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Michael Tavarozzi

Smithfield,RI

Summary

Persistent leader eager to lead and grow organizations. Skilled in strategic planning, problem-solving, and communication with good understanding of business principles, project management and team leadership. Collaborative with relentless work ethic.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Captain of Uniform Division

The Town of North Providence
06.2023 - Current
  • Member of command staff responsible for the function, budget, and overseeing the largest division in the agency
  • Responsible for policy development and compliance and review of officer safety practices
  • Supervised and coordinated daily operations of patrol shifts of up to 67 officers.
  • Responsible for overseeing expenditures to include budgetary items, line items, overtime accruals, division-level complaints
  • Responsible for coordinating with the EMA Director, school department, public official,s and outside partners for all critical incidents.
  • Evaluated case documentation submitted by shift supervisors to check accuracy and compliance with department policies aimed at protecting criminal cases.
  • Identified issues, analyzed information, and provided solutions to problems.


Lieutenant of Prosecution Unit

The Town of North Providence
  • Responsible for all major investigations that will be sent for prosecution
  • All major investigations, critical information, laws, and regulations for final report review
  • Responsible for evidence collection for discovery requests for local state and federal partners
  • Worked as department liaison for all federal, state, and local partners
  • Liaison for department judicial conferences, Attorney General Office, and Defense Attorney’s
  • Kept meticulous and detailed records of each case to avoid causing any problems with prosecution.
  • Gathered facts from interviews of suspects, witnesses, and complainants.
  • Investigated complaints brought by members of community by conducting interviews and compiling evidence.
  • Conducted personal, property, and event surveillance.

Lieutenant in Planning Training

The Town of North Providence
  • Responsible for department-wide training budget

training policies and law changes

  • Responsible for ordering, and bidding on federal state-level acquisitions for the entire agency
  • Responsible for negotiating, ordering, and keeping within a yearly vehicle budget for the department motor fleet over 150,000 dollars
  • Analyzed problems and worked with teams to develop solutions.
  • Sorted and organized files, spreadsheets, and reports.
  • Completed research, compiled data, updated spreadsheets and produced timely reports.
  • Prepared project presentations and reports to assist senior staff.
  • Developed and implemented effective lesson plans to cover necessary material
  • Evaluated the success of training programs and recommended improvements to upper management to enhance the effectiveness


Lieutenant of Community Police

The Town of North Providence
  • Commander responsible for public safety for town wide events
  • Responsible for school safety plans working hand and with the Superintendent of schools for major incidents
  • Organized town wide major events, National Night Out Event and Safety plan for 4th of July Fireworks
  • Member of the regional and local Tri-County Community Southern Providence Coalition against opioid abuse
  • Worked on strategic planning to combat against epidemic with state and local officials (senators, city council members, community directors, superintendents, activists, and medical professionals).

Lieutenant, Patrol Operations

The Town of North Providence


  • Responsible for first-line supervisors and staff personnel goals and objectives
  • Responsible for communications with upper administration
  • Led teams by example, consistently demonstrating correct behaviors and enforcing policies and procedures.
  • Guided officers through difficult situations, backing up teams onsite and advising on strategic decisions.
  • Structured assignments for subordinates based on current patrol priorities, special requirements, and individual strengths.

Sergeant Office of Professional Standards

The Town of North Providence
01.2017 - 11.2018
  • Responsible for investigating work place misconduct
  • Conducted thorough face-to-face interviews with employers, families, neighbors, friends, and suspects, and documented investigative findings.
  • Prepared case reports from allegations, transcripts of interviews and physical evidence.
  • Interviewed and interrogated suspects.
  • Conducted impartial investigations into complaints by employees.
  • Responsible for department-wide ethics, policies, and procedures
  • Responsible for department-wide discipline both departmental and criminal.
  • Developed Guardian Tracking System to monitor performance and conduct through collection, integration and management of data.
  • Wrote detailed reports outlining case findings for internal files and legal purposes.

Sergeant

The Town of North Providence
  • Led teams by example, consistently demonstrating correct behaviors and enforcing policies and procedures.
  • Responsible for the effective operations of shift personnel, scheduling, approving reports
  • Also responsible for overseeing the Field Training Program as Department Coordinator.
  • Guided officers through difficult situations, backing up teams onsite and advising on strategic decisions.

Police Officer

The Town of North Providence
11.2023 - Current


  • Serve as a member of the Peer Support Team, which is not limited to helping groups cope with significant incidents
  • Specializing in crisis services to organization
  • Field Training Officer


Education

Master’s Degree - Dept. of Homeland Security, cyber security and digital forensics

Salve Regina University
Newport, RI
05.2022

Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice

Roger Williams University
Bristol, RI
12.2019

Skills

  • Problem Resolution
  • Strategic Planning and Execution
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Risk Mitigation
  • Legal Research and Compliance
  • Creativity and Innovation
  • Diversity and Inclusion
  • Workforce Planning

Certification

  • Federal Emergency Management Agency –(ICS 700) National Incident Management System Incident Command System
  • Rhode Island Emergency Management (ICS400) Advanced Command & General Staff, Critical Incidents
  • RI Emergency Management Agency (ICS-300) Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents
  • RI Emergency Management Agency (ICS-200) Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents
  • RI Emergency Management Agency (ICS-100) Introduction to Incident Command
  • Rhode Island Public Safety Leadership Academy “Leading Change in Organizations”
  • Command Level Leadership Academy
  • Performance Leadership Practitioner Course
  • Law Enforcement Peer Support Training-(critical incident stress management)
  • Internal Affairs Investigation Certification-New England State Police Information Network and Roger Williams University
  • Grant and Policy Writing Course- Roger Williams University
  • Computer Crimes Seminar- Roger Williams University

Qualifications

  • Concrete leadership qualities, through work experience and education
  • Oversaw integration of new technology implementation to the fleet of government vehicles
  • Proven ability to establish rapport easily with people from diverse backgrounds
  • Able to complete tasks in a highly organized, efficient and responsible manner
  • Proven ability to remain calm and deliver results in high pressure situations, to include critical incidents
  • Proficient in MS Word, Office, PowerPoint, Internet, and working knowledge in Microsoft Excel
  • Upheld laws and codes of The State of Rhode Island and the Town of North Providence
  • Conducted preliminary investigations, gathered evidence, controlled and enforced traffic, made arrests, testified in court, interviewed witnesses and suspects, mediated domestic disputes, responded to calls for first aid
  • Provided a strong ability to react effectively in emergency and stress situations



Awards

Recipient of the North Providence Police Department Life Saving Award

Timeline

Police Officer

The Town of North Providence
11.2023 - Current

Captain of Uniform Division

The Town of North Providence
06.2023 - Current

Sergeant Office of Professional Standards

The Town of North Providence
01.2017 - 11.2018

Lieutenant of Prosecution Unit

The Town of North Providence

Lieutenant in Planning Training

The Town of North Providence

Lieutenant of Community Police

The Town of North Providence

Lieutenant, Patrol Operations

The Town of North Providence

Sergeant

The Town of North Providence

Master’s Degree - Dept. of Homeland Security, cyber security and digital forensics

Salve Regina University

Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice

Roger Williams University
  • Federal Emergency Management Agency –(ICS 700) National Incident Management System Incident Command System
  • Rhode Island Emergency Management (ICS400) Advanced Command & General Staff, Critical Incidents
  • RI Emergency Management Agency (ICS-300) Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents
  • RI Emergency Management Agency (ICS-200) Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents
  • RI Emergency Management Agency (ICS-100) Introduction to Incident Command
  • Rhode Island Public Safety Leadership Academy “Leading Change in Organizations”
  • Command Level Leadership Academy
  • Performance Leadership Practitioner Course
  • Law Enforcement Peer Support Training-(critical incident stress management)
  • Internal Affairs Investigation Certification-New England State Police Information Network and Roger Williams University
  • Grant and Policy Writing Course- Roger Williams University
  • Computer Crimes Seminar- Roger Williams University
Michael Tavarozzi