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Pete Gamboa

Pearland,TX

Summary

Dedicated Police Supervisor with proven success at building high-performing teams and controlling crime. Productive and positive communicator with public and other law enforcement. Transforms crises into orderly solutions.

Overview

32
32
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Chief of Police

Columbia-Brazoria ISD Police Department
09.2017 - 06.2020
  • Manage 15 Officers and ensure they meet all TCOLE requirements
  • I manage their schedules, payroll and provide training on school policies to ensure the safety of the students and faculty for 5 campuses
  • Manage the Departments budget and provide the tools, equipment and supplies for the department/Officers
  • Interview, hire and train new officers
  • Implement programs to provide safety, security and promote positive interaction within the workplace and outside agencies
  • Lead and provide my officers support for new investigators to obtain statements, confessions and probable cause and arrest
  • Lead all internal investigations and obtain statements, confessions, search warrants, probable cause and arrest
  • I work with the District Attorney’s Office, Brazoria County Sheriff's Department, all local departments and attend the Brazoria County Chief’s meeting to network and stay up to date on current issues at other campuses and within the county
  • Ability to translate and interpret documents in Spanish
  • Reason for Leaving: Retired

Lead Criminal Investigator

Brazoria County District Attorney's Office
04.1999 - 04.2017
  • Lead and assist all agencies in Brazoria County with all Homicide and other investigations interviews obtaining statements, confessions, surveillance, search warrants, case preparation for ADA’s and probable cause and arrest
  • Translate for Spanish speakers
  • Translate statements and confessions conduct interviews and obtain confession in Spanish
  • Lead and assisting new investigators and detectives with all criminal investigations, statements, confessions search warrants, probable cause and arrest
  • Lead and assist agencies with internal investigation statements, confessions, search warrants, probable cause and arrest
  • Lead Grand jury investigator, work and lead investigations on criminal and civil investigations locating witnesses, interviews, confessions search warrants, probable cause and arrest
  • Surveilling and locating felony absconders also indicted suspects making arrest in Brazoria County, throughout the U.S
  • And outside the country

Undercover Narcotics Agent

Brazoria County Sheriff's Office
05.1991 - 04.1999
  • Worked undercover operations making under undercover buys, training the new undercover agents, assisting on wire taps and translating from Spanish to English
  • Obtaining search warrants and probable cause and making arrest
  • Undercover surveillance
  • K-9 Handler and Trainer & SWAT Officer
  • Patrol Deputy and assisted with Homicide Investigations.
  • Jailor providing security for all inmates and training new jailors.

Corporal Patrol Officer

City Of Clute Police Department
01.1988 - 01.1991
  • Patrol duties, assisted on criminal investigations and bilingual translations
  • Field training officer first phase and last phase of all new patrol officers
  • SWAT officer
  • Reason for leaving: Offered a position at the Brazoria County Sheriff Department.

Education

Graduate -

Brazosport College

Columbia High School

Certification

  • 2454 TCOLE Training hours
  • Master Peace Officer Certificate
  • Professional Investigator Certificate
  • Advance Jailor Certification
  • Crime scene and Evidence Certification
  • Special Weapons and Tactics (S.W.A.T) Certification
  • Field Training Officer Certificate
  • Lifetime Member of Homicide Investigators of Texas
  • Drug Unit Commanders Academy (DUCA) Certificate DEA
  • Canine Scent Evidence and Identification Certificate
  • Canine Trainer and Handler
  • HGN Certificate

Affiliations

LEMIT - Texas Police Chief Leadership Series 17 years of Criminal, Civil and Grand Jury Investigation experience

Additional Information

  • OSHA 10 certification Level III – Armed Security License Private Investigation License

Timeline

Chief of Police

Columbia-Brazoria ISD Police Department
09.2017 - 06.2020

Lead Criminal Investigator

Brazoria County District Attorney's Office
04.1999 - 04.2017

Undercover Narcotics Agent

Brazoria County Sheriff's Office
05.1991 - 04.1999

Corporal Patrol Officer

City Of Clute Police Department
01.1988 - 01.1991

Graduate -

Brazosport College

Columbia High School

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