An accomplished retired United States Postal Inspector (federal law enforcement officer) with 24 years of leadership experience supervising criminal investigative operations, administration and human resources.
As a US Postal Inspector, I investigated or managed investigations of any crimes with a nexus to the US Postal Service. The Inspection Service is a relatively small agency with a broad mission to protect the US Postal Service, its employees, infrastructure, and customers by enforcing the laws that defend the United States' mail system from illegal or dangerous use.
I maintained or held a US Security Classification of Secret / Top Secret / SCI throughout my career. My last background investigation was completed in 2011.
I retired from the Inspection Service in 2017 and am currently an artist, instructor, President and Board Chair of the Firehouse Gallery in Charles Town, West Virginia.
As a Field Inspector (Journeyman Level) in the New York Division (1993 - 2004), I Investigated various crimes committed by non-USPS individuals against the US Postal Service, its employees, the US mail, postal infrastructure, and postal customers. These included incidents of mail theft, identity theft, armed robberies of letter carriers, burglaries, assaults, threats, and illegal narcotics. This also required that I be on 24/7 response to any incidents for extended periods of time.
I also investigated USPS employees for fraudulent workers' compensation claims. I created and filed reports to document investigative activities, and completed weekly and monthly reports summarizing activities. I have testified many times in the City of NY and US District Courts pertaining to investigations that I and other Inspectors conducted.
I served as a firearms instructor from 1999-2004 in the New York Division, where I trained Postal Inspectors and Postal Police officers during semi-annual firearms qualifications. I also assisted in the transition from the revolver to the semi-automatic pistol as the assigned duty weapon. This included qualification course and classroom training.
I was promoted to fraudulent Workers' Compensation Program Manager at National Headquarters in Washington DC in 2004, where I led the field in their investigations of fraudulent Office of Workers' Compensation Program (OWCP) claims.
I later transitioned to Money Laundering Investigations Program Manager and served as such from 2006-2009, where I led the field in their investigations and also taught other Inspectors and Academy students to conduct Money Laundering Investigations.
I was promoted to Assistant Inspector in Charge (AIC) of the Criminal Investigations Group in 2011, where I supervised approximately ten Program Managers, Program Specialists and Contractors on a daily basis. I frequently gave presentations to the Inspection Service Executive Committee and USPS Senior Management regarding the criminal programs under my purview.
From 2014 through 2017 I served as Desk Officer/USPIS representative on an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) consisting of approximately 30 state and federal law enforcement entities. As such, I responded to requests for classified information from other agencies and helped compile reports in response to requests from the field. I also briefed other agency desk officers, managers, and analysts on Inspection Service cases on a regular basis.