SAL M. PATTERSON
*** *. ********* ******, *******, KY 42001, 270-***-****
**********@*******.***
EDUCATION
School: Department of Criminal Justice Training
Location: Funderburk Building, Eastern Kentucky Univ., 521 Lancaster Ave.,
Richmond, KY 40475
Diploma: Law Enforcement Basic Training Course, Class 381, 05/2007
School: Paducah Community College
Location: 4810 Blandville Rd, Paducah, KY 42001
Major: Science
Degree: Associate in Science, 12/1989
EXPERIENCE
Employer: Missouri Dept. of Corrections, South East Correctional Center
Title: Corrections Officer I
Location: Charleston, MO
Duration: 07/2009 - present
Duties:
- Be alert, observant and able to respond appropriately to work
situations or emergencies during all tours of duty.
- Able to comprehend and apply written rules and procedures to
offenders, staff and self.
- Able to supervise and, or escort adult felons in a correctional
setting and conduct body, room or location searches.
- Knowledge of use of force guidelines and procedures and able to
use sound judgment in situations requiring the use of force.
- Maintain an accurate count of offenders in assigned area.
Employer: City of Paducah
Title: Police Officer Recruit
Location: Paducah, KY
Duration: 12/2006 - 01/2008
Duties:
- Maintain order, enforce laws and ordinances, and protect life and
property in an assigned patrol district.
- Act as an official escort, such as when leading funeral processions
or firefighters.
- Patrol specific areas, responding promptly to calls for assistance.
- Provide for public safety by maintaining order, responding to
emergencies,
protecting people and property, enforcing motor vehicle and criminal
laws, and promoting good community relations.
- Direct traffic flow and reroute traffic in case of emergencies.
- Monitor traffic to ensure motorists observe traffic regulations and
exhibit safe driving procedures.
- Issue citations or warnings for violating city ordinances.
- Investigate traffic accidents and other accidents to determine
causes and to determine if a crime has been committed.
- Monitor, note, report, and investigate suspicious persons and
situations, safety hazards, and unusual or illegal activity in patrol
area.
- Identify, pursue, and arrest suspects and perpetrators of criminal
acts.
- Review facts of incidents to determine if criminal act or statute
violations were involved.
- Testify in court to present evidence or act as witness in traffic
and criminal cases.
Employer: United States Enrichment Corporation
Title: Senior Laboratory Technician, Grade 60
Location: Paducah, KY
Duration: 07/1991 - 11/2005
Duties:
- Receive and track all incoming samples by maintaining chain of
custody and by monitoring sample backlog for upcoming deadlines.
- Analyze USEC process, surface, ground, wastewater and other solid
samples by performing tests to assess a wide variety of elements
such as the following: pH; Alkalinity; 5-day Biochemical Oxygen
Demand (BOD); Calcium; Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD); Sulfate-
Reducing Bacteria (SRB); Total Heterotrophic Bacteria (THB); Total
Suspended Solids (TSS); Total Solids (TS); Dissolved Solids (DS);
Total Organic Carbon (TOC); Turbidity; Hardness; Coal;
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) in soil; bulk Asbestos
identification and analyzing air filters for fiber counting.
- Set up, operate and maintain various types of laboratory
equipment such as the following: HACH Spectrophotometer, HACH COD
reactors, membrane filtration techniques and apparatus, dissolved
oxygen meters, pH meters, turbidity meters, muffle furnaces,
precision scales, drying ovens, incubators, vacuum pumps,
centrifuges, desiccators, stereo-binocular, phase contrast and
polarized light microscopes.
- Maintain documentation of all maintenance performed.
- Adhere to the lab's Quality Control regulations.
- Maintain personal qualifications and training to stay in
compliance with plant Environmental, Safety and Health programs,
state, federal, NIOSH, OSHA, and EPA regulations.
- Assisted in the training of incoming Analytical Support lab
personnel.
- Occasionally collect samples in the field in strenuous and
potentially hazardous work environments.
- Monitor and maintain inventory of supplies.
- Input test results into computer and perform routine housekeeping
duties.
- Attended Plant Manager's meeting about plant procedures, safety
precautions and disposal of asbestos containing material as
Analytical Lab's representative.
- Have fielded and passed numerous audits, internal and external,
concerning Microanalysis Lab and Analytical Support Lab; answering
all questions or giving directions as to how the answers could be
obtained.
- Worked as a temporary relief Water Treatment Plant Operator by:
1. Adding chemicals to disinfect and deodorize water and
other liquids.
2. Cleaning tanks and filter beds using 1 inch water hose.
3. Collecting and analyzing water and sewage samples.
4. Inspect, operate and adjust equipment to purify and
clarify water or dispose of sewage.
5. Perform general maintenance and housekeeping of work
areas.
JOB RELATED TRAINING
- NARK II Progressive System of Drug Identification, Basic Skills
certificate, 09/07/07
- Kentucky Dept. of Criminal Justice Training Breath Testing Operator
certificate (expires 03/23/09)
- American Red Cross FIRST AID certificate, 02/12/07
- American Red Cross CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer certificate,
02/02/07
- Maintained a Department of Energy security clearance (expired 05/29/06)
- Occupational Safety and Health Training Center, Murray State University,
HAZ-MAT
Technician Emergency Response Training, 11/17-19/98
- McCrone Research Institute, Quantitative Asbestos Identification, Nov.
14-18, 1994
- McCrone Research Institute, Advanced Asbestos Identification, Aug. 29-
Sept. 2, 1994
- McCrone Research Institute, Microscopical Identification of Asbestos,
May 11-15, 1992
- NIOSH, Sampling and Evaluating Airborne Asbestos Dust 582, Aug. 12-16,
1991
- Cross-trained in Gas Sampling of UF6 Systems and Cylinders
- Cross-trained in PCB in Soil Analysis
- Respirator Fit training
-Radiation Worker I, II & III training
-Covey Leadership Center, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People,
Nov. 1993
-Intermediate Word Perfect 5.2 for Windows, June 1993
-Kepner Tregoe, Problem Solving & Decision Making, March 1993
-Basic Word-processing with Word Perfect for Windows, Oct. 1992
WORK REFERENCES
Sgt. B. Wertenberger, South East Correctional Center, (573) 683-
4409
Cook-3 Watkins, South East Correctional Center, 573-***-****
H. Dungey, City of Paducah H.R. Director, 270-***-****
Sgt. W. Kimbler, Paducah Police Dept., 270-***-****
Trent Fields, Chemist, AS Lab supervisor, USEC, 441-6441 or 6000
Connie Sykes, Senior Lab Tech, USEC, 270-***-**** or 5470