Roy Taylor, Ph.D.

Experience

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  Cary Police Department

  Jul 1986 - Sept 1990

  Police Officer - K9

  General law enforcement duties with the aide of a patrol/narcotics K-9. Assigned to the Directed Patrol Unit, focusing on underage drinking and traffic enforcement. Part-time member of Special Operations Squad.

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  Wake County Sheriff's Office

  Sept 1990 - Feb 1994

  Deputy Sheriff - K9

  Perform general law enforcement duties with the aide of a patrol/narcotic detection K-9.Member of Inter-Agency Drug Task Force.

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  Bladenboro Police Department

  Feb 1994 - Apr 1996

  Chief of Police

  Recruit, select and oversee the training and assignment of sworn and civilian personnel for the department; advise, direct, and consult with subordinate officers on matters of training, work assignments and scheduling, work performance, promotions, and discipline. Meet with supervisory staff on a regular basis to clarify objectives, build a sense of team within the department, insure information is disseminated, and obtain input on decisions and issues. Prepare and recommend annual budget; supervise and participate in the application for grants. Receive and investigate inquiries or complaints from the public concerning police activities and services. Establish department policy; sets priorities; evaluate the department and personnel effectiveness. Supervise the preparation of periodic reports of crime and accident activity and police department activities in relationship to this information; analyses data for trends. Resolve sensitive or unusual crime situations; coordinate with other law enforcement agencies in crime prevention, detection, and investigations. Promotes the department’s efforts and goals to the general public through individual contact and addresses to civic groups, school groups, and other organizations. Develop emergency response plans and oversees implementation during emergency situations. Show less

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  Norwood Police Department

  May 1996 - Sept 1997

  Chief of Police

  Recruit, select and oversee the training and assignment of sworn and civilian personnel for the department; advise, direct, and consult with subordinate officers on matters of training, work assignments and scheduling, work performance, promotions, and discipline. Meet with supervisory staff on a regular basis to clarify objectives, build a sense of team within the department, insure information is disseminated, and obtain input on decisions and issues. Prepare and recommend annual budget; supervise and participate in the application for grants. Receive and investigate inquiries or complaints from the public concerning police activities and services. Establish department policy; sets priorities; evaluate the department and personnel effectiveness. Supervise the preparation of periodic reports of crime and accident activity and police department activities in relationship to this information; analyses data for trends. Resolve sensitive or unusual crime situations; coordinate with other law enforcement agencies in crime prevention, detection, and investigations. Promotes the department’s efforts and goals to the general public through individual contact and addresses to civic groups, school groups, and other organizations. Develop emergency response plans and oversees implementation during emergency situations. Show less

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  Liberty Police Department

  Sept 1997 - Dec 1997

  Chief of Police

  Recruit, select and oversee the training and assignment of sworn and civilian personnel for the department; advise, direct, and consult with subordinate officers on matters of training, work assignments and scheduling, work performance, promotions, and discipline. Meet with supervisory staff on a regular basis to clarify objectives, build a sense of team within the department, insure information is disseminated, and obtain input on decisions and issues. Prepare and recommend annual budget; supervise and participate in the application for grants. Receive and investigate inquiries or complaints from the public concerning police activities and services. Establish department policy; sets priorities; evaluate the department and personnel effectiveness. Supervise the preparation of periodic reports of crime and accident activity and police department activities in relationship to this information; analyses data for trends. Resolve sensitive or unusual crime situations; coordinate with other law enforcement agencies in crime prevention, detection, and investigations. Promotes the department’s efforts and goals to the general public through individual contact and addresses to civic groups, school groups, and other organizations. Develop emergency response plans and oversees implementation during emergency situations. Show less

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  North Carolina Governor's Highway Safety

  Feb 1998 - Nov 1998

  Manager of External Affairs

  Developed teams of local professionals in each county to study fatal and serious injury motor vehicle crashes to determine primary causes and devise strategy to mitigate them.

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  Dorothea Dix Hospital Police Department

  Nov 1998 - Nov 1999

  Chief of Police

  Recruit, select and oversee the training and assignment of sworn and civilian personnel for the department; advise, direct, and consult with subordinate officers on matters of training, work assignments and scheduling, work performance, promotions, and discipline. Meet with supervisory staff on a regular basis to clarify objectives, build a sense of team within the department, insure information is disseminated, and obtain input on decisions and issues. Prepare and recommend annual budget; supervise and participate in the application for grants. Receive and investigate inquiries or complaints from the public concerning police activities and services. Establish department policy; sets priorities; evaluate the department and personnel effectiveness. Supervise the preparation of periodic reports of crime and accident activity and police department activities in relationship to this information; analyses data for trends. Resolve sensitive or unusual crime situations; coordinate with other law enforcement agencies in crime prevention, detection, and investigations. Promotes the department’s efforts and goals to the general public through individual contact and addresses to civic groups, school groups, and other organizations. Develop emergency response plans and oversees implementation during emergency situations. Show less

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  Weston Solutions, Inc.

  Feb 2000 - Jun 2005

  East US Emergency Response Coordinator

  Provide direction to teams of employees involved in the delivery of disaster preparation, response and recovery. Prepare emergency management and business continuity procedures and train teams of employees to implement protocol. Develop course materials and train all employees on emergency evacuation, tornado preparedness, bomb threat management, incident command system, work place violence and other situations to insure proper response. Coordinate Security, Emergency Response, Emergency Medical and Hazardous Materials Teams to ensure a safe and healthful workplace capable of responding to any type of emergency. Partner with contractors to assure compliance with safety regulations and procedures in order to provide consistency in safety preparedness throughout all facilities. Oversee all operations during actual emergency/crisis situations and make recommendations to senior management on course of actions to minimize impact of the emergency to limit loss of life, property and productivity in the workplace. Develop annual emergency response service delivery plan to include tasks and timelines for completion. Identify emergency equipment needs; create business plan to gain budgetary approval for equipment purchases; write purchase requisitions and manage purchase orders for purchase of the equipment. Develop and implement service improvement plans based of feedback and results of emergency drills. Show less

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  Capitol Special Police

  Aug 2002 - now

  Chief of Police

  Recruit, select and oversee the training and assignment of sworn and civilian personnel for the department; advise, direct, and consult with subordinate officers on matters of training, work assignments and scheduling, work performance, promotions, and discipline. Meet with supervisory staff on a regular basis to clarify objectives, build a sense of team within the department, insure information is disseminated, and obtain input on decisions and issues. Prepare and recommend annual budget; supervise and participate in the application for grants. Receive and investigate inquiries or complaints from the public concerning police activities and services. Establish department policy; set priorities; evaluate the department and personnel effectiveness. Supervise the preparation of periodic reports of crime and accident activity and police department activities in relationship to this information; analyze data for trends. Resolve sensitive or unusual crime situations; coordinate with other law enforcement agencies in crime prevention, detection, and investigations. Promote the department’s efforts and goals to the general public through individual contact and addresses to civic groups, school groups, and other organizations. Develop emergency response plans and oversees implementation during emergency situations. *Top Secret/SCI, CI Polygraph Clearance Show less

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  National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

  Feb 2006 - Feb 2007

  Chief of Police

  Oversee the training and assignment of sworn and civilian personnel for the department; advise, direct, and consult with subordinate officers on matters of training, work assignments and scheduling, work performance, promotions, and discipline. Meet with supervisory staff on a regular basis to clarify objectives, build a sense of team within the department, insure information is disseminated, and obtain input on decisions and issues. Prepare and recommend annual budget. Receive and investigate inquiries or complaints from the public concerning police activities and services. Establish department policy; sets priorities; evaluate the department and personnel effectiveness. Supervise the preparation of periodic reports of crime and accident activity and police department activities in relationship to this information; analyses data for trends. Resolve sensitive or unusual crime situations; coordinate with other local and federal law enforcement agencies in force protection, crime prevention, detection, and investigations. Promotes the department’s efforts and goals to the general public through individual contact and addresses to civic groups, school groups, and other organizations. Develop emergency response plans and oversees implementation during emergency situations. Show less

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  VA National Guard

  Mar 2006 - Sept 2016

  Provost Marshal

  Manage a statewide program, which involves tasks, assignments, and projects that utilize and require the application of a variety of different and unrelated law enforcement and security processes to develop new local procedures to meet force protection requirements. Duties require consideration, analysis, and testing of a variety of established techniques and methods to arrive at decisions, conclusions, or recommendations regarding the Virginia Joint Force Headquarters force protection, anti-terrorism, operation security and emergency management programs. Serve as the Joint Force Headquarters authority and expert on all matters involving force protection and anti-terrorism. Act as the conduit of information between the intelligence community and local, state and federal law enforcement agencies. Receive, filter, focus, and fuse information from military intelligence, public available information as well as local, state, and federal law enforcement sources to develop a clear understanding of real or potential threats to all state forces. Prepare and write comprehensive templates and plans for force protection and anti-terrorism response. Show less

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  Durham County

  Jan 2009 - Nov 2010

  Candidate for Sheriff

  Conduct political campaign to obtain the Office of Sheriff for Durham County.

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  Signal 88 Security of Charlotte

  Jul 2012 - Jul 2018

  President

  Signal 88 Security was established to revolutionize and establish a higher standard of professionalism in the security industry. We offer community-based security personnel, incorporating state-of-the-art technology to provide customized security services to businesses and residential communities.Signal 88 Security has quickly grown to providing services in 32 states and over 100 franchises across the country – with more offices opening every month. We are equipped to handle any size property, event or business with a customized security solution.Our managerial capabilities enable us to offer unrivaled services, which encompass recruiting higher quality personnel and training. Implementation of technologically advanced tools has allowed us to streamline the logistics of managing our personnel and assists us in holding them accountable.From our network of locations throughout the U.S., Signal 88 Security has the ability to provide key staffing and personnel to assist you in developing your very own customized security solution. Our team includes experts in every security related field; from police officers and military professionals, to service industry guru’s and small business owners, each with the vision and desire to provide you, our client, with the most current security services available.Specialties:Randomized Roving Patrols, Community Based Security Officers, Dedicated Security Service, Virtual Monitoring, & Fire Watches Show less

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  Taylor Law Enforcement Consulting Group

  Dec 2013 - now

  Criminal Justice and Security Consultant

  Expert Witness specializing in police procedure cases in Federal Court. I have over 40 years of experience in a wide-range of federal, state, local, and private criminal justice executive positions. Areas of expertise include: training; Use of force & firearms instruction; anti-terrorism, operation security, force protection, recruiting, selection and assignment; employee supervision, evaluation and retention; curriculum development; policies and procedures design and implementation; physical security, canine utilization; budgeting; public relations; emergency management. Show less

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  Blue Ridge Public Safety

  Apr 2014 - now

  Chief of Police

  Manage a private police department by developing policy; setting priorities; evaluating the department and personnel effectiveness. Supervising the preparation of periodic reports of crime and accident activity and police department activities in relationship to this information; analyze data for trends. Resolve sensitive or unusual crime situations; coordinate with other law enforcement agencies in crime prevention, detection, and investigations. Promote the department's efforts and goals to clients and the general public through individual contact and addresses to civic groups, school groups, and other organizations. Develop emergency response plans and oversee implementation during emergency situations. Recruit, select and oversee the training and assignment of sworn and civilian personnel for the department; advise, direct, and consult with subordinate officers on matters of training, work assignments and scheduling, work performance, promotions, and discipline. Meet with supervisory staff on a regular basis to clarify objectives, build a sense of team within the department, insure information is disseminated, and obtain input on decisions and issues. Prepare annual budget. Show less

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  Virginia National Guard Joint Force Headquarters

  Oct 2016 - May 2017

  Deputy Director of Personnel, J1

  The Virginia National Guard Deputy J-1 has the responsibility to provide overall human resource strategic planning, integration, analysis, manpower and personnel policy, and oversight for the Director of the Joint Staff in order to enhance the Joint Force Headquarters initiatives, personnel readiness, operational capabilities and sustainment of the National Guard service members.

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  United States Army Forces Command (FORSCOM)

  Jun 2017 - Nov 2017

  Force Protection Officer

  FORSCOM is the largest U S Army command and provider of expeditionary, regionally engaged, campaign-capable land forces to combatant commanders. Headquartered at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, FORSCOM consists of more than 750,000 Active Army, U.S. Army Reserve, and Army National Guard soldiers. FORSCOM provides enhanced land power gaining operational depth and versatility through a mix of fully integrated Active and Reserve Component forces operating in a joint, interagency, intergovernmental, and multinational (JIIM) environment. Its organizations are expeditionary, campaign focused, and tailorable to provide combatant commanders the required capabilities to be decisive across the range of military operations. Show less

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  346 Military Police Detachment

  Nov 2017 - May 2018

  Liason Officer/OIC

  Ensure U.S. Forces comply with international obligations regarding the treatment of Enemy Prisoners of War (EPW) and Civilian Internees (CI). These obligations include:o Humane treatment.o Prompt evacuation from the combat zone.o Provisions for the interrogation of EPWs.o Instruct all troops regarding the provisions of international agreements and regulations relating to EPW/CI.o Integrate procedures for the evacuation, control, and administration of EPW/CI with other combat support and combat service support operations. Show less

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  138th Military Police Detachment (Theater Detention Reporting Center)

  Jun 2018 - Apr 2019

  Officer In Charge

  Oversee all operations of the only TDRC in the Army Reserve. Whose mission is to track all Enemy Prisoners of War and Civilian Internees to ensure their detention location and all biographical information is recorded and analyzed to identify any intelligence value for the Theater Commander.

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  76th Operational Response Command US ARNORTH FEMA Region IV

  Apr 2019 - Mar 2022

  Deputy Emergency Preparedness Liason Officer

  Assistant State Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer for the State of North Carolina, responsible for planning, coordinating, and integrating DoD's Defense Support to Civil Authorities (DSCA) and Homeland Defense with local, tribal, state, and federal agencies within North Carolina. Communicate and coordinate emergency management operations between these agencies and the Defense Coordinating Element. Maintain a high state of readiness within the NC SEPLO Team by ensuring assigned personnel are trained and prepared to deploy in response to natural and man-made disasters. Develops and promotes effective relationships with civil, military, and interagency organizationsthroughout the state. Show less