Garrett Compton
Bixby,USA
Summary
Certified Flight Instructor with a strong foundation in communication and safety, leveraging extensive experience in structured environments and critical thinking. Demonstrated ability to train and mentor others, ensuring high standards of performance and integrity. Eager to apply instructional skills to foster pilot development and enhance aviation safety.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Reserve Police Officer
City of Jenks
01.2024 - Current
- Patrol areas, beats, and sectors of the city to provide for criminal deterrence, timely response, and proactive interdiction.
- Communicate with members of the public to develop trust, brainstorm ideas to prevent crime, and build relationships.
- Enforce traffic laws and educate drivers of state and municipal traffic codes. Directed DUI enforcement to increase public safety.
- Mediate disturbances and intervene in crisis response situations.
Distribution Dispatcher
Public Service Company of Oklahoma
01.2023 - 01.2024
- Monitor the power grid and respond to trouble issues and power outages.
- Communicate with other dispatchers, operators, and field personnel and coordinate response to trouble and power outage issues.
- Utilize computer programs such as CAD and Power-On to determine location of outages and trouble issues and notify appropriate personnel.
- Train new dispatchers in policy, procedure, communications, and operations.
Police Officer
City of Lakewood
01.2017 - 01.2023
- Patrol areas, beats, and sectors of the city to provide for criminal deterrence, timely response, and proactive interdiction.
- Communicate with members of the public to develop trust, brainstorm ideas to prevent crime, and build relationships.
- Enforce traffic laws and educate drivers of state and municipal traffic codes. Directed DUI enforcement to increase public safety.
- Mediate disturbances and intervene in crisis response situations.
- Advanced crash investigation and reconstruction.
- Law enforcement driving instructor.
- State traffic code instructor.
- Crash investigation instructor.
- Traffic direction instructor.
SIBRS Mission Crew Chief
United States Air Force Reserve
01.2018 - 01.2021
- Provides mission-critical analysis and reporting of collected infrared event data, ensuring timely and accurate data is sent to North American Air Defense Command and Integrated Tactical Warning/Attack Assessment in direct support of strategic and theater combatant commanders.
- Highly trained to recognize and characterize threat missile systems for both currently fielded and experimental systems. Regularly receives the most up-to-date intelligence briefings from the national intelligence community on adversary capabilities as well as preferred Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures.
- Works in a crew/team-oriented environment where flexibility and quick response to dynamic events is essential to success. Tasks performed on shifts have strict associated time constraints and require constant status monitoring and vigilance to prevent/respond to anomalies.
- Serves as a Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO)—Supervisory role over multiple airmen, overseeing professional development and writing performance reports as well as providing feedback for improvement.
- Recognized for critical role as part of the 2019 Best Space Operations Crew Award from the Air Force Association.
- Coined by Buckley AFB Commander for playing a pivotal role in an event, potentially saving American lives.
Train Dispatcher
Denver Transit Operators
01.2016 - 01.2017
- Provide for the safe, orderly, and expeditious flow of rail traffic on a given rail system.
- Maintain knowledge of policies and procedures to include DTO, RTD, and Federal Railroad Administration (FRA).
- Manage critical safety incidents in a safe and effective manner.
- Communicates with the public, train operators, railway employees, and first responder agencies to ensure safest operation of the railway possible.
- Train new dispatchers in policy, procedure, communications, and best practices to become a proficient and safe solo dispatcher.
Air Traffic Controller
MS Army National Guard
01.2008 - 01.2016
- Provide for the safe, orderly, and expeditious flow of air traffic in a given air jurisdiction.
- Maintain knowledge of local and Federal Aviation Administration policies and procedures. Regularly retrain and retain knowledge.
- Maintain a high-level knowledge of emergency procedures. Perform emergency procedures without error and ensure the safest outcome.
- As training supervisor, create, improve, and maintain training scenarios. Maintain training records for all trainees and certified air traffic controllers. Serve as subject matter expert. Provide training and instruction to new and certified air traffic controllers.
- Serves as a Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO)—Supervisory role over multiple soldiers, overseeing professional development and writing performance reports as well as providing feedback for improvement.
Education
Associates of Applied Science - Aviation
Spartan College of Aeronautics
10.2025
Bachelor of Applied Science and Technology - Air Traffic Control
Thomas Edison State University
06.2017
Skills
Critical Thinking
Safety
Instructing
Communication
Ethics and Integrity
Commerical Aviation
Certification
- Certified Flight Instructor
- Commercial Pilot SEL/MEL with Instrument Rating
- FAA Air Traffic Controller Certification
- FAA Class I Medical Certificate
Flight Time
- Total Time: 248.1
- Instrument: 59.2
- Pilot in Command: 168.4
- Cross-Country: 60.6
- Night: 41.9
- Sim: 44.6
Awards
Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal x4, Army Certificate of Achievement, Air Force Achievement Medal, Air Force Enlisted Undergraduate Space Training Class Leader, Distinguished Graduate Award, Academic Achievement Award
Timeline
Reserve Police Officer
City of Jenks
01.2024 - Current
Distribution Dispatcher
Public Service Company of Oklahoma
01.2023 - 01.2024
SIBRS Mission Crew Chief
United States Air Force Reserve
01.2018 - 01.2021
Police Officer
City of Lakewood
01.2017 - 01.2023
Train Dispatcher
Denver Transit Operators
01.2016 - 01.2017
Air Traffic Controller
MS Army National Guard
01.2008 - 01.2016
Bachelor of Applied Science and Technology - Air Traffic Control
Thomas Edison State University
Associates of Applied Science - Aviation
Spartan College of Aeronautics
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