Training Specialist Police

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Alan Davis

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Career Summary

Applied effective evidence-based methodologies to organizational challenges with focus on community needs and officer safety. Solid record of performance identifying, monitoring, reviewing, documenting and reporting data driven quantitative and qualitative analysis of agency initiatives, Bridged the gap between law enforcement priorities and community expectations. Professional Skillsets:

- Research, analysis, and documentation - Professional writing/oral presentation

- Restorative – Transformative Justice - Diversity / Cultural Competence

- Training /Curriculum Development - Organizational Leadership

- Constitutional Law/Human Rights. - Policy assessment / Evaluation Professional Experience

Fairfax County Commonwealth Attorney Office. Justice Advisory Council - Present. Promote awareness and understanding of the Office of the Commonwealth’s Attorney’s policies and their impacts on the community and identify shortcomings in our local criminal justice system that require action on the part of the Office in order to build a more fair and equitable local justice system.

National Law Enforcement Museum and Memorial

Administrator Public Programs 9/2018- 4/2020

• - Advised executive director on Law Enforcement practices and historic protocol.

• - Provide media interviews for live and print mediums

• - Supervise law enforcement staff facilitators and subject matter experts

• - Research Law Enforcement areas of interest and experts in criminal justice disciplines for interview and public panel inclusion

Opportunities, Alternatives, and Resources, Inc. Facilitator/Instructor 5/2017-9/2018 Provide training, curriculum review, and restorative justice expertise for breaking the cycle of crime among incarcerated men housed within the Fairfax County Detention Center. Teach

“Impact of Crime” courses using adult learning methodologies that promote understanding of criminal consequences for offenders, families and communities. Develop positive behavioral and decision-making alternatives to emotional and immaturity driven social and criminal responses. Strategies for Youth (.org) Cambridge, MA National Board of Directors -2/2015 –1/2017 Develop national strategic plans, provide fund-raising initiatives, and promote national/regional training advocating diminished use-of-force, transparency and enhanced capacity initiatives for communities and law enforcement.

• Liaise with government agencies and local community non-profits, research local laws- enforcement policies, and provide resources representing alternative approaches to youth encounters and unnecessary incarceration.

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• Promote comprehensive and effective standards for policing youth and effective juvenile- detention policies commensurate with citizen and police safety concerns

• Participant – President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing - The White House

(6/30/16) Dialogue with diverse police management focused on national police strategies that enhance cooperation and collaboration for effective and acceptable law enforcement. Foreign Service Institute - US Department of State SME Instructor 1/20/16 – 1/22/17

• Provide sector-specific security briefings to government and private sector organizations operating abroad. Research data for evidence-based security best practices

• Prepare lesson plans, PowerPoint slides, practical applications and training scenarios. Creative Corrections, LLC (US Department of State contractor) Arlington, VA Police Proposal Consultant 10/2014 (3 months)

Assess work-proposal content, client concerns and challenges, mitigating factors for police department ethical/ misconduct issues.

• Research police culture, operational priorities and strategies, social media platforms, and community confidence in criminal justice systems.

• Assess strategies for serving and protecting the community and community perceptions of police effectiveness at achieving stated goals.

• Develop and design effective solutions addressing client concerns that add transparency, legitimacy, accountability and confidence in law enforcement operations. Creative Corrections, LLC

Training Specialist for INL/CAP (US Department of State) 8/2011–9/2012

• Research lesson subject matter, evaluate, design and implement curriculum/testing and adult learning and teaching methodologies.

• Create curriculum, draft training materials, and deliver pre-deployment rule-of-law training for US Department of State personnel working abroad.

• Assess foreign police academic institutions, recommend democratic, rule of law evidence-based community-oriented policing strategies. PAE Contractors (for the US Department of State) Mclean, VA Management Oral Board - Consultant (Part time) 2/2009- 7/2011

• Evaluate candidate suitability for international police assignments abroad.

• Review employment folder and consult with psychological and medical boards.

• Recommend approval/disapproval for hiring purposes. PAE Beirut, Lebanon

Instructor/Curriculum Developer 11/2007-12/2008

• Provided police expertise for eight- person team tasked with establishing start-up police academy for basic, supervisory and management police training in Lebanon.

• Taught spectrum of patrol, investigative, tactical, operational, firearms, supervisory, police ethics, and community-policing courses.

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• Supervised officer-training applications and successfully mitigated conflicting religious, political and ideological differences conflicting with democratic freedoms, law enforcement transparency, and accountability.

PAE Mclean, VA Police Advisor 8/2006- 8/2007

• Evaluated candidate suitability for international police assignments (see above). SAIC Amman, Jordan

Police Training Specialist 1/2004-1/2005

• Developed police training curriculum and lesson plans for Iraqi police in Jordan.

• Developed and trained officer: tactical arrest, search, and crowd-control applications. DynCorp (United Nations International Police-Kosovo) US Deputy Contingent Commander/Chief of Operational Planning 2000-2003

• Assumed management and staff supervision of 300+ US police officers in country. Created Crime Analysis Unit

o Supervised analytical staff composed of international police and monitored preparation of countrywide statistical crime patterns and trends. o Recommended resource-allocation and community focused strategies that reduced crime utilizing affective police-management and community assessment principles. o Supervised National Critical Incident Management Unit o Developed country- wide police emergency-response plans in collaboration with military, fire, and medical services.

o Supervised police actors in mock training scenarios and providing written reports of progress. o Provided national plan for training in emergency incident and evacuation procedures. NYC Police Department – Office of the Deputy Commissioner, Community Affairs Senior Liaison Officer/Detective Specialist 1985-1993

• Advised deputy commissioner concerning citywide crime concerns and, challenges, and incidents having the potential for significant unrest, negative community perception, and requiring substantial police operational response.

• Liaised with elected officials, police executives, and community representatives.

• Represent Deputy Commissioner at public forums addressing police issues. Education

• MS in Restorative (Justice) Practices GPA: 3.90 International Institute of Restorative Practices, Bethlehem, PA

BS in Social and Criminal Justice GPA:3.60, Ashford University, Clinton, Iowa Highlighted accomplishment- Police Assessment The Ukraine 2012 http://d2oqb2vjj999su.cloudfront.net/users/000/076/321/212/attachments/Working_visit_of_the_ U.S._Embassy.pdf.

Evaluate and assess Ukraine Police Training Institutions for training content, methodologies, respect for democratic and community centered enforcement focus, transparency, and accountability. Make recommendations for revision, reform and professionalization of Ukraine police operational focus.

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