Detective Sergeant/DEA Task Force Officer
Ohio County Sheriff's Office
Wheeling, WV
03.2015 - Current
- Reviewed detective case reports for accuracy, integrity and completeness.
- Guided, mentored and supervised subordinates to improve job performance and case clearing rates.
- Oversaw criminal cases, coordinated investigations and prepared evidence and investigators for court cases.
- Trained team members on agency processes, court procedures and investigation strategies.
- Wrote detailed reports outlining case findings for internal files and legal purposes.
- Kept meticulous and detailed records of each case to avoid causing any problems with prosecution.
- Obtained and served search warrants related to ongoing cases.
- Thoroughly investigated criminal acts and conspiracies.
- Collected witness statements and identified persons of interests.
- Appeared in court and testified under oath in countless State and Federal cases.
- Prepared sketches and diagrams detailing primary and secondary crime scenes.
- Conducted personal, property and event surveillance.
- Investigated complaints brought by members of community by conducting interviews and compiling evidence.
- Gathered facts from interviews of suspects, witnesses and complainants.
- Preserved evidence for court hearings and checked integrity of individual pieces.
- Obtained and verified evidence by interviewing, observing and conducting surveillance of suspects and records.
- Followed constitutional standards to properly obtain and execute warrants for arrests and searches.
- Marked off crime scenes and controlled access to protect evidence from tampering or loss.
- Worked undercover operations as buyer or dealer to uncover criminal activities and gather evidence for cases.
- Collected crime scene evidence, examined bodies and investigated secondary locations to build detailed cases based on sound evidence handling practices.
