About

Professional Biography

With a law enforcement career spanning nearly twenty-nine years, I have made my life’s work by helping those who have been victimized by crime find justice while making communities safer by using innovative strategies and in-depth approaches. Currently a Master Patrolman at the Clemson University Police Department, I have spent much of my career in investigations both in municipal and institutional settings and have served in many ranks of responsibility from Sergeant up to Interim Chief of Police. Prior to moving to South Carolina, I also shared my expertise in policing and investigations in teaching new police recruits as a certified law enforcement instructor through the North Carolina Department of Justice Training and Standards Commission. In addition, for approximately eight years I was a task force member for the North Carolina Secretary of State’s Division of Trademark Enforcement in investigating the illegal sale and distribution of counterfeit merchandise and intellectual property theft. In 2020, I earned my bachelor’s degree in criminal justice at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, and I am now a recent graduate of the University of Arizona’s International Security Studies Master of Arts program. Currently, I am seeking a career transition to a higher level of public service by helping to continue to lead the United States in the 21st century as a global leader of democracy and peace by forming meaningful partnerships and collaborations with other like-minded actors across the globe through my continual understanding of U.S. foreign and domestic policy.

Personal Background

I have called the Carolinas home now for nearly 30 years, formerly living for much of that time in southeastern North Carolina but now residing in the South Carolina upstate. When not patrolling the campus of Clemson University, one can find me enjoying the outdoor activities of the upstate either kayaking on the lakes of Jocassee, Keowee, and Hartwell, or trekking wooded paths finding one of the many waterfalls along the North and South Carolina border region with my wife. Now that the academic obligations are winding down and while waiting for the next chapter of my career to start, I am pursuing opportunities to travel internationally; most recently in Switzerland, Iceland, and the Canadian Rockies, while domestically I have taken in the wonders of our National Parks system, most notably Glacier National Park where I found myself steps away from a bull moose resting in a meadow off trail, and Grand Canyon National Park where I descended by trail to the bottom of the canyon to lay my head under the stars.
An avid reader, I enjoy the literary classics as well as current non-fiction and try to find connections with human reasoning and perspectives of the past with the events we are experiencing today. Some of the most impressionable works I have read have been from authors as varied as Doyle from the Sherlock Holmes fame, Thoreau, Machiavelli, Hugo, Dickens, Poe, Thomas Hardy, Wilkie Collins, Joseph Conrad, Upton Sinclair, Nikolai Gogol, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Sun Tzu, and Thomas Paine. As for non-fiction, I discovered the writings of Richard Haass, an American diplomat, and most recently the President of the Council of Foreign Relations of which I am an avid follower of. His writings have given me a clearer understanding of U.S. foreign policy and the role of the U.S. moving forward.
I have one son, Nick, who is a police officer as well as an MP in the South Carolina National Guard and I am the owner of three dogs and one cat (who thinks he is a dog). Despite all this, my story is still not finished, I have places to go, volumes to read, people to meet, and an impact to make in my new career. I hope to add to both my professional and personal biography in the near future.

Resume

Click on the image to the left to access my most recent resume. Additional information about me can be provided through my contact page.