Experience

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  Royal st. lucia police forc

  Jun 1988 - Jul 2001

  Police corporal in charge of traffic department, vieux fort police station

  • Management: Planning, controlled, organized and led the operations of the Traffic Department, at Vieux Fort Police Station comprising 35 policemen, 10 motorcycles and one car. • Management of Investigations: Conducted and guided investigations into serious traffic offenses which resulted in a 100% detection rate. • Dispute Resolution: resolved disputes between family members and other parties and, also offered advice to these parties.• Court Prosecutor: Prosecuted traffic offences in the courts, resulting in a 90% conviction rate. • Data Analysis: Prepared, compiled and analyzed traffic data to identify traffic accident-prone areas and hot spots • Strategic Planning: Used findings of data analysis and other information to formulate a strategic plan for the Department.• Record Keeping: Prepared, complied and updated police records and reports. • Preparation and Presentation of Reports: Prepared and presented Traffic Reports to Divisional Officer, monthly to update him on traffic matters.• Operational Planning: Developed and executed a traffic operational plan in 2003 and 2004 which resulted in a reducing traffic accidents by 23% in 2003 and by 26% in 2004 on the Roads in Vieux Fort, impounding108 vehicles and the arrest 152 persons for traffic offenses.• Risk Assessment: identified and assessed dangers associated to police operations undertaken, then formulated and followed procedures which will mitigate these dangers. Show less

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  Royal st. lucia police force

  Jun 2005 - Jan 2009

  • Management: Organized, controlled and led the operations of the Cooperate Services Department and assist in the operations of the Commissioner’s office.• Adviser: Advised the commissioner of police in resolving and managing policing issues and other related matters. • Policy Formulation: Formulated a policy document for the change of RSLPF Uniform and assisted in the formulation of the Police Yearly Plan. • Research: Compiled and analyzed data on crime and conducted research using other information on crime and policing. Used findings from these studies to guide the formulation of Proactive Policing Strategies.• Strategic Planning: Used research findings and other police information to formulate proactive strategies including a policy for: (i) The Implementation of Community Policing and; (ii) The Reduction of Serious Crimes to help prevent and detect crimes. These strategies assisted in reducing the crime rate and fear of crime on the island. Show less • Management: Planned, organized, controlled, and led the operations of the Choiseul Police Station and policing in the District/town. • Management of Investigations: Conducted, managed, and guided investigations into serious criminal and traffic matters, which resulted in a 90% detection rate.• Court Prosecutor: Prosecuted criminal and traffic matters in court which resulted in an 80% conviction rate. • Mentoring and Training: Planned and facilitated, lessons and practical exercises on policing topics to subordinating officers, resulted in increasing their knowledge, skills and expertise in policing. • Dispute Resolution: resolved disputes between family members and other parties and, also offered advice to the parties.• Record Keeping: Managed the preparation, compilation and updating of police records and crime reports. • Report Preparation: prepared and presented reports to Divisional Officer on a monthly basis, on crime related matters. • Data Analysis: Compiled and analyzed data on crime which resulted in identifying the causes of crime and crime hot spots.• Strategic Planning: Utilized findings from data analysis and other information on crime to formulated a strategic plan for the Choiseul Police District in 2006. Its execution resulted in deducing the crime rate by 3% and increasing the detection rate by 35% in that year (2007). • Operational Planning: Developed and executed a police operational plan in Choiseul in 2006 and 2007 which resulted in the confiscation of large quantities of illegal drugs, four firearms and other weapons and, the arrest of wanted persons. This also resulted in a reduction of criminal activities in the Police District.• Security Management: Developed and managed security plans for National Events including Carnival and New Year’s Day Celebrations.• Risk Assessment: identified and assessed dangers associated to police operations undertaken, then formulated and followed procedures which will mitigate these dangers. Show less

  • Staff Officer to Commissioner of Police and Police Sergeant in charge of Cooperate Services

    Apr 2008 - Jan 2009

  • Police Sergeant

    Jun 2005 - Dec 2008
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  University of the west indies, st. augustine campus

  Jan 2009 - Jul 2010

  Tutor

  • Lesson Planning: Developed lesson plans on topics related to the Sociology of Penology and, Police and Society. • Lecturing: facilitated lessons to classes consisting of 25 students, which helped to increase their knowledge and skills in the subject areas of Sociology of Penology and Police and Society • Assessing and Evaluation: Used questions and answers and scenarios, to assessed and evaluated students learning abilities which helped in reinforce learning and develop students professionally and academically. Show less

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  Special anti-crime unit of trinidad and tobago

  May 2010 - Aug 2011

  Special investigator

  • Investigations: Conducted enquires into murders reported to the Department. Threat Assessment: identified risks at crime scenes and take steps to mitigate these dangers before visiting scenes.  Inspection: Visited and inspected crime (murder) scenes and evidence which include dead bodies, and weapons. Interviewing: Conversed and questioned murder suspects and witnesses about the crime committed or being investigated, having cautioned the murder suspects. These actions resulted in an 80% murder detection rate. Statement Writing: Collected written statements from murder suspects and witnesses, having cautioned suspects. Charge and Caution: Charged and cautioned murder suspects for offenses accused or committed.  Report Writing and Case File Preparation: Prepared reports based on cases investigated and prepared case files to hand over to supervisor to hand over to the Courts. • Courtroom Presentation: presented evidence collected and preserved in murder cases investigated at the courts to secure conviction against the accused person (s). These court cases secured a 90% conviction rate and increase the crime detection rate and assisted in controlling crimes on the islands. Show less

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  National security training unit (nstu) of trinidad and tobago

  Sept 2011 - Oct 2012

  Research officer

  • Policy Development: Developed training policies to be used for the development of the National Security Training Academy (NSTA).• Research: Conducted research assignments including compiling and analyzing data based on training, crime, and law enforcement. Findings were utilized to help formulate policies for the National Security Training Academy, and to improve the quality of training. • Training and Development: Tasked to develop a training model and training plans for the NSTA.  Created training plans and a Training Model called “Multi-Agency Model”. This Training Model allows the designing of the training programs to accommodate law enforcement officers from different Agencies to train in the same training program.  The Training Model resulted in: (i) reducing the cost of training and the time needed to train officers and; (ii) increasing networking among officers who came from different agencies. • Budget Preparation: Created training budgets for each training Cycle which resulted in reducing the cost of training by 25%. It also enhanced the efficiency of training. Show less

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  National security training academy (nsta) of trinidad and tobago

  Nov 2012 - Jan 2018

  • Program Development: Designed and prepared training programs, simulation exercises, and training manuals for Courtroom Procedures and Criminal Investigations, to train law enforcement officers.• Training: Delivered training to 20 plus law enforcement officers per program and delivered 2 programs monthly, which resulted in improving the knowledge, skills, and efficiency of officers in the areas of investigations, interviewing, report writing and case file preparation, crime scene management, and courtroom procedures.• Assessment: Utilized training exercises, questions, exams and simulations to evaluate participants’ learning which resulted in ensuring that every student understands, more than 90% of what was taught in the programs.• Mentoring: Assisted law enforcement officers in developing a self-development and assessment plan which resulted in helping them to effectively utilize the expertise they learned during the training session. • Capacity Building: Helped law enforcement officers to develop their competencies in criminal investigations, crime scene management and Court room Procedures and Practices, which resulting in augmenting the capability of law-enforcement organizations within Trinidad and Tobago and the wider region, in crime-fighting. Show less • Management: Planned, coordinated, and managed opening and graduation ceremonies, and training at the NSTA which resulted in training more than 300 law enforcement officers, coming from all the agencies, on a monthly basis. • Program scheduling: Prepare a schedule for each Training Cycle, indicating when each of the programs will be taught during the Cycle which ensured that training runs smoothly.• Quality Assurance: Charged with the responsibility for accreditation,  Worked along with workers of the National Training Agency and the lecturers at the NSTA to develop STANDARDS for all the programs developed and taught at the Academy.  Identified and developed policies needed for accreditation, including Health and Safety and Admission Policy. Instructed the records officer to develop a proper Records System.  Worked along with the project officer to ensure that all the structural works of the Academy were completed. These efforts resulted in the Academy and its programs gaining accreditation from the National Training Agency.• Training Needs Assessment: Conducted a training needs assessment for each Law Enforcement Agencies within Trinidad, which: (i) Helped to identify the training needs of each of these Agencies and; (ii) Recommend the appropriate programs to NSTA to provide the training and skills set needed by each of these law enforcement agencies. • Monitoring and Evaluation: constantly monitoring and evaluating each of the training programs offered to ensure that it is tailed to suit and is meeting the training needs of these law enforcement officers and Agencies. • Report Preparation: Prepared quarterly reports and, Yearly reports for training and the Academy, to advise and guide management on training affairs Show less

  • Lecturer/Trainer

    Jun 2013 - Jan 2018

  • Training Manager

    Nov 2012 - May 2013
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  Greenheart consultancy services ltd.

  Mar 2016 - now

  Managing director/ trainer (part-time)

  • Management: Plans and manages the affairs of the company. • Consultancy: provides consultancy services to businesses to identify their challenges and to satisfy their needs. Develop strategies and business solutions to resolve their challenges and care for their needs. Clients reported over 90% of job satisfaction.• Training and Mentoring: conducts training assessment and, develop and administer training programs to employees. Then mentor them on the job. Results include increasing the knowledge and skills of trainees in their respective fields. • Investigations and Assessments: provides services including research, threat, and security assessment, forensic accounting private and fraud investigations to businesses, resulted in increasing companies' productivity, profitability, and safety. Show less