Ricky Hughes
Roxboro,NC
Summary
Seasoned Police Captain at Roxboro Police Department, adept in critical thinking and community engagement. Excelled in enhancing safety protocols and fostering public trust, achieving a notable reduction in community complaints. Skilled in criminal investigation and demonstrating exceptional adaptability.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Police Captain
Roxboro Police Department
12.2000 - Current
- Documented incidents and arrest activities, reviewed written reports and communicated with subordinates to facilitate administrative follow-up.
- Liaised with government, civic and private organizations to promote community safety.
- Approved training and education designed to maintain and improve officer patrol and protective services.
- Handled inquiries and made presentations before various commissions and civic groups.
- Supervised administrative and support functions of non-sworn personnel.
- Examined personnel, facilities and tactics for safety and training.
- Supervises Patrol Lieutenants by meeting with both Lieutenants daily and discussing any issues with staffing and/or general concerns from the officers they supervise. Also, general forecasting of issues in problematic areas of the city.
- Investigating citizens’ complaints by interviewing the citizen and having them complete a formal departmental complaint form. After which, I speak with the officer and their immediate supervise in reference to the complaint. I also review all camera footage that pertain to the specific incident.
- Conduct daily reviews of incident/crash reports by logging into RMS and reviewing each report for accuracy. Ensuring that found errors are corrected by officers before finalization in the system.
- Conduct monthly reviews of in car/body camera footage by logging into the WatchGuard and reviewing each officer’s camera footage for officer safety issues and /or policy violations.
- Collaborate with yearly event stakeholder by conducting meetings and ensuring that each stakeholder understands the process and forms to be completed. Also, ensuring proper law enforcement security for the event.
- Maintaining off duty work by creating an off-duty schedule and ensuring that officers are forefeeling the dates indicated.
- Serves as Field Training Officer Coordinator responsible for new hire assignments to FTOs, FTO process review, and recommends final release of a trainee from FTO to the Chief of Police.
- Assists with development and administration of the budget through input of the fiscal and equipment needs of the department.
- Neighborhood Watch Coordinator.
- General Instructor
- Residential Gang Awareness Officer.
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Criminal Justice
Piedmont Community College
Roxboro, NC12-2014
Skills
- Internal affairs
- Suspect identification
- Critical thinking
- Active listening skills
- Gang Awareness
- Laws and ordinances
- Workload balancing
- Law enforcement
- Patrol operations
- Physical restraint
- Firearms training
- Criminal investigation
- Courtroom testimony
- Community engagement
- De-escalation techniques
- Attention to detail
- Reliability
- Adaptability and flexibility
Timeline
Police Captain
Roxboro Police Department
12.2000 - Current
Associate of Applied Science - Criminal Justice
Piedmont Community College
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