Suzanne De Leo
North Brunswick,NJ
Summary
Retired lieutenant with 25+ years of experience
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
Lieutenant/Corrections Division
Somerset County Sheriff's Office
12.2021 - 06.2025
- Command staff of 130 supervisors and officers
- Supervise over 300 inmates
- Enforce rules and regulations/S.O.P.'s
- Assist with scheduling, rewriting overtime policy and filling overtime vacancies
- Oversee Day to day incidents/ operations
- Review all releases and intakes of inmates for accuracy
- Monitor surveillance cameras for safety, security and emergency situations that occurred
- Scheduling
- Roll call/Muster
- Review incident reports
- Train and correct supervisors and officers
Sergeant/Corrections Division
Somerset County Sheriff's Office
03.2015 - 12.2021
- Supervise and inspect officers and inmates
- Receive and discharge inmates
- Review inmate releases to ensure accuracy
- Monitor surveillance cameras for safety, security and situations that occurred during the shift
- Conduct shakedowns for potential weapons, drugs, and other contraband
- Tour housing units and other areas of the jail for all potential problems
- Respond and assist to emergency situations requiring outside medical attention or hospital transportation for inmates
- Count petty cash to insure accurate balance and accountability
- Conduct fire drills and after-action review
- De-escalate and control disruptive behavior by appropriate verbal orders
- Conduct muster for roll call and assignment
- Writing accurate and detailed reports
- Enforcing and executing the rules and regulations of the S.O.P of the Correctional Facility
- Role model and team leader/Lead by example
- Investigation of reports and all types of various incidents
Corporal/Corrections Division
Somerset County Sheriff's Office
09.2013 - 03.2015
- Supervise line officers working housing units, tour housing units throughout the jail while correcting all situations according to policies established by the Standard Operating Procedures
- Monitor surveillance cameras for potential problems and situations that require corrective action
- Review inmate releases, ensure proper documentation for releases
- Respond to emergency codes (code white, blue and red)
- Tour housing units and address situations according to policies and sound judgment
Corrections Officer
Somerset County Sheriff's Office
11.1999 - 09.2013
- Monitor inmates in housing units, checking for proper identification prior to movement to another area and upon return to assigned housing unit
- Enforce jail policies within housing units and all areas of the jail regarding inmate behavior and movement
- Process new admission intakes
- Search inmates by pat search or strip search according to policy to detect and confiscate contraband
- Conduct cell searches
- Respond to emergencies to include medical, fire and security situations
- Writing detailed and accurate reports
- Maintaining logbooks assigned to each housing unit as well as movement and count sheets. Record control center inventory, officer breaks, professional visits to housing areas, emergencies, all activity during the shift to an assigned post
- Control all inmate movement using guidelines set forth by the Standard Operating Procedure
Education
Somerset County Police Academy -
Somerset County Police Academy
Katherine Gibbs Business School - Business Administration and Computer Programming
Katherine Gibbs Business School
Piscataway, NJNorth Hunterdon High School -
North Hunterdon High School
Skills
- policy writing
- incident reporting
- scheduling management
- enforcement of regulations
- training and mentoring
- safety protocols
- emergency response
- staff supervision
- conflict resolution
- critical thinking
- effective communication
- attention to detail
- problem solving
- team leadership
- time management
- Team collaboration
- Program coordination
- Evidence collection
- Verbal de-escalation
- Weapons handling
- Meeting facilitation
- Risk assessment
- Analytical thinking
- Multitasking and organization
- Influencing skills
- Witness interviewing
- Patrol techniques
- Public relations
- Verbal and written communication
- Ethical judgment
- Surveillance techniques
- Record keeping
- Cultural awareness
- Proposal writing
- Victim assistance
- Investigation techniques
- Decision-making
- Collaborative mindset
- Mental health awareness
- Stress management
- Situational awareness
- Legal knowledge
- Community engagement
- Staff oversight
- Report writing
- Meetings and presentations
- Negotiation tactics
- Relationship building and management
- Defensive tactics
- Criminal law
- Surveillance
- Public safety
- De-escalation techniques
- Law enforcement
- Witness communication
- Integrity and ethics
- First aid and CPR
- Building security check
- Witness interviews
- Crime investigation discovery
Professional Development
- PTC Certified (Somerset County Police Academy)
- Field Training Officer Program (Somerset County Police Academy)
- Essentials of Effective Supervision (Somerset County Police Academy)
- Basic Life Support (CPR and AED) Certification (Agency Training)
- Firearms Qualification (Agency Training)
- NJCJIS Certified (Agency Training)
- Use of Force (Agency Training)
- Introduction to Incident Command System ICS-100 (Agency Training)
- Offender Management System Instructor
- Adani Conpass Body Scanner Instructor
- PREA: Your role responding to serial abuse (Agency Training)
- Women in Command Course (Little Egg Harbor)
- Law Enforcement Response: De-escalation Techniques for Individuals with Special Needs/Mental Health Issues (Somerset Police Academy)
- Law Enforcement Active De-escalations Strategies (L.E.A.D.S) (Passaic County)
- Introduction to Interviewing and Interrogation
- Tactical Interviewing (Bridgewater Police Department)
- Basic Criminal Investigation (Somerset County Police Academy/Forensic Building)
- Field Training Officer for new hires and newly promoted supervisors
- Fair and Impartial Bias Training
- Resiliency Training
- Active Shooter (Agency Training)
- Use of Force Review Board Committee
- Treasurer for P.B.A. Local 177 Officers Union and Local 177A Superiors Union
- Previous Secretary for Local 177A Superiors Union
- Train Report Writing
- ICAT/ABLE Training
Timeline
Lieutenant/Corrections Division
Somerset County Sheriff's Office
12.2021 - 06.2025
Sergeant/Corrections Division
Somerset County Sheriff's Office
03.2015 - 12.2021
Corporal/Corrections Division
Somerset County Sheriff's Office
09.2013 - 03.2015
Corrections Officer
Somerset County Sheriff's Office
11.1999 - 09.2013
Somerset County Police Academy -
Somerset County Police Academy
Katherine Gibbs Business School - Business Administration and Computer Programming
Katherine Gibbs Business School
North Hunterdon High School -
North Hunterdon High School