Richard Taggart
Retired Police Sergeant
Covington,LA
Summary
Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and mastering new skills. Offers excellent technical abilities and the ability to handle challenging work, and time management skills.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Sergeant
New Orleans Police Department
New Orleans, LA
07.1978 - 12.2002
Sergeants duties are:
- Interpreted laws, regulations, policies and procedures to subordinates.
- Evaluated the performance of assigned personnel through observation, review of reports and other methods. To handle citizen complaints, to send correspondences to the district commander, deputy chiefs or superintendent of police. Monitor Police Officers in the field and respond to all call for a ranking officer needed on a scene.
- Managed administrative needs of the platoon, including recordkeeping, payroll entries and handling of complaints.
- Responded quickly to calls, questions and complaints from citizens to help in various situations.
- Conduct roll call, daily meetings to discuss current status of the district, issues and relay all correspondences to and from the district and head quarters. Assign the officers to their designated patrol areas and unit numbers.
- Collect all incident reports, summonses, citations, review for accuracy, correctness, return any for corrections and submit approved reports.
- Ensured that all personnel meet department standards for performance and conduct.
- Coordinated investigations into major crimes or incidents within their jurisdiction, to contact the needed support units, homicide, crime lab, SWAT team and any other support units as needed.
- Provided training to officers on applicable state laws, local ordinances and departmental policies and procedures.
- Developed strategies for crime prevention initiatives in collaboration with community organizations.
Education
High School Diploma -
Warren Easton Senior High School
New Orleans, LA05-1970
Computer Science
Delgado Community College
New Orleans, LACriminal Justice
Our Lady of Holy Cross College
New Orleans, LAMathematics
Tulane University
New Orleans, LAMathematics
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LAAdvanced Mathematics
Northwestern University
Evanston, ILSkills
- Supervision and Leadership
- Interpersonal Communication
- Analytical and Critical Thinking
- Written Communication
- Self-Directed
- Collaboration
- Recordkeeping
- Social Perceptiveness
- Dependable and Responsible
- Public Speaking
- Relationship Building
- Decision-Making
- Training & Development
- Critical Thinking
- Basic Math
Accomplishments
- I have received three citations, tenure award and others.
- Various assignments:
- District Police Officer assigned to the 5th District Lower 9th Ward Desire Projects patrol duties.
- Traffic Division - DWI enforcement officer trained at the Louisiana State Police in Baton Rouge
- Traffic Division - Detective in the Fatality Unit with advanced training in accident reconstruction at University of Northwestern, Evanston, Illinois; LSU Baton Rouge and Tulane University.
- Traffic Division - Assistant to the District Commander, prepare all correspondences to all the City Councilmen, Superintendent, Deputy Chiefs, Majors, Fatality Unit, Motorcycle Unit, Hit and Run Unit, DWI Unit and all District Commanders and all outside businesses.
- To assist the Secret Service during the visits and movements of The President or Vice President of the United States, Pope John Paul II and the Papal Entourage.
- Mardi Gras - Setting up all the parade routes and coordination with all parade Kings, Queens and Parade Officials. Setup all movements of all the Parades Kings, Queens, Officers, Parade Krewes and Officials.
- Assigned to Data Systems to repair, program, setup networks, maintain the wiring for the computers of Head Quarters and District Stations.
- Promoted to Sergeant.
- District Police Sergeant assigned to the 2nd District, 4th District, and the 7th District.
- Retired from the New Orleans Police Department.
Timeline
Sergeant
New Orleans Police Department
07.1978 - 12.2002
High School Diploma -
Warren Easton Senior High School
Computer Science
Delgado Community College
Criminal Justice
Our Lady of Holy Cross College
Mathematics
Tulane University
Mathematics
Louisiana State University
Advanced Mathematics
Northwestern University
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