Expert Details
Facial Recognition/ Financial Crimes/ Fraud
ID: 734864
Arizona, USA
• 29+ years in law enforcement, 1 year & 7 months as a Chief of Police; 12+ years of management experience.
• Demonstrated the ability to exceed goals and objectives. Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Outstanding at holding employees accountable, presentation skills, building internal & external relationships.
• Successful abilities in Financial Crimes and Fraud Investigations, Background Investigations, and Internal Affairs Investigations on misconduct of employees, in-depth knowledge of principles of practice of law enforcement, personnel rules and regulations, and records management in compliance with ACJIS and federal rules.
• Outstanding leadership abilities, coaching, and a unique ability to motivate others and develop improvements.
• Extensive knowledge of state and federal civil & criminal laws and regulations, multi-disciplinary environment, and homeland security. Attended many hours of Management & Leadership training courses.
• Subject matter expert in facial recognition software photographic comparisons and identification.
Education
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Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 2017 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Facial Recognition Unit- Special Investigator | Department: |
Responsibilities:• Investigate, analyze facial photographs, data, and biometrics to maintain drivers license integrity.• Conduct customer validity of photographs and determine validity of identity using multi techiques. • Document and communicate visual findings and discrepancy using Facial Recognition software. • Suspend, cancel, combine customer records and when warranted enforce the criminal statutes. • Use all aspects of the photographic images of the facial area in comparison of other images. • Testify in hearings and any court proceedings as civil, criminal trial as an expert witness. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2015 to 2016 | Employer: Quartzsite Police Department, Quartzsite, AZ | Title: Chief of Police | Department: |
Responsibilities:• Took on and turned around a police department in need of leadership by gaining the communities support.• Supervise a small police department of 12 Officers, 1 Detective, 1 K-9 Officer, and 1 CivilianAssistant. • Manage entire police agency’s budget, grants, plan and directed complex projects and investigativecases. • Re-built and gained working relationships thru diplomacy with governments and multi-jurisdictional law enforcement agencies by using tact with high level outside agencies staff and leaders. • Developed and implement a re-organizational structure, strategic plan, and hired a newstaff. • Lead, assign, review, approve and coordinate External & Internal Complaints on QPD & townemployees. • Developed a Neighborhood Block Watch program; conducting citizen educational meetings and discussions. • Viewed and ensured employees completion of accurate, timely, and professional Police Records System.. • Give oral presentations at Town Council Meetings, executive staff meetings and multiple policebriefings. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2013 to 2015 | Employer: Arizona Department of Gaming, Phoenix, AZ | Title: Special Agent | Department: Intelligence Unit/Inspections & Investigations/Vendor Certification Units |
Responsibilities:• Investigate, interview, and recommend companies and corporations for suitability for issuance ofstate gaming certification to include upper corporate management, annual reports, and IRSfilings.• Oversee and Investigate Internal Affairs complaints on vendor compliance upholding state law andCompact. • Represented Gaming in related hearings for suitability of companies doing gaming business with AZTribes. • Conduct research, including internet research using specialized databases, about individuals, companies, markets, businesses, and industries, in order to develop facts to support approving or disproving gaming suitability. Act as a witness in litigation. • Develop probable cause for Arrest, Search & Seizure Warrants of illegal gambling operations state wide. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2009 to 2010 | Employer: Arizona Department Public Safety | Title: Immigrant Enforcement District-IIMPACT- Task Force Administrative Supervisor | Department: |
Responsibilities:Oversee, train, and manage supervisors with financial fraud, identity theft and illegal immigration investigations.• Draft and recommend changes to the department, division, bureau and district policiesand procedures. • Oversee the Arizona IIMPACT District Internal Affairs/Professional Standards investigations. • Maintain district building with physical security systems, access and control, inventory of equipment, and mandatory training requirements. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2008 to 2009 | Employer: Arizona Department Public Safety | Title: US Marshal’s Federal WANTED-VCAT-Task Force Supervisor | Department: |
Responsibilities:• Directly manage, train and support agents, detectives and sergeants assigned to the task force from federal,state, county and municipal agencies.• Managed, coordinate, and report “State Wide” fugitive round-up operations in all 15 counties to Governor’s office. • Plan, locate, and arrest wanted violent fugitives in Arizona using covert and overt tactical arrestmethods. • From 5/23/2008 to 12/16/2009, VCAT-AZ WANTED has arrested in Maricopa County alone 1,004 felony fugitives, and cleared a total of 1,251 felony warrants and 249 misdemeanorwarrants. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2006 to 2008 | Employer: Arizona Department Public Safety | Title: DEA Federal Financial Crimes Unit-Task Force Supervisor | Department: |
Responsibilities:• Identify, target, track, disrupt, & dismantle local, regional, & international drug traffickingorganizations.• Wrote, propose and manage government grant for unit to investigate illegal money launderingcorporations. • Prepare reports, create agendas and facilitate correspondence for detectives and agents on largeinvestigations. • Monitored Highway Patrol Districts and K-9 units in the state for indicators and trends of southbound bulk currency seizures of drug traffickers, current laws of search and seizure, andprotocol. • Assist and gather intelligence from law enforcement agencies on seizures of numerous bulk currency stops. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2004 to 2006 | Employer: Arizona Department Public Safety | Title: Financial Crimes Task Force-Task Force Supervisor | Department: |
Responsibilities:• Manage and supervise complex Damming Warrant Operations that involve fraud & money laundering by use of various money remitters, banks and other financial institutions from all over United States intoArizona.• Guide and direct supervisors and detectives with money laundering cases involving drug, human smuggling, fraud schemes, and other related financial crimes for interdiction and prosecution to dismantle illegal corporations. • Identified crime trends with money laundering and develop strategic plans for interdiction. • Seizure of 8,998 wire transfers that totaled a forfeiture of $10,014,000.00 of illegal wire transactions via a money remitter. • Damming Warrants resulted in the arrest of 179 suspects and turned over 719 illegal immigrants to ICE. • Supervise a successful wire intercept case to which lead to seizing (6) six car dealer lots in Phoenix and all vehicles and other assets used to facilitate human and drug smuggling organizations inArizona. • Oversaw successful seizure and prosecution of numerous travel agencies businesses involved inillegal immigration smuggling across the United States. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2001 to 2004 | Employer: Arizona Department Public Safety | Title: DPS-Investigation Bureau-Administrative Supervisor | Department: |
Responsibilities:• Oversee, assign, review, approve and coordinate bureau Internal Affairs Complaints to ensure Agency’s compliance with all Federal & State statutes, rules & regulations, policy & procedures of theseinvestigations.• Assign Commanders with district administrative operations, including monthly and quarterlyreports. • Assist with developing and maintaining the district budget and bureau strategic plans for the BureauCommander • Develop and implement performance measurement and accountability by promoting continuous improvements. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2000 to 2001 | Employer: Arizona Department Public Safety | Title: DPS- Highway Patrol Supervisor | Department: |
Responsibilities:• Enforce Federal, State, and local laws, rules, codes, and regulations; make sound, independent decisions and communicate both orally and in writing to work groups, police officers, bureau and division management. Evaluate and make improvements with employees work product and assigned equipment.• Ensure minimum staffing, annual training, followed policies & procedures and meet goals &objectives. • Manage and directly supervised field officers during all critical incidents, i.e. vehicle fatalities, shootings, etc. |
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Additional Experience
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| Previous assignments include: UC Detective on the US Customs Financial Crimes Task Force; UC Detective on the FBI Violent Street Gang Task Force; and UC Detective on Gang Intelligence Team Enforcement Mission (GITEM), Officer with the Highway Patrol Division, and 3 years in the United States Army awarded four medals and honorable discharge. I worked in the ACJIS Criminal History Records Section with AZ DPS for 1.8 years. |