Ronaldo Ulibarri
Española,NM
Summary
Highly experienced law enforcement professional offering 17+ years in diverse law enforcement positions. Natural leader with comprehensive experience in law enforcement, prepared for leadership and operational responsibilities. Known for strong focus on team collaboration and achieving results, adaptable to changing needs. Skilled in conflict resolution, community engagement, and tactical planning. Dependable and results-driven with commitment to maintaining public safety and upholding justice. Knowledgeable about the Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico population groups.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Police Corporal
Los Alamos County Police Department
Los Alamos, NM
03.2026 - Current
- Coordinate training programs for new officers, enhancing skills and knowledge of law enforcement protocols.
- Conduct thorough investigations of crimes, collecting evidence and interviewing witnesses to build strong cases.
- Develop community outreach initiatives, fostering positive relationships between police department and residents.
- Mentor junior officers in tactical response techniques, promoting best practices in high-stress situations.
- Collaborate with police officers at crime scenes and during investigations to document actions, findings and evidence.
- Review police reports thoroughly before submission ensuring accuracy of details leading to fewer discrepancies during investigations.
Basic Training Bureau Chief
Department of Public Safety
Santa Fe, NM
12.2024 - 03.2026
- Managed, coordinated and organized the activities of the NM Law Enforcement Academy. Provided training and oversight of NM Law Enforcement Academy Instructors. Reviewed, evaluated and approved training lesson plans, handouts, manuals, audio-visual aids, simulations and other instructional tools and materials to ensure quality and consistency with academy goals, legal standards, and law enforcement best practices. Served as a subject matter expert for competencies in skills and techniques that are required of Law Enforcement Instructors. Maintained safety, security and integrity of the program, instructors and students.
- Mentored junior staff, fostering professional development and enhancing team capabilities.
- Participated in professional development workshops to stay current on educational trends and best practices, applying new knowledge to enhance teaching methods.
- Developed positive relationships with students built on trust and respect, with a strong emphasis in professionalism, discipline, character, honor and integrity.
Police Academy Instructor
New Mexico Department Of Public Safety
Santa Fe, NM
10.2022 - 12.2024
- Supervised and successfully trained 300+ New Mexico Law Enforcement Officers to date, through Basic Police Officer Training Program (BPOT) and Certification by Waiver program (CBW).
- Observed and evaluated students' work to determine progress, provide feedback, and make suggestions for improvement.
- Met training needs with well-organized, factual programs based on contemporary requirements.
- Engaged students in academic and practical conversations that elicited critical thinking, creativity, collaboration and communication.
- Established goals for courses with organized outlines and detailed lessons.
- Connected instruction to real-world experiences and to students' post-secondary goals.
- Collaborated with colleagues and improved teaching practices through professional learning communities and student retention meetings.
- Identified program successes and failures based on student assessments and course reviews.
- Self-motivated, with strong sense of personal responsibility.
- Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations.
- Presented lectures and conducted discussions to increase students' knowledge and competence using visual aids such as graphs, charts and slides.
Police Detective
Santa Fe Police Department
Santa Fe, NM
09.2020 - 10.2022
- Sorted, organized and eliminated tips on daily basis to keep open investigations moving forward.
- Wrote detailed reports outlining case findings for internal files and legal purposes.
- Obtained and served search warrants related to ongoing cases.
- Participated in court hearings to provide written reports, evidence and verbal testimonies.
- Gathered facts from interviews of suspects, witnesses, and complainants.
- Investigated and reported crimes, accidents, offenses, and damage to property.
- Apprehended suspects, read Miranda Rights, and transported offenders to jail.
- Validated evidence for admissibility and preserved evidence to be utilized court hearings.
- Checked accuracy and integrity of collected information to identify optimal course of investigation.
- Gathered necessary information for court appearances and testified as witness under oath in court.
- Debriefed arrested individuals to collect important information for ongoing investigations.
- Apprehended offenders and conducted interviews and interrogations.
- Coordinated swift and tactical responses to wide range of criminal issues.
- Policed assigned areas to check homes, businesses and public roads for signs of disturbance.
- Responded immediately to reports of automobile accidents and criminal activity, calling for additional support as necessary.
- Talked regularly with citizens to establish rapport and become familiar presence in area.
- Conducted preliminary investigations at scenes of major crimes.
- Secured crime scenes, gathered evidence and questioned witnesses.
- Investigated and reported crimes, accidents, offenses and damage to property.
Detective Sergeant
Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office
Santa Fe, NM
10.2017 - 08.2020
- Guided, mentored and supervised subordinates to improve job performance and case clearing rates.
- Oversaw criminal cases, coordinated investigations and prepared evidence and investigators for court cases.
- Trained team members on agency processes, court procedures and investigation strategies.
- Identified and resolved staff and organizational issues.
- Reviewed detective case reports for accuracy, integrity and completeness.
- Marked off crime scenes and controlled access to protect evidence from tampering or loss.
- Delivered calm, professional testimony to support case evidence, establish timelines and offer law enforcement expertise.
- Conducted multi-scope research into suspects to determine criminal activities and suspect operating environments.
- Followed constitutional standards to properly obtain and execute warrants for arrests and searches.
- Investigated complaints brought by members of community by conducting interviews and compiling evidence.
- Collected witness statements and identified persons of interests.
- Assigned schedules and coordinated leave time to maintain optimal coverage.
- Conducted personal, property and event surveillance.
- Followed chain of custody mandates to send individual items off for laboratory analysis and DNA testing.
Sergeant Patrol Supervisor
Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office
Santa Fe, NM
04.2017 - 10.2018
- Investigated allegations of employee misconduct, reported findings and coordinated warranted disciplinary actions.
- Backed up patrol officers during difficult stops or to answer complex questions.
- Commanded on-scene tactical teams during critical incidents.
- Led teams by example, consistently demonstrating correct behaviors and enforcing policies and procedures.
- Conveyed important information at start of each shift such as areas of focus and persons of interest in local areas.
- Guided officers through difficult situations, backing up teams onsite and advising on strategic decisions.
- Inspected officers and vehicles to identify and correct any unprofessional appearances.
- Structured assignments for subordinates based on current patrol priorities, special requirements and individual strengths.
- Managed shift schedules, including granting or denying leave requests and obtaining coverage for shortages.
- Rendered aid to accident victims and other persons requiring first aid for physical injuries.
- Completed detailed reports and required paperwork related to serving warrants, investigating criminal activity and force deployments.
Patrol Corporal
Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office
Santa Fe, NM
05.2016 - 04.2017
- Backed up patrol officers during difficult stops or to answer complex questions.
- Inspected officers and vehicles to identify and correct any unprofessional appearances.
- Led teams by example, consistently demonstrating correct behaviors and enforcing policies and procedures.
- Conveyed important information at start of each shift such as areas of focus and persons of interest in local areas.
- Structured assignments for subordinates based on current patrol priorities, special requirements and individual strengths.
- Guided officers through difficult situations, backing up teams onsite and advising on strategic decisions.
- Patrolled Santa Fe County to preserve law and order, deter and detect criminal activity, enforce laws and regulations, respond to citizen requests for assistance and provide public safety.
- Obtained information from arrested subjects to conduct debriefings.
- Managed shift schedules, including granting or denying leave requests and obtaining coverage for shortages.
Fugitive Recovery Agent
Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office
Santa Fe, NM
02.2013 - 05.2016
- Key Member within the Criminal Investigations Division of the Santa Fe County Sheriffs Office with regards to gathering criminal intelligence and assisting Detectives in developing suspects for Criminal cases in addition to apprehension of Property/Violent Crime offenders.
- Interviewed criminal targets and witnesses to uncover facts for verification and authentication.
- Managed debriefings for criminal subjects to acquire data relevant to investigations.
- Organized criminal documents such as logs, records, reports and agendas to streamline processing and improve traceability.
- Exceeded goals through effective task prioritization and great work ethic.
- Proved successful working within tight deadlines and fast-paced atmosphere.
- Worked flexible hours; night, weekend, and holidays.
- Managed case files for outstanding fugitives requiring extradition from out of state jurisdictions.
- Investigation, surveillance and apprehension of hundred's of Fugitives with outstanding Federal, State and Local warrants.
Deputy Sheriff
Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office
Santa Fe, NM
11.2009 - 02.2013
- Provided public safety assistance at community events to maintain safe and secure environments.
- Gathered information and evidence to assist in solving crimes.
- Patrolled designated areas in patrol vehicle and on foot to deter crime, respond to calls for service and investigate criminal activities. Enforcement of traffic and criminal law and effect arrests.
- Investigated incidents and crimes, including evidence collection and witness statements.
- Enhanced community safety while conducting criminal investigations, including DUIs and theft.
Education
Ax Ed - Agricultural Extension Education
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM07-2006
High School Diploma -
Pojoaque High School
Santa Fe, NM05-2000
Skills
- Emergency planning
- Certified Internal Affairs Investigator
- Search and seizure procedures
- Criminal laws
- Evidence collection protocols
- Court testimony
- Court preparation
- Staff Management
- Criminal Investigations
- Criminal law
- Self-defense training
- Agency Policy and Procedure updates and developments (SOP's)
- Classroom Instruction
- Police Training
- Interactive Learning
- Detailed Instruction
- Training Classes
- Constitutional Law
- Searches and Seizures
- Instructional Presentations
- Purchasing
- Vendor Negotiations
- Purchasing Procedures
- Interviewing and Prescreening New Employees
- Recruitment Strategies
- Onboarding, Training and Development
- Current Veterans Educational Benefits Liaison (School Certifying Official)
Accomplishments
- Range Master/Master Firearms Instructor. Firearms training coordinator for the Santa Fe County Sheriffs Office, Santa Fe Police Department.
- Current Police Instructor, Master Firearms Instructor and Master Use of Force Instructor for the New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy.
- Sworn member of the United States Marshall's Southwest Investigative Fugitive Taskforce.
- United States Department of Homeland Security Information Liaison Officer
- Patrol Corporal/first line supervisor who worked Graveyard, Swing shift and Day shift supervising 10+ Deputies.
- Patrol Sergeant who worked Graveyard, Swing Shift and Day shift supervising 10+Deputies.
- Detective Sergeant who supervised a team of 4 Violent Crime Detectives and 4 Property Crime Detectives, a Crime Scene Technician and 4 civilian staff members.
- Honor Guard Member/Team Coordinator for the Santa Fe County Sheriffs Office and Santa Fe Police Department Honor Guard.
- Member of the Santa Fe Police Explosives Ordinance Disposal Team (EOD).
- Acting Sergeant (Graveyard/Day Shift's) Santa Fe Police Departments Patrol Division
- Detective with the Santa Fe Police Department assigned to the Violent Crimes Unit.
Certification
- Certified New Mexico Law Enforcement Officer
- General Police Instructor
- Master Firearms Instructor (Handgun, Long Gun and Shotgun)
- Master Use of Force/Response to Resistance Instructor
- Certified Armorer for Glock, Smith & Wesson handguns/revolvers, AR-15 Long-Guns and Remington/Mossberg Police Shotguns.
- Officer Survival Instructor: Live Fire Vehicle Scenario's, Box Drills/Shooting on the Move, Simunitions Shoot-house Scenarios & Stress Courses.
- Stop the Bleed/Tourniquet Trauma Instructor
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Police Corporal
Los Alamos County Police Department
03.2026 - Current
Basic Training Bureau Chief
Department of Public Safety
12.2024 - 03.2026
Police Academy Instructor
New Mexico Department Of Public Safety
10.2022 - 12.2024
Police Detective
Santa Fe Police Department
09.2020 - 10.2022
Detective Sergeant
Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office
10.2017 - 08.2020
Sergeant Patrol Supervisor
Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office
04.2017 - 10.2018
Patrol Corporal
Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office
05.2016 - 04.2017
Fugitive Recovery Agent
Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office
02.2013 - 05.2016
Deputy Sheriff
Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office
11.2009 - 02.2013
Ax Ed - Agricultural Extension Education
New Mexico State University
High School Diploma -
Pojoaque High School