Lacy Stinson
**** ********** ***** **, *********, Florida
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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Deputy Sheriff and Military Police with a secret security clearance and nine years of proven experience in the Alabama Army National Guard. Two years of public relations experience with the Andalusia Star-News. Possess a well-established background in interpersonal communication and efficiency of completing deadlines. Remained accountability for over $30,000 of items while conducting overseas operations in Romania, under the National Guard State Partnership Program. Received multiple awards for exceptional performance, leadership and operational skills.
●Hazmat Awareness Proficient
●Three leadership development courses
●Microsoft Excel trained
●Photoshop and Indesign skills
●Three commendation awards
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
ANDALUSIA STAR-NEWS-Andalusia, AL 2017-2019
Editorial Writer
Edited, wrote and developed noteworthy news stories. Photographed events, edited and generated photos in a newspaper style setting.
●Responsible for generating the entire newspaper with Indesign and Photoshop skills.
●In charge of updating websites regularly with correct format and coding.
●Kept accountability of $4,000 worth of technological and professional equipment for the job.
●Kept deadlines for stories with turn-in always on time.
Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office- Shalimar, FL 2019-Present
Deputy Sheriff
●Responsible for enforcing laws and regulations.
●Keeping the peace of citizens within the area.
●Developed interpersonal relationships with citizens.
●Demonstrates active listening skills to better assist the public with needs
●Maintain proper documentation for calls for service; ensuring the appropriate information is relayed to other staff and citizens.
●Demonstrates attention to detail when providing information and creating reports.
●Accountability for $100,000 worth of equipment always.
●Earned three commendation awards for excellent service.
United States Army- Various Locations 2014- Present
Military Police
●Enforce the law, prevent crime and respond to emergencies.
●Traffic control and monitor of Entry Control Points.
●Responsible for the leadership and accountability of up to five soldiers at a time.
●Responsible for the readiness and training status of up to twenty-five soldiers.
EDUCATION
High School Diploma, Red Level High School- 2015
Associates of Science, Lurleen B. Wallace Community College- 2018
Criminal Justice Technical Degree, Northwest Florida College- 2019
CERTIFICATIONS
Hazmat Awareness and Operations, Alabama Fire College- 2017
Basic Leadership Course (Commandants’ List Award)- 2019
National De-Escalation Training Center Trainer- 2022
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Software: Microsoft Office, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Teams, Adobe Lightroom, and Adobe Acrobat PDF
Operating Systems: Mac, Microsoft Systems (Windows 8, Windows 11)