Ralph Mena

El Paso, TX ***** 915-***-****

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Communicative Police Officer successful at development positive relationships with colleagues and citizens. Approaches each situation with alertness, compassion and concern. Continually followed procedures to maintain safety, documentation and meet legal requirements. Dedicated Police Officer with 23 years of service skilled at dealing with general public and monitoring high stress situations. Handling issues related to emotionally disturbed persons, domestic violence and child abuse victims. Ambitious and hard working.

Accomplishments:

Earned a lifesaving award in 2002 and 2021.

Officer of the year 2002.

Nominated for officer of the year 2016.

FBI Negotiator Course.

Nonviolent Crisis Intervention course.

Mental Health First Aid Instructor.

Skills include:

Criminal Investigations Interrogations Techniques

First Aid Active Listening

Protecting People and Property Judgement and Decision Making

Time Management Critical Thinking

Campus Security/Training 01/26/2023-Current

Ysleta Independent School District

Train the administration De Escalation techniques, campus security at Vista Hills Elementary School.

My main assignment is the safety of the staff and children. I secure the building by monitoring and securing the school to follow all state guidelines. I train the Department officers De Escalation techniques as well as all the Principals in the School District.

Police Officer 03/03/2000- January 7, 2023.

El Paso Police Department, El Paso TX.

My assignment was in the Mental Health section. For four years, I have been working in the Crisis Intervention Team. Helping a person that is having a mental crisis as well as the family members that need assistance. One of my roles was being the incident Commander of the hostile scene and direct personnel where they were needed. I have been called to scenes or residences when a person has died to assist the family with the trauma. I have over a thousand hours of classroom training in de-escalation and hostile crisis techniques. I have completed the FBI hostage negotiator course and Mental Health First Aid course. During this assignment we are dispatched to assist persons having a mental crisis, having suicidal or homicidal thoughts. I have experience with persons that were barricaded in their homes wanting to kill themselves. On site Incident Command experience with on scene suicidal/barricaded persons. Helping the citizens and off base military personnel of El Paso

Investigated criminal and civil cases by gathering evidence, taking statements, interviewing witnesses and victims. Experience in surveillance and tracking persons.

I have experience training new officers as well as civilians that work in the Crisis Intervention Team.

Enforced the State of Texas laws as well as the local municipalities laws of El Paso.

El Paso Sheriff Department 1997-1999

Detention Officer: Duties included armed detention officer, security for the facility by observing visitors and inmates. Working visitation hours where visitors entered through the metal detector or handheld detector for any weapons.

Education:

Associate of Science: Criminal Justice

El Paso Community College, El Paso TX.

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