Paul Garcia

• Investigate complex traffic collisions and/or criminal felony/misdemeanor cases including vehicular homicide cases
• Reconstruct traffic accident scenes through analysis of evidence and scene diagrams
• Utilize automated mapping devices and specialized software to document scenes and to prepare to-scale diagrams
• Calculate involved vehicle speeds through use of data collection and accepted collision analysis techniques
• Perform time/distance analysis using collected field data
• Present cases to District Attorney's Office

• Patrolled areas to identify and resolve parking violations and traffic hazards, and enforced applicable laws
• Responded to citizen complaints regarding parking and abandoned vehicle laws
• Tagged and arranged storage of abandoned vehicles
• Analyzed related crime trends to determine areas of enforcement
• Provided assistance, information and directions to motorists
• Public safety support for special events
• Performed crossing guard duties as needed
• Responded to non-emergency calls for service from the public
• Researched complex questions/answers or referred callers to other sources.
• Gathered information to prepare crime reports, interviews victims, suspects and witnesses, and provided referral information as needed.

• When in Acting Lieutenant capacity, I supervised the juvenile violent crime division which consisted of 4 sergeants, over 30 detectives, and over 50 school resources officers.

Normal Detective Sergeant duties included:

• Led violent crime investigations related to child homicides, sex crimes against children, child abuse, and internet crimes
• Incident commander for all critical missing juvenile calls and child abduction cases
• AMBER Alert coordinator in charge of approving, coordinating, and issuing of all AMBER alerts
• Selected and supervised digital forensic officers and representatives assigned to the N.M. F.B.I Regional Computer Forensic Laboratory for the Albuquerque Police Department
• Represented the Albuquerque Police Department in the N.M. Internet Crime Against Children Task Force
• Planned and organized plain clothes arrest operations, search warrant executions, tactical operations, and surveillance operations related to violent crime against children investigations as well other felony crime
• Through a city partnership with the Sandia National Laboratories, I developed an internet safety program for children and parents and oversaw the implementation of the program throughout the city of Albuquerque. This entailed instructing children at various schools throughout the Albuquerque Public School System (over 100 schools). I also conducted train the trainer classes for others to continue providing instruction of this program throughout the city.

• Managed a fleet of over 1400 police take home and pool vehicles, which included the coordination of purchasing, designing, and approving final make ready orders for all new police vehicles
• Assigned new police officers to specific field training officers and monitored their performance until released from training and probation
• Responded to all critical incidents and S.W.A.T. callouts as requested as a representative for the chief's office
• Supervised reserve program comprised of over 20 reserve officers

• Conducted traffic enforcement and investigated traffic collisions
• Participated in active and stationary motorcade traffic control while on a police motorcycle
• Acted as primary case agent and investigator for major traffic collisions up to and including those involving fatalities

• Performed police patrols within a 190-square mile municipality comprised of urban and suburban areas
• First responder to critical incidents while they were in progress
• Responded to police station and 911 dispatched calls involving traffic incidents, emergencies and criminal activity, including but not limited to homicide, domestic violence, assault/battery, theft, burglary, drug trafficking and vandalism
• Worked with patrol partners and other first responders to assess scenes, ensure victim/public safety, apprehend suspected criminal offenders, secure crime scenes, conduct preliminary investigations, and complete crime reports as needed

• Investigated traffic collisions
• Participated in active and stationary motorcade traffic control
• Patrolled areas to identify and resolve parking violations and traffic hazards, and enforced applicable laws
• Responded to citizen complaints regarding parking and abandoned vehicle laws, tagged and arranged transport of abandoned vehicles
• Provided assistance, information and directions to motorists, assisted in the coordination of public safety support for special events
• Performed crossing guard duties as needed
• Responded to non-emergency calls and service requests from the public