I am a Police Officer and School Resource Officer. As a Police Officer, I enforce both traffic, criminal, and borough ordinances. I investigate accidents, provide security for community events, and answer calls for assistance. As a School Resource Officer, I work in the school to provide a safe learning environment. I provide drug and alcohol training to students, school staff, and parents. I investigate and document any criminal incidents that occur on school property, and I provide security for after-school events such as prom and sporting events.
Drug and Alcohol Instructor
Cutting Edge Consultants
Selinsgrove , PA
01.2017 - Current
I developed and kept current lessons on drug trends and provided awareness training to law enforcement, judges, probation and parole, parents, community organizations, and schools. I provide training throughout the United States at seminars and conferences. I started a Drug Recognition Expert certification program in Philadelphia, in which eight states bring law enforcement to train their DREs in recognizing drug-impaired subjects. I started an outreach where law enforcement provides basic necessities to drug-dependent homeless individuals, as well as making drug rehab accessible to them.
Trooper
PA State Police
Harrisburg , PA
11.1994 - 10.2019
Patrol duties include enforcement of both traffic and criminal laws, security checks, answering calls for assistance, accident investigations, as well as various other tasks to protect and serve the public.
Tactical Narcotics Team - Undercover drug investigator. My job was to infiltrate drug operations allowing Law Enforcement to dismantle illegal drug rings, Worked on Drug task force with FBI, DEA, and BNI.
Criminal Interdiction - Worked throughout the Commonwealth in high-crime areas to investigate large-scale criminal empires, serve felony warrants, investigate gangs, drug dealers, criminal homicides, as well as provide security at large-scale political functions such as the G20, Democratic National Convention, and Dignitary Protection.
Law Enforcement Instructor in the Advanced Skills Unit of the PA State Police Academy. I taught classes on Taser, Close Quarter Combat, Building Searches, High Risk Warrant Service, Complete Traffic Stops, Testifying In Court, Multi-Assault Counter Terrorism Action Capability, Drug and Alcohol related topics, Handcuffing, Use of Force, OC Spray, Drug Recognition Expert Training, Pursuit Driving, and many more topics.
Driving Under the Influence (DUI) Coordinator - My job was to manage Penn Dot Grants for DUI Enforcement, as well as maintain all PA State Police Breath testing Equipment. I provided DUI training to all Troopers and Cadets, and coordinated all DUI enforcement programs across the Commonwealth.
State Drug Recognition Expert Coordinator - My job was to manage all of PA's Drug Recognition Experts by overseeing all Federal Grants, Training, Testifying as an expert, development of National standards.
Corrections Officer
Federal Bureau Of Prisons
Allenwood, PA
06.1993 - 10.1994
I worked as a Corrections Officer at the Federal Bureau of Prisons in Allenwood, PA. My responsibilities included ensuring the safety and security of inmates within the facility by conducting searches, supervising activities, and maintaining order. I also conducted investigations into incidents involving inmates, gathering evidence and interviewing witnesses. Finally, I maintained records of inmate activities and progress towards rehabilitation goals.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice / Sociology
Lebanon Valley College
Annville, PA
05-1993
High School Diploma -
Selinsgrove Area High School
Selinsgrove, PA
06-1989
Skills
Drug Recognition Expert
Expert in Drug Investigations
Law Enforcement Instructor
Community Outreach
Affiliations
I have a well-rounded and extensive background in law enforcement that spans almost 30 years. In addition to my law enforcement career, I have trained and taught law enforcement officers and civilians across the United States, Canada, and Mexico. I have also successfully applied for and been awarded both state and federal grants, and have overseen and managed approximately $1.5 million in grant money. In my personal life, I enjoy farming, traveling, and serving others.
Accomplishments
I have been honored and recognized for outstanding performance throughout my career by Federal, State, and Local Agencies. I have been involved in the arrest of some very dangerous criminals, seized money and assets of drug empires, saved lives, and made the communities in which I lived and worked a safer and better place by treating everyone fairly and with respect.
Timeline
Police Officer /School Resource Officer
Milton Borough Police Department
02.2020 - Current
Drug and Alcohol Instructor
Cutting Edge Consultants
01.2017 - Current
Trooper
PA State Police
11.1994 - 10.2019
Corrections Officer
Federal Bureau Of Prisons
06.1993 - 10.1994
Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice / Sociology