Leslie Thomas (Guy) Goff
Retired Sheriff/ Division Commander
Currently Federal Police Officer
Murfreesboro, TN.
***********@*****.*** (mailto:***********@*****.***)
615-***-**** (tel:615%20318%200517)
Authorized to work in the US for any employer Willing to relocate.
Work Experience
Federal Police Officer
United States Department of Veterans Affairs - Murfreesboro, TN
August 2017 to August 2022
Experience with computers, Microsoft word, excel, teams,office skills computer knowledge and excellent customer service experience. Investigate Federal Crimes and Violations of Federal Policies
Arrest suspects. Investigations of Assaults on campus. Investigations in involving vehicle crashes, block redirecting traffic due to Covid in the entire campus of the VA hospital.
Division Commander
Rutherford County Sheriff's Department - Murfreesboro, TN
October 2002 to April 2017
Supervisor of jail, warrants,records and School safety.
Supervised from 35 to 161 employees
Supervised 18.8 million dollar budget
Sheriff of White County Tennessee and employed by the
White County Sheriff's Department
October 1986 to September 2002
Education
White County High School,Sparta Tn.
Martin College, Pulaski Tn.
Investigations,
Security management,-30+years
Physical Security Specialist of 3 separate Jails ranging from 44 to 958 bed capacity
In charge of all exterior venders
Installed and maintained security and fire safety equipment
In-Service Instructor
Time management
Emergency Management
Program Management
Coaching sports
Supervising experience
Law Enforcement 36years
Management
Leadership
Customer service
Security
Project Management
Budgeting
Immigration law
English
Awards
*Impact Award 2009 Rutherford County Sheriff's Office
December 2009
Began a project with Oakland high school and habitat for humanity to build houses for the community involving students, faculty and administrative staff
To date 73 houses have been completed
*Teacher of the year x3 years
*United States dept of defense significant contributions to the national defense
Contributions
Certifications / Licenses
Basic Police Academy TLETA
June 1987 to July 1987
Law enforcement studies
8 week academy
TRAINING
Basic Police Academy 1987 (Donelson Tennessee)
30 years of inservice (40) hours a year
FBI Supervisor School LEEDA 2015,
Arson Investigation 2001,
Post Blast ATF 2001,
FBI Homicide 1994,
New Sheriff School 1998 and 2010 TSA(Tennessee Sheriffs Association)
NRA Firearms Instructor 1996
Tennessee School Resource Officer Certification School 2002
National School Resource Officer Certification 2004,
Financial Crimes Techniques School 1998,
FBI LifeLock Identity theft 2015
Internal investigation Class 2011
Auto Theft School 1993
Incident Command School 2007
Hostage Negotiations 2002
Supervising New Generation 2015
Courtroom Security 2010
Tennessee and National School Resource Officer
First Aid Certification
February 2021 to Present
United States Department of Veterans Affairs Federal Police Academy
October 2017 to December 2017
Certified Federal Police Officer
Federal Police Academy
North Little Rock Arkansas
Professional Background:
Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office-- October 2002 to April 2017
: Major of the School Resource Officer division---January 13th 2016
• Supervised 58 SROs and 72 school crossing guards
• Worked with county school officials to make the schools a safe learning-working environment.
• Started a program with Habitat for Humanity where students build homes in shop class and transport wall panels to job sites
• Coached sports
• Provided information to state and local officials in cases where there were suspicions of terrorism.
Major Supervisor of Warrants---July 2013
• Records, property and evidence
• Extraditions inmate transfers, felony warrant service, civil process service, criminal court indictments & orders of protections
• Felony arrest round-ups which involved multiple agencies
• Supervised top 10 wanted list & utilized incident command system in barricade suspect arrests.
Major with responsibility of the Jail--- September 2010
• Supervision of over 161 employees
• Oversight of $18.8 million dollar budget
• Supervisor of all operations-programs of the jail
• Re-wrote the policies and procedures to correlate with state and federal standards.
SRO---October 2002 to September 2010
At the Rutherford County Sheriff’s office, I was assigned to the SRO Division. My duties included the responsibility of maintaining safety at each school and ensuring a safe learning environment for students and staff. This was achieved by training emergency preparedness for staff and students, patrolling halls, writing citations and making arrests as needed and teaching classes as it relates to law enforcement. Additional responsibilities were coaching athletic activities and after school events, maintaining visibility in high traffic areas, working with community leaders to start new programs that involve students and staff in community projects, supervising extra duty at events after and during school, preparation of school safety plans, emergency evacuation plans, report suspected terrorist activities to state and federal authorities,
Elected Sheriff of White County, TN--- September 1998 to September 2002:
• Supervision of law enforcement agency of over 60 employees and $2.2 million dollar budget
• All criminal investigations & jail
• Oversaw public safety of White County, supervised and relayed technical information during construction of Criminal Justice Center, maintained records and evidence and brought the county sheriff’s office online with a booking computer system.
• As Sheriff, I was tasked with the hiring and training of staff hired staff as needed and maintained policies and procedures. I supervised policies and procedures maintaining records related to the jail & was responsible for payroll for all employees.
• White County Sheriff’s Office December 1990 to February 1998
Patrol supervisor and criminal investigator
• Supervisor of the evening shift: assigned shifts and worked felony cases, investigation of drug cases and death scenes, transported inmates from all over the nation, court security.Investigated burglaries and other property crimes, child abuse cases.
Chief Criminal Investigator
• Responsible for the investigation of all crimes in White County, as well as internal investigations,
• Worked child abuse cases, drug cases, death scenes, assault and aggravated assault cases, assisted with multiple agencies statewide investigations ranging from drug to burglaries to homicide, investigated automobile accidents with serious bodily injury and death.
• Investigated double homicide and attempted murder case in 1992 considered to be the worst scene in the county's history, resulting in apprehension-arrest and subsequent prosecution of defendant receiving 2 life sentences no chance of parole plus 120 years.
• Investigated 285 child abuse cases in one month resulting in numerous arrests & member of the child protection investigation team.
• Assisted in numerous arson cases including many fire deaths,
1st shift supervisor---1995 to 1998:, in charge of all operations patrol including supervising court security and transporting inmates to and from court, doctor visits & state prisons. I supervised inmate work crews & was a firearms instructor.
Recognition:
Awarded 2009 Impact Award Teacher of the year X 3 years
United States department of Defense Outstanding Contributions to the National Defense 2001
References:
Chief of Staff Tennessee Dept. Of Safety
Les Delonte
Foster Avenue
Nashville Tennessee (x-apple-data-detectors://embedded-result/7517)
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Captain Joey King
940 New Salem Hwy
Murfreesboro Tennessee (x-apple-data-detectors://embedded-result/7585)
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Terry Hembree
Cookeville Tennessee
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