Introduction:
I am a former officer of the California Highway Patrol (CHP) with over eighteen years of law enforcement experience.
Graduated from the CHP Academy (Police Officer Standards and Training certified) in October of 1999. After completing the academy, worked in the following areas:
November 1999 to January 2002 - Hollister/Gilroy
January 2002 to October 2002 - Los Banos
October 2002 to January 2018 - Fresno
California Licensed Private Investigator - license number 188526
Experience as a Private Investigator:
• Conduct investigations for Criminal, Civil, and Traffic Collision cases
• Conduct Interviews for Criminal, Civil, and Traffic Collision Investigations
• Evidence
• Review Evidence and Evidence Scenes
• Review Discovery and Documents
• Photographs
• Collect Evidence
• Review Discovery and Evidence for Criminal, Civil, and Traffic Collision cases
• Comprehensive Documentation
• Written Reports
• Photographs
• Videos
• Skip Tracing
• Process Service
• Surveillance
Experience as a CHP Officer:
• Road Patrol to include Driving Under the Influence (DUI) enforcement
• Provided safety and service to motorists
• Provided security to state employees
• Assisted with DUI checkpoints
• Served as Officer in Charge when no supervisors were available
• Field Training Officer
• Served on the Protective Service Detail
• Investigated and assisted with traffic collisions
• Investigated and assisted with DUI, felony, and complex investigations
• Investigated crimes on state properties
• Conducted Felony and High Risk traffic enforcement stops
• Traffic enforcement stops
• Authored and served search warrants
• Assisted allied agencies with traffic collision investigations, DUI investigations, criminal investigations, felony and high risk stops, and miscellaneous incidents
• Served as the Terrorism Liaison Officer
• Drug Recognition Expert and Instructor for the California Highway Patrol
• Taught officers throughout the United States and Canada in drug education
• Taught drug education to school administrators, nurses, and teachers
• Assisted with California Highway Patrol Explorer Program
• Assisted with homeless enforcement on State property
Drug Recognition Expert:
In June of 2010, became certified through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) as a Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) Instructor. To maintain qualifications as an instructor attended a recertification class, which was held every two years. Have personally evaluated over 275 people who were suspected of being under the influence of drugs or a combination of drugs and alcohol. Maintained a rolling log documenting these evaluations.
Have instructed hundreds of officers in both a classroom setting and a field training setting. In the classroom setting, have facilitated and instructed several hundred officers in the sixteen hour Advanced Roadside Impairment Driving Enforcement (ARIDE) course.
Have instructed officers at the DRE School and DRE Pre-School, which included classroom lectures and assisting with multiple DUI wet labs. Have also instructed officers at the DRE recertification class.
In the field training setting, have facilitated and instructed hundreds of officers in completing a DRE starting with the arrest of an impaired subject, properly evaluating the impaired subject, and properly and thoroughly documenting the evaluation of the impaired subject. Properly instructed the officers to complete all DRE paperwork and enter their evaluations into the NHTSA tracking system.
Reviewed and critiqued hundreds of DRE evaluations, during DRE training and in the field, to maintain accuracy for the CHP and for the DRE program.
In addition to teaching officers, taught employees at the Department of Transportation and at the Fifth District Court of Appeals in how to recognize drug use among employees.
Taught several school administrators, school counselors, school nurses, and teachers Drug Impairment Training for Educational Professional (DITEP).
2019 - Provided training and information regarding driving while under the influence of alcohol and or drugs to attorneys and toxicologists.
2016 to 2017 - In charge of coordinating the training and operations for the DRE program for the CHP, Fresno Area office.
2016 to 2017 - Assisted with coordinating the training and operations for the DRE program for the CHP, Central Division.
June 2010 - Certified as a DRE Instructor (NHTSA and POST certified) (DRE Instructors T. Herbert and R. Horrocks). Part of the certification included teaching at a DRE class and supervising four DRE evaluations under the watch of a DRE instructor
February 1-5, 2010, Certified as a Standardized Field Sobriety Test Instructor (NHTSA and POST certified) (DRE Instructor T. Herbert). Part of the certification included teaching two SFST modules during the training.
August 25 - September 1, 2005 - Certified as a DRE (NHTSA and POST certified) (DRE Instructors D. Erickson and E. Skidmore). Part of the certification included the DRE evaluation of twelve subjects and either putting them under the influence of a controlled substance or ruling out impairment.
December 17-19, 2002 - Attended CHP Advanced Drug Training.
Awards:
• Division Chief Commendation for Exemplary Job Performance
• Division Chief Commendation for Outstanding Performance
• Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition from Congressman Jim Costa
• Division Chief Commendation for Exemplary Performance
• Letter of Commendation from Fresno City Mayor Lee Brand
• United States Senate Certificate of Commendation from US Senator Dianne Feinstein
• California State Senate Certificate of Recognition from Senator Tom Berryhill
• 2017 Exchange Club of Fresno Top Cop Award for CHP
• Ten 10851(A)CVC Awards
Curriculum Vitae available upon request