Todd D. Self
Lansing,MI
Summary
In my present position, I am assigned to the Information Technology Division (ITD) of the Michigan State Police (MSP). I serve as a Departmental Specialist 13, and as the subject matter expert and main point of contact for the Criminal Justice Information Center (CJIC) in project oversight, existing systems support and maintenance, coordination of the overall CJIC IT ecosystem, and associated activities to advance the CJIC strategic direction. I am a collaborative, proactive, results focused Departmental Specialist with seasoned experience supporting various criminal justice applications, the criminal justice system, data analytics, and providing incomparable services to criminal justice agencies. I engage proactively with peers and criminal justice agencies to identify needs and create personalized solutions to build rapport and develop mutually beneficial resolutions. I coordinate processes among teams, senior leadership, and other departments, ensuring all process and enhancement recommendations maintain alignment with goals. I monitor existing Criminal Justice Information Center (CJIC) applications and systems and identify and initiate improvements to the CJIC IT ecosystem when appropriate.
Overview
39
39
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Departmental Specialist 13
Michigan State Police
12.2023 - Current
- Served as the MSP’s specialist and main point of contact for the Criminal Justice Information Center (CJIC) in project oversight, existing systems support and maintenance, coordination of the overall CJIC IT ecosystem and associated activities to advance the CJIC strategic direction
- This position is embedded with CJIC, the largest IT customer in the MSP, which has an impact on most of the MSP’s IT functions
- Establish, administer, and evaluate CJIC project program by collaborating with CJIC managers, MSP Information Technology Division (ITD), Department of Technology, Management and Budget (DTMB) Agency Services (DTMB-AS) and DTMB Enterprise Project Management Office (EPMO) to ensure that CJIC projects are specified and following MSP and DTMB processes for project review, prioritization, and resource allocation
- Collect and maintain data necessary to meet program reporting and evaluation requirements, and the goals of the CJIC by tracking CJIC projects (current and upcoming) and recommending approaches to improve resource management and value attainment
- Communicate high-level project status with CJIC and ITD leadership highlighting key issues, concerns, and progress steps needing attention or action that might otherwise be lost in the daily information stream
- Identify interactions between existing CJIC projects, upcoming CJIC projects, and CJIC systems
- Maintain and communicate awareness of potential synergies and conflicts
- Analyze ongoing program operations and recommend modifications of policies and procedures to meet commitments more effectively
- Work with CJIC and DTMB-AS to prioritize business requirements needs for CJIC projects
- Maintain prioritized list for DTMB-AS business analyst assignment
- Communicate with DTMB-AS to improve visibility of upcoming CJIC projects (IT, maintenance, and otherwise) and ensure that they have IT resources officially requested and allocated as necessary
- Provide follow-up with DTMB resources to eliminate roadblocks
- Assist in completing system security plans using the Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) tool, Keylight, to expedite the Michigan Security Accreditation Process (Mi-SAP) and obtaining an Authority to Operate for CJIC applications
- Design and implement methods to ensure necessary actions to ensure new project functions as intended and meets operational needs by working with the DTMB in completing Enterprise Architecture Security Assessments (EASA), network diagrams, dataflow diagrams, connecting to/standing up servers
- Write business requirements, test scenarios and work with the DTMB for quality assurance testing for new projects
- Serve as project manager liaison for all new IT projects for CJIC
- Work with CJIC section managers and DTMB business analyst to plan and schedule business requirements gathering, based on prioritization and availability
Departmental Analyst 11
Michigan State Police
11.2015 - 12.2023
- Serve as the Court Analyst for the Michigan State Police (MSP) Criminal History Section (CHS) as the subject matter expert on automated reporting from the Michigan Judicial Court System to the Automated Law Enforcement Information Access System (ALIAS)
- Responsible for identifying and resolving issues relating to the electronic submission of criminal dispositions, including correcting records, training internal staff and external partners, and improving electronic systems
- Monitor incoming court data from courts across the state
- Analyze data and recommend customized trainings to external agencies based on discovery
- Conduct extensive research to build internal operational structure to support goals
- Maintain comprehensive expertise on all relevant best practices for criminal history reporting
- Serve as the Criminal History Section subject matter expert on the integration and testing of Criminal History data
- Review, analyze, and draft changes to legislative policies, laws, and procedures when applicable
- Serve as President of the Law Enforcement Records Management Association
- Assigned as the Records Management Liaison for the Criminal Justice Information Center relating to all record retention issues Division wide
- Conduct training for law enforcement, prosecutors, and courts statewide relative to arrest, charge and court disposition data submitted to the Michigan criminal history database
- Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the MSP ALIAS / Message Queue Project
- SME for the MSP Table Editor Project
- Communication Team Leader for ALIAS System Re-Write Project
- Training Team Leader for Conviction Set Aside Project
- Experience facilitating MSP’s Criminal History Work Group
Departmental Analyst 9
Michigan State Police
08.2014 - 11.2015
- Served with the MSP Security and Access Section as a Non-Criminal Justice Auditor
- Responsible to audit and train public, non-public, and charter schools statewide for compliance with FBI Criminal Justice Information System security policy, and Michigan State Police security policy
- Develop reports, policies, and procedures to track, evaluate, and improve all aspects of non-criminal justice agencies use of criminal history records used to make hiring determinations
Internet Criminal History Access Tool (ICHAT) Coordinator
Michigan State Police
09.2013 - 08.2014
- Responsibilities included coordination of the ICHAT system
- Extensive customer service, both via phone and email
- Auditing fee waived use of the ICHAT application by public agencies who use ICHAT to make a hiring determination
Emergency Dispatcher 9
Michigan State Police
08.2008 - 09.2013
- Responsibilities included emergency dispatching for the 1st, 5th, and 6th District of the Michigan State Police from State Police Headquarters in Lansing, Michigan
- Communications Training Officer 2011-2013
Investigator
DK Security and Investigations
02.2008 - 09.2008
- Investigations, threat assessments, armed details, and surveillance for Company clients
Security Manager
The Gilmore Collection Dba the Bob
10.2004 - 01.2008
- Guest security and safety for a large restaurant and nightclub
- Recruitment, training, and management of 25 security employees
- Extensive contact with customers and guests
Security Manager
TE Beckering, Inc.
04.2004 - 08.2004
- Guest security and safety for a large restaurant and nightclub
- Recruitment, training, and management of 15 security employees
- Extensive contact with customers and guests
Deputy Sheriff / Detective Bureau
Kent County Sheriff Department
09.1994 - 01.2004
- Assigned to Road Patrol 1994 to 1997
- Routine road patrol and traffic enforcement
- Accident investigations and follow-up
- Initial criminal complaint investigation, evidence collection and report writing
- Assigned to Detective Bureau 1997 to 2003
- Assigned all criminal investigations occurring within a specific geographical area of Kent County
- Investigations included homicides, cold case homicides, suicides, kidnappings, armed robberies etc
- Extensive experience conducting suspect interviews and interrogations
- Extensive experience conducting victim and witness interviews
- Extensive experience writing investigative reports
- Extensive experience in case preparation for trial
- Extensive experience testifying in District and Circuit courts
- Assigned to Courthouse Security 2003 to 2004
- Security of District and Circuit courtrooms, Judges, and staff
- Security of in custody defendants while in the courthouse
- Transportation and custody of defendants between the Kent County Jail and Courthouse
Police Officer
Portland Police Department
01.1986 - 09.1994
- Assigned to the Road Patrol
- Routine road patrol and traffic enforcement
- Accident investigations and follow-up
- Initial criminal complaint investigation, evidence collection and report writing
Education
Associate degree -
Lansing Community College
Lansing, MichiganSkills
- Records Management
- Records Retention
- Criminal Justice Systems
- Legal Document Review
- Legislative Issues
- Information System Management
- Group Leadership
- Law Interpretation
- Criminal Record System Enhancements
- Criminal History Process
- External Presentations
- Emergency Communications
- Facilitation
- Agile Methodologies
- JIRA Software
- Program Coordination
- Information Technology Project Management
- Presentation Skills
- Decision Making
- Data Synthesis
- Staff Accountability
- Escalation Recognition
- Complex Instruction Interpretation
- Court Testimony
- Investigative Report Writing
- Organizational Leadership
Certification
- Graduate of the 37th Mid-Michigan Police Academy, 08/01/85 to 11/01/85
- Certified MCOLES Police Officer, MCOLES Number 19802
- MSP Communication Training Officer Class, 02/01/12
- MSP Instructor Development Class, 10/01/17
- MSP Leadership in Police Organizations Class, 07/01/17
- MSP Civilian Fair & Impartial Policing Train the Trainer Class, 01/01/19
- MSP Peer Support Group member, 10/01/19
- MSP Leadership Development Academy, 05/01/24
- Struggle Well Training, 10/01/23
- Agile Methodologies used for IT Project Development
- JIRA Boards, Confluence, and JIRA Roadmaps Functionality
- Records Management Liaison – MSP Criminal Justice Information Center (CJIC), 2019-2023
- Knowledge of current IT services.
Timeline
Departmental Specialist 13
Michigan State Police
12.2023 - Current
Departmental Analyst 11
Michigan State Police
11.2015 - 12.2023
Departmental Analyst 9
Michigan State Police
08.2014 - 11.2015
Internet Criminal History Access Tool (ICHAT) Coordinator
Michigan State Police
09.2013 - 08.2014
Emergency Dispatcher 9
Michigan State Police
08.2008 - 09.2013
Investigator
DK Security and Investigations
02.2008 - 09.2008
Security Manager
The Gilmore Collection Dba the Bob
10.2004 - 01.2008
Security Manager
TE Beckering, Inc.
04.2004 - 08.2004
Deputy Sheriff / Detective Bureau
Kent County Sheriff Department
09.1994 - 01.2004
Police Officer
Portland Police Department
01.1986 - 09.1994
Associate degree -
Lansing Community College
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