• Began law enforcement career with the Covington Police Department in 1973

* Patrolman

- Street Patrol

- Community Relations

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• Joined the Newton County Sheriff’s Office in 1978

* Deputy Sheriff

- Street Patrol

- Jail Operations

- Communications

 

• Promoted to Sergeant in 1979

            * Joined Newton County-Covington SWAT Team

            * Evening Watch Supervisor

            - Supervised Street Patrol & Jail Staff

            - In Charge of Communications Command Center

 

• Promoted to Lieutenant in 1982

            * Evening Watch Supervisor

            - Supervised Street Patrol & Jail Staff

            - In Charge of Communications Command Center

 

• Joined Criminal Investigations Division-1985

*Investigated Crimes Against Persons and Property, Major Criminal Activities, including Homicide, Robberies, Rapes, Child Abuse, etc.

- Interviews, Interrogations, Crime Scene Investigations, etc.

* Became a Certified Arson Investigator-

- Worked with Local and State Agencies to Resolve Suspicious Fires, etc.

 

• Assigned to Sex Offender Unit-2006

* Responsible for Managing and Monitoring Sex Offender Activity in Newton County

- Maintenance of County Sex Offender Registry

- Assurance that State and Federal Mandates are Followed

* Credited with Creating Georgia’s First Sex Offender Residential Mapping System

* Traveled Throughout Georgia Representing the Newton County Sheriff Office on the “Sex Offender Roundtable”                     

* Community Outreach

* Responsible for Managing Citizen Complaints

* Testified, on behalf of the Newton County Sheriff’s Office, in Federal, State, and Local Courts Regarding Impact of Sex Offender Laws and Cases

 

Professional Organizational Memberships

• National Sheriffs Association

• Georgia Sheriffs Association

• Georgia Chapter of Arson Investigations

• International Chapter of Arson Investigators

• National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives

• International Association of Police Chiefs

 

Professional Development and Training

• Basic & Advanced SWAT Officer Training

• Homicide Investigations

• Child Abuse & Neglect

• Sex Crimes

• Arson Investigations (Over 500 Basic and Adv. Training Hours)

• Sex Offender Registry & Tracking Unit

• Interviewing and Interrogations

• Drugs

• The Georgia Law Enforcement Professional Management Program Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police and Columbia State University (400 Hours of Study)-(2004-2007)

• National Incident Management System (NIMS)-Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security-(Designed for Upper Management & Front Line Supervisors) (2007)

• Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange 

• Georgia Sheriffs Association

• 20020 POST Certified Training-totals more than 2800 Hours

 

Professional Certifications 

• Post-Certified Basic Police Officer (1973)

• Post-Certified Arson Investigator (1991)

• Fire Investigator-Georgia Firefighter Standards and Training Council (2006)