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Patient Care Palm Bay

Location:
Richmond, VA, 23219
Posted:
June 20, 2025

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Dana Shields

571-***-**** • ****.*.*******@*****.*** • Palm Bay, FL 32909

Deadline-driven and results-oriented Police Officer with over 35 years of experience coordinating investigations. Skilled at researching and reviewing case files, and interviewing subjects, targets and witnesses for information verification and corroboration. Resourceful in many aspects of law enforcement while leveraging creative problem-solving abilities to solve complex crimes and cases.

Summary

Skills • Police training

• Police patrol operations

• Police department procedures

• Surveillance expert

• Radar speed measurement

• Arrest techniques

• Search and seizure laws familiarity

• Search and rescue

• Patrol procedures

• Drug enforcement

• Inter-agency coordination

• Calm under pressure

• Drug laws enforcement

• Exceptional problem solver

• Planning and coordination

• Felony laws knowledge

• Evidence collection and evaluation

• Case management

• Crime scene processing

• Schedule setting

• Conflict resolution tactics

• Defensive driving training

• CPR/First Aid certified

• Risk mitigation

• Detailed vehicle inspection

• Issue resolution

• Damage assessment

04/2022 - Current

CDL Compliance Officer III, State Of Florida, Orlando, FL 10/2021 - Current

Hyperbaric Technician, Brevard Regional Hyperbaric, Melbourne, FL Experience

Planned and executed compliance audits to check company policies, procedures and controls.

• Maintained and revised policy procedures for general operation of compliance program.

• Adhered to deadlines in optimizing regulatory and operational performance.

• Established working relationships with regulatory agencies.

• Carefully maintained and circulated filing documents and records to department heads.

• Enforced regulations by reviewing federal and state laws to confirm compliance. Collected, input and analyzed information to make effective evaluations of company operations.

• Provided compliance risk control consultation to committees and leadership. Documented information in patient charts and communicated status updates to interdisciplinary care team.

Provided excellent customer service by effectively communicating with patients, families, staff and staff in other hospital departments.

Coordinated patient care needs with healthcare team and delivered compassionate assistance with activities of daily living.

02/2016 - 10/2022

Police Officer(Retired), City Of Palm Bay FL, Palm Bay, FL

• Improved patient care, safety and compliance by partnering with nurses.

• Assisted patients with personal care, ambulation and general patient care needs. Instructed patients and caregivers on how to appropriately use breathing machines at home to obtain necessary symptom relieve.

Successfully processed hundreds of tips while receiving information and initiating investigations for speedy resolutions.

Responded to numerous calls for service related to DWI, felonies, misdemeanors, domestic abuse, and animal rescue.

Verified and authenticated validity and admissibility of evidence and preserved integrity for court proceedings.

Boosted community safety by performing motor vehicle accident investigations including DUIs and fatal crashes while conducting field sobriety tests at DUI checkpoints.

• Wrote detailed arrest and accident reports.

Responded to medical emergencies, alarms and bomb threats within approximately 2 minutes of calls.

• Responded quickly to dispatch, taking appropriate action at crime and disaster scenes. Investigated felony-level homicides,fraud crimes in support of district attorney prosecution cases.

Analyzed and evaluated information to determine appropriate course of criminal prosecution.

• Diffused tense situations by remaining calm.

• Adhered to all safety protocols and properly handled all equipment, weapons and materials.

• Investigated criminal and traffic offenses.

Trained and mentored staff on correct procedures to maximize efficiency and protect public trust.

Gathered preliminary investigation information, including [Type] and [Type] as first responder to crime scenes.

Conducted covert, undercover investigations to uncover ongoing crimes and crimes in progress.

• Searched vehicles, buildings, homes and property for evidence and stolen property.

• Liaised with school counselors and administrators regarding juvenile offenders.

• Responded to and investigated security and burglar alarms. Investigated vehicular or roadway-related accidents, assisting persons involved and notifying additional authorities as necessary.

• Liaised between legal staff and law enforcement agencies to foster efficient communication.

• Responded to major interstate vehicular accidents with fatalities or serious injuries. Successfully processed hundreds of tips, received information and initiated investigations for speedy resolution.

Instructed suspects on field sobriety tests and used portable breathalizer equipment to perform tests.

• Patrolled designated districts in patrol cars, on bicycles and on foot.

• Conducted stationary and mobile surveillance on investigatory individuals.

• Testified under oath in administrative hearings and criminal court cases. Inspected squad vehicle and weapons daily and arranged for routine and special maintenance.

Improved community safety by conducting field sobriety tests and investigating DUIs and vehicle accidents.

Performed comprehensive searches of people and property to identify controlled substances or contraband.

• Responded to civil unrest, search and rescue operations. 10/2010 - 12/2015

Police Officer, Commonwealth Of Virginia, Manassas, VA 07/2003 - 07/2010

Police Officer, Town Of Dumfries, Dumfries, VA

11/2002 - 07/2003

Police Detective/Criminal Investigator, Town Of Quantico, Quantico, VA Prevented illegal entry, prohibiting goods and smuggling of illegal drugs and other contraband by conducting vehicle searches during traffic stops.

• Wrote reports on arrests made, activities performed and unusual incidents observed. Apprehended suspects, prepared case reports, and testified in numerous courtroom hearings.

• Mentored students to help foster positive and safe learning environment.

• Mediated conflicts between students and teachers.

• Built safety plans and provided guidance on updating plans. Collaborated with probation officers, school representatives and other key individuals in community to support adolescents and families.

• Enforced truancy and delinquency regulations.

Verified and authenticated validity and admissibility of evidence and preserved integrity for court proceedings.

Boosted community safety by performing motor vehicle accident investigations including DUIs and fatal crashes while conducting field sobriety tests at DUI checkpoints.

• Wrote detailed arrest and accident reports.

Responded to medical emergencies, alarms and bomb threats within approximately 1 minutes of calls.

• Responded quickly to dispatch, taking appropriate action at crime and disaster scenes.

• Testified in court 5 times per month in support of department cases.

• Diffused tense situations by remaining calm.

• Adhered to all safety protocols and properly handled all equipment, weapons and materials.

• Investigated criminal and traffic offenses.

Trained and mentored staff on correct procedures to maximize efficiency and protect public trust.

Successfully processed hundreds of tips while receiving information and initiating investigations for speedy resolutions.

Responded to numerous calls for service related to DWI, felonies, misdemeanors, domestic abuse, and animal rescue.

Verified and authenticated validity and admissibility of evidence and preserved integrity for court proceedings.

Responded to medical emergencies, alarms and bomb threats within approximately numerous minutes of calls.

• Responded quickly to dispatch, taking appropriate action at crime and disaster scenes. Analyzed and evaluated information to determine appropriate course of criminal prosecution.

• Reviewed and evaluated evidence to determine validity and admissibility for court hearings.

• Diffused tense situations by remaining calm.

• Investigated criminal and traffic offenses.

Gathered preliminary investigation information, including many and as first responder to crime scenes.

Secured evidence from crime scenes, bodies and secondary locations, carefully following sound evidentiary practices and chain of custody requirements.

• Testified in court cases to back up case evidence and detail timelines.

• Managed surveillance of individuals, specific properties and events.

• Opened investigations into issues brought up by individuals in the community.

• Bagged evidence carefully and verified submission to proper department. 08/2022

Some College (No Degree), Criminal Justice

Eastern Gateway Community College, Steubenville, OH 05/1980

High School Diploma

Frederick Douglass High School, Upper Marlboro, MD Some College (No Degree), Computer Science And Programming Grambling State University, Grambling, LA

Some College (No Degree), Computer Science

Prince George's Community College, Upper Marlboro, MD Some College (No Degree), Human Resources Development Barry University, Miami, FL

Education And

Training

• Completed coursework in computer science, biology Certifications • First Aid/CPR

• MIcrosoft efficient

• Federal Motor Carrier Inspector

• Kinesics Interviewer

• Railroad Crossing Crash Investigator

• Advanced Evidence Collections

• Insurance Fraud Investigations

• Traffic Crash Investigations

• Certificate in Police Studies(several academies)

• Hazmat Specialist

• Heavy Rescue and Trench Rescue

• OSHA 30 Training Certificate - 2021



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