Somerville Police Department    

Detective, Criminal Investigation Division – 1998 – 2018

• Police Officer of the Year in 1999, recognized by the Department of Justice in Washington DC
• Multi-lingual translator for the Police Department
• Trained in Gang activity and recognition of how to deflate sensitive multi-cultural issues
• Sought and executed multiple search warrants that led to 30 percent reduction in crime 2010-2013
• Completed and trained in DNA collection by the FBI and Commonwealth of Massachusetts
• Spearheaded effort to streamline gang activity in 1 zip code in Somerville, MA
• Successfully implemented FBI protocols for detecting crime activity in the community
• Team Lead for Global Crime Fighting Unit working with cross-functional Federal, State and local law enforcement partners
• Led initiative to transition 10% of Somerville’s crime detection techniques to crime prevention models

Community Police Officer                   

• Consulted Mayor of Somerville and Chief of police to bring crime reduction to the local zip-codes
• Program managed initial launch of City of Somerville’s Community Policing
• Developed and launched standardized account planning process, including methodology to track metrics, progress, and drive behavior in the community
• Identified and delivered improvements to the Community Refresh process and enablement, resulting in decreased crime activity for core zip-codes and competencies  
• Created presentations for large Town Hall meetings to influence community behavior 
• Recognized for outstanding end-to-end program management and recipient of “Above and Beyond” award

High School Police Officer                       

• Led integration of Somerville Public Schools processes while combining resources to bring down activity in the schools
• Successfully influenced  comprehensive development framework to incorporate state requirements in collaboration with  Unit leadership; improved crime readiness for all metrics bringing crime in schools down by 25%.
• Collaborated with the Headmaster of Schools Readiness and Academic Units to improve relationships of students and city requirements into roadmaps by 50%

• Led cross-functional teams across State Police, Mayor’s Office, School Department, Sales, to support new product launches from requirements by the Federal Government 
• Executed Community program and drove school deliverables from inception through launch
• Identified and managed risks; ensured resolution of issues impacting successful program execution
• Communicated school readiness to the Business Management Team (BMT) at every major milestone and phase exit checkpoint
• Delivered over 50% increase in school coops;  generating opportunities through cross-functional collaboration and problem solving to deliver non-standard ways of dealing with student crime