equipment inventory of over 5 million dollars
- Attend weekly explosive disposal, explosive breaching, and explosive K9 detection training and review and submit new training opportunities
Police Lieutenant, Cadet Training
Austin Police Department
04.2022 - 04.2024
- Supervised over 100 employees, both police cadets in training and cadet instructors
- Worked closely with civilian staff to increase training efficiency and ensure delivery was both current and professional
- Researched new trends and tactics to regularly review and revise training curriculum
- Maintained a high level of fitness to lead cadets and instructors by example. Monitored individualized fitness programs and submitted required reports to Worker's Compensation and Human Resoures
Police Sergeant, Major Crimes Suppression Unit
Austin Police Department
04.2020 - 04.2022
- Created new unit focusing on targeting career criminals
- Established new unit's standard operating procedures based on national research and industry best practices
- Supervised operations focused on gathering critical evidence through plain clothes surveillance and undercover tactics of homicide, robbery, and aggravated assault suspects
- Reviewed search warrants, case files, and investigative summaries to ensure compliance with policy and law
Police Sergeant, Patrol
Austin Police Department
03.2019 - 04.2020
- Supervised every aspect of daily patrol operations including report review, call performance, policy adherence, use of force and responded to complex and high risk scenes
- Conducted shift training and ensured officers attended mandatory department training as well as individual officer professional development
- Managed daily scheduling of patrol personnel, ensuring adequate coverage during peak hours or special events
- Conducted regular evaluations of officers' strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement to enhance overall team performance
Detective, Special Investigations Unit
Austin Police Department
05.2018 - 03.2019
- Investigated City of Austin employee public integrity crimes with the goal of ensuring public trust and maintaining a high level of agency professionalism
Detective, Human Trafficking
Austin Police Department
04.2016 - 05.2018
- Obtained and served search warrants related to ongoing cases, including training other investigators in best practices for digital evidence recovery
- Interviewed suspects and witnesses utilizing skilled interrogation techniques for gathering crucial information related to investigations
- Primarily conducted complex and sensitive investigation in a plain clothes capacity, frequently conducting covert surveillance
- Awarded the M. Diane Allbaugh Award by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children for a protracted investigation that resulted in the rescue of multiple children and 40 year suspect conviction
Police Officer, SWAT
Austin Police Department
01.2012 - 04.2016
- Over 90 yearly deployments including high risk search warrants, barricaded criminal suspects, hostage rescue, executive protection and counter assault
- Training and tactics Instructor
- Entry and advanced sniper certified with additional specialized training in vehicle tactics, less lethal munitions, helo operations, rappelling, active attack response, and advanced casualty care
- Operations planner
Police Officer, Evening Patrol
Austin Police Department
01.2009 - 01.2012
- Selected to serve as field training officer
- Shift awarded the Meritorious Unit Citation for proactive criminal interdiction
Education
Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice-Homeland Security
University of Mississippi
Oxford, MS12-2007
Skills
- Expert in managing high risk operations with over 500 career deployments as operator and supervisor
- Detailed operations and safety planner with a proven record in the public and private sector, including leading the planning and deployment of over 100 officers at the Austin City Limits Music Festival
- Current explosive ordinance disposal and public safety dive team supervisor
- Tactics and training instructor with specializations in active attack mitigation planning and response
- Creative problem solver with a variety of investigative plain clothes experience
- Over a decade of executive protection experience
Timeline
Police Lieutenant, Bomb Squad
Austin Police Department
04.2024 - Current
Police Lieutenant, Cadet Training
Austin Police Department
04.2022 - 04.2024
Police Sergeant, Major Crimes Suppression Unit
Austin Police Department
04.2020 - 04.2022
Police Sergeant, Patrol
Austin Police Department
03.2019 - 04.2020
Detective, Special Investigations Unit
Austin Police Department
05.2018 - 03.2019
Detective, Human Trafficking
Austin Police Department
04.2016 - 05.2018
Police Officer, SWAT
Austin Police Department
01.2012 - 04.2016
Police Officer, Evening Patrol
Austin Police Department
01.2009 - 01.2012
Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice-Homeland Security
University of Mississippi
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