Objective

RESUME

Retired in November 2015 with approximately twenty-seven (27) years of service with the Texas Department of Public Safety as a Texas Ranger.  Total law enforcement experience is over thirty-two (32) years of law enforcement experience.

Formed a business in October of 2019 detailed below  

Education and Certifications

University of Southern Mississippi – Bachelor of Science Degree – Hattiesburg, Mississippi

1984-1985

Hinds Junior College

1982 – 1984

•   Masters Peace Officer License  – Issued by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement
•   Licensed by the Texas Department of Public Safety Licensing and Regulatory Division Private Security Bureau as a Private Investigator and 100% investigations company owner  

Experiences

Womack Investigative Services, L.L.C., License Number C10558101

October – 2019 to present

Formed an investigations company as the 100% owner and licensed as an Investigator. 

The responsibilities of a Private Investigator are listed as follows:

•   Obtain information on crimes or wrongs perpetrated against a person, state or the United States
•   Obtain information on the identity, habits, business, occupation, knowledge, efficiency, loyalty, movement, location affiliations, associations, transactions, acts, reputation or character of a person
•  Obtain information on the location, disposition, or recovery of lost or stolen property
•   Obtain the information on the cause or responsibility for a fire, libel, loss, accident, damage or injury to a person or to property
•  Engaging in the business of securing, or accepts employment to secure the evidence for use before a court, board, officer or investigating committee
•   Engage in the business of securing, or accepts employment to secure the electronic tracking of the location of an individual or motor vehicle other than for criminal justice purposes by or o behalf of a government entity
•   Obtain and analyze computer based data or have an analysis performed on computer based data not available to the public to determine if a crime or crimes have been committed
•   Arrest fugitives when working for the surety

Chief of Police/ Atlanta Texas Police Department

May 2016- October-2018

•   Directed all activities of the police department
•   Planned, coordinated, assigned and reviewed the work product of the department to ensure the efficient and safe completion of tasks and responsibilities.
•   Met with staff regularly to ensure the efficient operation of the department
•   Ensured all department programs and procedures complied with city, state and federal laws and mandates
•   Prepared an annual budget
•   Monitored the department expenditures throughout the fiscal year
•   Formulated policies, procedures and regulations
•  Reviewed department operations and implemented changes to improve efficiency and effectiveness
•   Monitored and evaluated the job performance of subordinates through annual evaluations
•   Monitored the use of the Take Home Vehicle Program to ensure department compliance
•   Implemented cost savings programs by purchasing used vehicles from the Missouri State Highway Patrol Vehicle Resale Program rather than purchasing new vehicles yielding cost savings. These vehicles were purchased at less than half of the cost of new vehicles 
•   Utilized the Federal Government 1033 Program to locate surplus vehicles to be claimed for department use yielding a significant cost savings.  Four vehicles were added to the fleet at no costs to the tax payers of Atlanta
•   Established and maintained working relationships with other municipal departments, along with state and federal agencies
•   Met with civic groups in Atlanta to discuss issues concerning the public
•   Met with school and hospital officials and business leaders to discuss active shooter protocols
•   Handled personnel issues
•   Purchased a department issued M-4 rifle for each officer with the unanimous approval of the city council
•   Provided officers with another less lethal force option to save lives. Issued every officer a 12 gauge shotgun classified as a less lethal bean bag launcher ONLY, NO 12 GAUGE LETHAL AMMUNITION ALLOWED IN DEPARTMENT OR IN POSSESSION OF OFFICERS (Shotguns were painted pink in honor of breast cancer awareness) 
•   Met with detectives to discuss open investigations
•   Reviewed requests under the Texas Open Records Act to ensure the proper information is provided and to ensure that protected information is not disclosed
•   Rewrote the department policy manual

Texas Ranger/ Texas Department of Public Safety – (Retired after approximately twenty-seven years of service)

November 1999- April 2003 Stationed in  Houston, TX

April 2003- November 2015 Stationed in Texarkana, TX       

•  Assisted sheriff’s departments and police departments with conducting criminal investigations
•   Conducted public integrity investigations on elected officials and law enforcement officers at the request of district and county attorneys
•   Attended officer involved shooting instruction dealing with the interviewing of officers, processing the shooting scene, interviewing witnesses and identifying evidence and collection of same
•   Conducted officer involved shooting investigations
•  Provided supplemental support to the Executive Protection Bureau of the Texas Department of Public Safety in providing security for the Governor of the State of Texas, Lieutenant Governor of the State of Texas and the Attorney General of the State of Texas
•  Assisted in providing security for visiting governors to the State of Texas
•  Member of DPS Special Operations Group, Texas Ranger Reconnaissance Team, carrying out special missions to provide border security
•  Trained in concealment operations, waterborne operations, and air operations
•   Trained in Advanced Crime Scene Investigation Techniques including identification, collection, and processing of various types of evidence
•   Conducted interviews and interrogations, effectively documenting responses through the use of video and audio recordings
•  Trained in the use of latent blood reagents such as Blue Star and Luminol to develop fingerprints  
•   Trained in patent fingerprint collection and latent fingerprint collection
•  Trained in 4^th Amendment, 5^th Amendment and 6^th Amendment issues
•   Prepared and executed search warrants
•   Developed and implemented  operational plans for managing murder and other violent crime investigations
•   Strong verbal and written communication skills which are detailed in the reports prepared and submitted to the prosecution and demonstrated by courtroom testimony
•   Analyzed unsolved criminal investigations and developed a strategy to attack and solve
•   Managed multi-jurisdictional investigations to ensure the overall objectives were accomplished        

Narcotics Investigator/ Texas Department of Public Safety- Narcotics Service

November 1996- November 1999 Houston, TX

•   Investigated violations of the Texas Health and Safety Code related to the sale, manufacture and distribution and controlled substance, dangerous drugs and marijuana. 
•   Prepared and executed search warrants
•   Monitored and supervised the use of informants
•   Strong written and oral communication skills as demonstrated by the detailed reports and testimony in  both state and federal court
•   Worked in an undercover capacity on numerous occasions
•   Conducted extended surveillances
•  Dismantled drug trafficking organizations through the use of various investigative techniques such as search warrants, pen registers, oral intercepts, historical conspiracies and informants 
•   Dismantled street level drug traffickers through preparing and executing search warrants and utilization of confidential informants 

United States Drug Enforcement Administration

October 1995- October 1996 assigned to the New York City Field Division and the 1996 Olympic Field Division in Atlanta, Georgia (Created especially for the Olympics)

•   Conducted federal drug trafficking investigations to dismantle drug trafficking organizations on a federal and international level
•  Strong oral and written communications demonstrated by the reports prepared and submitted to federal prosecutors and by testifying in federal courts
•   Dismantled drug trafficking organizations through the use of Title III Oral Intercepts
•   Supervised  the use of informants
•   Prepared and executed federal search warrants
•   Targeted body cavity smugglers who passed through La Guardia and John F Kennedy Airports in New York City     

Narcotics Investigator/Texas Department of Public Safety- Narcotics Service

October 1992-October 1995 

•   Investigated violations of the Texas Health and Safety Code related to the sale, manufacture and distribution and controlled substance, dangerous drugs and marijuana
•  Prepared and executed search warrants
•   Supervised and monitored the use of informants
•   Strong written and oral communication skills as demonstrated by the detailed reports and testimony in  both state and federal court
•   Worked in an undercover capacity on numerous occasions
•  Conducted extended surveillances
•   Dismantled drug trafficking organizations through the use of various investigative techniques such as search warrants, pen registers, oral intercepts and historical conspiracies 
•  Dismantled street level drug traffickers through preparing and executing search warrants and utilization of confidential informants  

Texas Highway Patrol Trooper/ Texas Department of Public Safety

May 1988-October 1992          

•  Provided motorcade security for President Ronald Reagan’s visit to Dallas in 1988/1989
•   Patrolled interstate highways, state highways and farm market highways
•   Successfully made drug interdiction arrests from US 59 and I-20
•   Conducted investigations to enforce violations of the Texas Penal Code and Texas Code of Criminal Procedure making arrests and issuing citations as needed
•  Investigated motor vehicle crashes to determine cause and effect
•  Strong written and oral communication skills as demonstrated by the detailed reports prepared and submitted to the district attorney’s office and supported by testimony in court 

Police Officer/ Dallas Police Department

April 1986-January 1988 Dallas, TX

•   Patrolled a beat within a sector and conducted investigations to enforce violations of the Texas Penal Code, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure and city ordinances within the Southeast Patrol Division as well as within the

City of Dallas

•   To protect people and property
•   Respond to calls for service
•   Occasionally issuing citations
•  Serving warrants
•   Arresting violators of state law and federal law when directed
•   Testifying in court
•   Outreach in the community 

References:

Bobby Lockhart

102^nd Judicial District Court Judge of Bowie County

Bowie County District Attorney 1995 – 2011

100 South State Line Avenue

Texarkana, Texas

903.701.1031

Jim Finstrom

Attorney

Marion County District Attorney 1992 – 2004

202 South Marshall

Jefferson, Texas

903.930.7398

jpfinstrom@sbcglob.net

Angie Smoak

Marion County District Attorney

102 West Austin

Jefferson, Texas

903.452.9650

angela.smoak@co.marion.tx.us

Robert Harrison

Chief of Police

Texarkana Arkansas Police Department

100 North State Line Avenue

Texarkana Texas

903.826.0819

chief@txkusa.org

Clint Allen

Attorney

Cass County District Attorney  2007 – 2014

207 East Hiram Street

Atlanta, Texas

903.733.0840

clint@clintallenlaw.com