Kate Sherrod

Experience

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  Town of Saratoga, WY

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2004

  Town Council Member
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  Saratoga Platte Valley Chamber of Commerce

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2004

  Executive Director
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  Wyoming HIghway Patrol

  Jan 2004 - Feb 2014

  Dispatcher 2

  -Take emergency calls from the motoring public and generate dispatch reports from these.-Dispatch reports to sworn personnel for Wyoming Highway Patrol, Wyoming Game & Fish, Bureau of Land Management rangers and agents, Wyoming State Parks rangers, U.S. Forest Service rangers, Wyoming State Livestock Inspectors and Brand Inspectors via radio.-Provide logistical support including dispatching tow trucks, ambulances, fire units, hazmat units and WYDOT maintenance units as needed for events in the field.-Run drivers licenses, vehicle license plates and vehicle identification numbers, criminal history checks and related checks as required by field units.-Relay critical updates and information between the public, other agencies and WHP-dispatched field units as events develop.-Perform extensive database entry of information from traffic and other citations.-Provide public information on traffic hazards, weather conditions and road and travel issues to the public on a call by call basis.-Assist field units in developing comprehensive reports of their activities as needed.-Recipient of Wyoming Highway Patrol Association's Award of Merit-Currently and continuously certified as a public safety dispatcher via Wyoming Peace Officer Standards and Training Show less

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  - Freelance

  Mar 2014 - now

  Sonneteer

  Crafter of the poetry and sometimes the prose. New book PULP SONNETS out in Spring 2016

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  Saratoga Middle High School

  Nov 2015 - now

  Assistant Speech and Debate Coach

  Assistant coach of the 2016 Wyoming State 1A/2A Speech & Debate Champion Saratoga/Encampment/Hanna High Schools