Jim O'Brien

Experience

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  U.S. Coast Guard

  Jun 1996 - Jun 2002

  Boatswain Mate

  Station Point Allerton, Hull MAStation Washington Island, WICoast Cutter Marcus Hannah

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  Wolfeboro Police Department

  May 2000 - Dec 2003

  Police Officer
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  Moultonborough Police Department

  Dec 2003 - Jul 2007

  Police Officer/K9 Handler

  • Instituted a new canine program to the department in May 2005.• Developed and implemented police K9 Unit policy and procedures.• Investigated all calls for service and crimes from inception to arrest.• Located, handled, and processed physical evidence.• Oversaw the management of the K9 program including care and maintenance of the police dog, patrol vehicle, training logs, and equipment.• Trained responding line officers to their duties when assisting a police K9 unit.• Field training officer. Show less

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  Wolfeboro Police Department

  Jul 2007 - Oct 2014

  Police Officer/K9 Handler

  • Physical security investigations of government buildings, private residences, and businesses to ensure proper security measures are in place. • Executive Protection details of presidents, presidential candidates and foreign diplomats.• Successfully investigated countless fraud cases, thefts, assaults, and narcotics cases.• Applied for, received, and executed countless search warrants and arrest warrants. • Participated in daily interviews with suspects, witnesses, and complainants.• Completed detail orientated reports for court testimony.• Developed and implemented K9 Unit Policy and Procedures for daily operations and deployment.• K9 Unit operations manager for four different communities. • Field Training Officer, Background Investigator, Fraud Investigator, Basic Drug Investigator. Show less

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  O'Brien's Pet Supplies, Inc.

  Feb 2008 - Sept 2013

  Dog Trainer, Business Owner

  • Owned and operated a full service pet supply and dog training retail store• Supervised up to 5 employees, completed all of the day to day managerial tasks of the store as well as completing all dog training classes.• Submitted state and federal payroll reports, completed inventory reports, and loss reports.• Developed relationships with customers and vendors.

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  Ventosa Kennel Inc.

  Nov 2014 - Nov 2015

  Police K9 Trainer

  • Strategic planning and development of canine training programs• Planned, organized, and performed tracking seminars for officers nationwide.• Consulted police departments with K9 Unit acquisition, management, and policy development.• Instructed all basic and advanced police canine classes.• Researched, located and applied for local and federal contracts for agencies seeking canines and handler training.• Enacted and maintained a business presence on all social media advertising sites.• Supervised trainers and oversaw the care of up to 25 canines at any given time.• Built and developed client relationships to increase volume of business. Show less

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  K2 Solutions, Inc.

  Feb 2016 - Aug 2017

  Law Enforcement K9 Instructor

  • Implementation of canine training programs for Law Enforcement canines.• Lead Multi-purpose course instructor for Law Enforcement K9 courses and seminars for new and experienced handlers and train the trainers’ courses.• Conduct all training from green canines through fully trained multi-purpose canines including scent imprinting, bite work, agility, off leash obedience, article search, urban and rural tracking. • Course development, organization and implementation. • K9 Unit consultation on training, program development and advanced K9 unit problem solving. Show less

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  NC K9 LLC

  Aug 2017 - now

  Director Of Operations