Curriculum Vitae - Phillip Allison Odom

SUMMARY OF TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE

EXPERIENCE AND TESTS

• Numerous Slide to Stop Tests - (20 to 80 MPH) – 1995 to 2006
• Drag Sled and Drag Sled Tests – 1995 to 2006
• Hot and Cold Shock Filament Tests – 1995 to Present
• Participated in ten alcohol correlation studies
• Managed three alcohol correlation work shops
• Attended twelve post mortem autopsies relating to boating collisions
• Managed two DUI checkpoints
• Assisted Arizona Game And Fish on a BUI checkpoint

SPECIALTY EXPERIENCE

• I have been the operator of a striking vessel, colliding with various types of vessels including personal watercraft, on over sixty (60) collisions with speeds ranging form five miles per hour to forty-five miles per hour.
• Coyote Marine is a full service marine business catering to high-end boats and high-end power. Work ranged from services to complete engine rebuilding.

WORK EXPERIENCE

• San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Line Reserve from 3/83 thru 1/84
• Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Academy from 1/84 thru 4/84
• Riverside county Sheriff’s Department Blythe Station from 4/84 thru 7/85
• Coyote Marine from 03/01/99 thru 10/01/03
• San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department 7/85 to 7/09

ASSIGNMENTS AT RIVERSIDE COUNTY SHERIFF

• Patrol Division – Blythe - 04/84 to 09/84
• Jail Duties - Blythe - 09/84 to 07/85

ASSIGNMENTS AT SAN BERNARDINO SHERIFF

• Jail Duties – San Bernardino Central Jail - 07/85 to 12/86

• Patrol Division – Victorville - 12/86 to 12/88

• Patrol Division – Hesperia - 01/89 to 03/97

• Detective/Corporal – Colorado River Station - 03/97 to 09/00

• Patrol Sergeant – Colorado River Station - 09/00 to 10/06

• Training Coordinator at Glen Helen Rehabilitation Center 10/06 to 7/09

  
  

DUTIES WHILE IN PATROL DIVISION, HESPERIA

• School Resource Officer – 08/91 to 01/92

• Acting Detective – 03/92 to 04/92

• Problem Oriented Policing (POP) – 04/92 to 06/92

• D.U.I. Enforcement – 10/92 to 12/93

• Reserve Coordinator – 10/91 to 01/96

• Hesperia Station FTO – 12/94 to 03/97

• Hesperia Major Accident Investigation Team – 05/95 to 03/97

• Region 2 Major Accident Investigation Team – 12/95 to 03/97

DUTIES WHILE DETECTIVE/CORPORAL, COLORADO RIVER STATION

• Station FTO – 03/97 to 09/00

• Boating Accident Investigation Team Supervisor – 01/98 to 10/06

• Major Accident Investigation Team – 03/97 to 10/06

• Field Supervisor – 03/97 to 07/98

• Active Watch Commander on all shifts – 03/97 to 09/00

• Intelligence Liaison – 03/97 to 09/00

• Station Detective – 07/98 to 09/00

SERGEANT RESPONSIBILITIES

• Watch Commander: Supervise deputies on all shifts, review reports, complete deputy evaluations, resolve complaints and complete staff assignments

• Jail Supervisor: Responsibility of the over all operation of a 35 person jail.

• Boating Accident Investigation Team (B.A.I.T.) Supervisor: Supervise the investigation of all major injury and fatal vessel collisions. Review all vessel related collision reports, maintain equipment, order equipment, maintain statistical data and review vessel citations

• Crime Free Multi-Housing: Supervise the 16 locations involved in the program, monitor activities, attend meetings at complexes and prepare written reports on activity

• Traffic Supervisor: Supervise all major injury and fatal vehicle collisions in the City of Needles, administrate grants, maintain equipment, review all traffic reports, complete surveys and review all traffic citations

TRAINING COORDINATOR AT GLEN HELEN REHABILATION CENTER

• New employee orientation

• Issue and track new employee Critical Task Workbooks

• Track all required training

• Ensure all required training is completed

• Train deputies going to a patrol position, including completing a Field Training Workbook

• Research and implement training for daily briefings, including scenarios, assign written reports, research law, case law and department policy

Maintain an inventory of fixed asset equipment

INSTRUCTOR’S CERTIFICATIONS

• Field Training Officer

• ASP

• Driver Training/Driver Awareness

• Boating Accident Reconstruction

INSTRUCTIONAL ASSIGNMENTS

Field Training Officer: 1993 through 2001 to new deputies assigned to patrol

Strive Through Abuse Recognition (S.T.A.R): 1990 through 1996 to various groups including service groups and high school staff

Drug Influence Recognition (D.I.R.): 1990 through 1996 to patrol personnel in the high desert and the Sheriff’s Advanced Officer Training

Drug Recognition Expert Instructor: 1993 through 2001: Various blocks of drug recognition to law enforcement officers

CPR and First Aid: 1992 through 1995 to Reserve Deputies and Citizen Patrol Officers

Driver Awareness and Driver Training: 1990 through 1995 to law enforcement officers and volunteer units within the Sheriff’s Department

Evaluator for Basic Academy: 1990 through 1995 to Sheriff’s Trainees in the basic academy. Evaluated trainees is scenario situations and critiqued their performance

Boating Accident Reconstruction: 2003 through 2008 to law enforcement through out the state of California

Advanced Boating Accident Reconstruction: 2007 through 2008 to marine officers through the state of California

Basic Boating Enforcement: 2008 to marine officers through the state of California

D.R.E. INSTRUCTOR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Reviewed numerous D.R.E. evaluation written reports

• Evaluated numerous D.R.E. evaluations for certification of student D.R.E.’s

• Evaluated student D.R.E.’s in the area Standard Field Sobriety Tests

• Administered D.R.E. Knowledge Examination for final certification: both CA and AZ

POST CERTIFICATES

• Basic Post Certificate received 3/29/85

• Intermediate Post Certificate received 2/26/90

• Advanced Post Certificate received 5/10/93

• Supervisory Post Certificate received 10/12/02

CALIFORNIA STATE CERTIFICATE

• Fire Fighter I

FORMAL EDUCATION

• Graduated from Victor Valley College in May 1989 with an Associate Degree in Administration of Justice.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Over 500 arrests for Driving Under the Influence, Boating Under the Influence and Under the Influence of a Controlled Substance.

• Conducted over 410 traffic collision investigations.

• Received 135 positive personnel reports for outstanding performance.

MAJOR INVESTIGATIONS

• Primary Investigator on eighteen (18) MAIT investigations

• Assisting investigator on six (6) MAIT investigations

• Assisting investigator on three (3) Regional MAIT investigations

• Supervisor on sixty-seven (67) BAIT investigations (26 fatal)

• Wrote, served, executed or assisted in the execution of over five hundred and fifty (550) search warrants.

AWARDS

Received the GHRC Employee of the Year for the year of 2007

Received the Sheriff’s Medal of Valor in March of 1999.

Received the Mother’s Against Drunk Driving Humanitarian Award for the year of 1996.

Received the Mother’s Against Drunk Driving D.U.I. Recognition Award for the years 1993, 1994 and 1995.

Received the Hesperia Deputy of the Year for the year of 1994.

Received four (4) 10851 Awards since 1988.

COMMITTEES

• Committee member to update the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department’s Field Training Manuel, for new deputies assigned to a patrol position. The project is still underway at this time.

• Committee member to develop curriculum for a forty-hour Advanced Boating Accident Course

• Committee member to develop an Advanced Accident Manuel for the California Department of Boating and Waterways

• I was on a Task Force to rewrite the California Department of Boating and Waterways Accident Investigation Manual. The new manual was published and made available in April of 2002.

• I was part of a three person Task Force to rewrite the Boating Under the Influence Manuel for the California Department of Boating and Waterways. The new manual was published and available in April of 2006.