Kristen Hanson

• Supervise sworn and civilian members on a daily basis.
• Oversees money laundering investigations.
• Works to identifying assets that are deemed forfeitable in accordance with state laws and department policy.
• Responsible for guiding federal task force members on federal seizures.
• Ensuring task force officers are entering their seizures into federal DAG database.
• Supervises surveillance missions and undercover buys.
• Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
• Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
• Worked effectively in fast-paced environments.
• Organized and detail-oriented with a strong work ethic.
• Developed and maintained courteous and effective working relationships.

• Detailed to Recruitment and Retention as Administrative Sergeant.
• Supervised recruiters as well as administrative staff.
• Assisted in the development and implementation of new recruiters.
• Ensuring Chicago Police Department Recruiters demonstrated the ability to identify and attract the best quality candidates.
• Monitored databases to identify the number of candidate applications, recruitments events and follow up candidate applications recruitment and retention conducted.
• Collaborated with exempt members on directives regarding recruitment and retention.
• Supervised recruiters on recruitment events to ensure that recruiters understood what each event entailed and what the expectations of each recruiter.

• Established and updated work schedules to account for changing staff levels and expected workloads.
• Manages District Queue's to ensure reports are in correct status's. Ensures reports are moving up the Chain of Command in the correct order.
• Communicated objectives across all districts within in Area One through regular correspondence in regards to reports and supervisor projections.
• Developed highly-efficient administrative team through ongoing coaching and professional development opportunities.
• Evaluated complaint and emergency request information to determine response requirements.
• Organized, reviewed and evaluated work of 4 sworn staff members.
• Project Management in regards to critical responses by Area One Districts ( Protests and Civil unrest events)

• Daily responsibilities included supervising office staff. Ensuring all members understood and completed their assigned tasks on time and their work product was accurate.
• Communicated objectives across all watches through regular correspondence and scheduled status updates.
• Managed CMS database for 015th District in regards to complaint register numbers.
• Conducted all complaint register investigations with integrity and transparency in order build and establish trust with community members.
• Interpreted Department Directives to define and document administrative staff processes.
• Established and updated work schedules to account for changing staff levels and expected workloads.
• Enhanced collaboration between team members by preparing materials and taking precise notes to distribute to all Watch Operation Lieutenants.

• Actively patrol assigned areas to prevent and detect crimes.
• Supervised and directed day-to-day logistical operations for the third watch1506 team.
• Works in partnership with the SDSC room to evaluate the response of the 1506 in regards to hot spots within the district.
• De-briefs Watch Operations Lieutenant daily in regards to COMPSTAT reports and missions that 1506 team conducted in response to emerging crime trends.
• Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.
• Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
• Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations.
• Worked effectively in fast-paced environments.
• Managed time efficiently in order to complete all tasks within deadlines.
• Organized and detail-oriented with a strong work ethic.
• Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.

• Assigned to the rollout of the 011th District Strategic Decision Support Center.
• Collaborating with exempt staff members on information that would identify and assist department members in their efforts to combat violence in the 011th district.
• Assignments included Daily briefing to Deputy Chief of Area North, 011th District Commander, Narcotics and Gang Intelligence Commanders.
• Attended Shooting review meeting weekly for 011th District.
• Gathered intelligence on gang conflicts, targets for top ten to the US States Attorneys Office assigned to the 011th District task force.
• Memos and feedback provided to Chief of Patrols Office on success stories of the SDSC room .

• Detailed as the Administration Sergeant for the Chief of Organizational Development.
• Responsible for supervising all daily activities.
• Convened on the Mayors Mental Health Steering committee.
• Collaborated with Chicago Fire Department on a response effort for Mental Health transports.
• Worked in partnership with the Kennedy forum regarding mental health clinics in 010,11,and 15th Districts.
• Responsible for all documents and correspondence sent to Department of Justice

• Managed an office of five patrolman and three civilians
• Oversaw daily operations. FOIA requests and legal affairs request in regard to department complaint files.
• Assigned to Call out team that included all police shootings and incidents deemed that required IAD call out to respond.
• Responsible as the keeper of the records in regard to Complaint register and all SPAR Reports.

• Evaluated complaint and emergency-request information to determine response requirements.
• Secured crime scenes
• Conducted preliminary investigations at scenes of major crimes.
• Actively patrolled assigned areas to prevent and detect crimes
• Assigned to 3rd Watch, assigned as needed to cover 1161 Team
• Conducted Search Warrants with 1161 Team
• Assigned to focus missions in high narcotic and gang activity locations.
• Assigned to and handled police shootings.

• Assigned to 1506 mission bike team ( assigned to high crime areas in an effort to deter crime related activity in conjunction with emerging crime trends
• Assigned to Beat 1524 (responded to calls for service and assisted other units on in-progress jobs)
• Assisted on numerous search warrants with gang, narcotic and tactical teams

• Detailed to Gun Registration Unit.
• Identified and entered gun registration cards into the proper database in accordance with department policy,
• Organized files on Gun Registrations.

Assigned to Beat 1331 Third Watch.

• Engaged regularly with citizens to establish rapport and become a familiar presence in area.
• Monitored crowded public areas and events to mitigate risk and promote safety.
• Patrolled designated areas in patrol vehicle and on foot to identify security and safety issues.
• Investigated incidents and crimes, including evidence collection and witness statements.