Tracy Whitfield

• Shop and deliver groceries and personal items for Instacart customers.

Unemployed due to retiring from Sheriff's Department.

• Responded to emergency situations and provided first aid following facility guidelines.
• Supervised fifty employees and performance of tasks and managed 1250 offenders.
• Completed daily work report sheets and delegated tasks to employees.
• Handled inmate counts and searches for missing inmates.
• Inspected housing cells and directed teams completing in-depth searches for contraband or damage.
• Resolved issues and disputes between inmates professionally and respectfully.
• Participated in development of correctional policies and procedures.
• Coordinated responses to emergency situations arising in different prison locations.

Checked all book in and discharges, making sure all charges have paperwork and all discharges have orders of discharge.

• Cultivated and maintained climate of mutual respect with freedom from harassment and intimidation, to provide safe environment for staff and offenders.
• Used strong analytical and problem-solving skills to develop effective solutions for challenging situations.
• Proved successful working within tight deadlines and fast-paced environment.
• Gained strong leadership skills by managing projects from start to finish.
• Applied effective time management techniques to meet tight deadlines.
• Developed strong communication and organizational skills through working on group projects.
• Supervised processing and hiring of all new Sheriff's Department employees.
• Supervised processing and approval of Sheriff's Department security clearances for volunteers, medical, mental health, and non-Sheriff's Department Personnel.
• Completed administrative paperwork, e.g., FMLA, Worker's Compensation, Annual Budget Requests, critical incident reports and notifications, and employee evaluations.
• Review employee payroll, use of force reports, employee training evaluations, and inmate booking and release files.
• Conduct Personnel Investigations and Administrative Reviews; team staff meetings, employee training sessions, and security clearance orientations.
• Plan, coordinate direct, and supervise department recruiting job fairs, physical agility testing, Sheriff Department POST Audits, and evaluate employee work performance.
• Mentor junior staff.
• Liaison between Sheriff's Personnel and various county departments, county human resources, Sheriff's Stations, Correctional Facility Commanders and courts.
• Collaborated with Correctional Health and Mental Health Supervisors to ensure inmate population received appropriate medical, dental, and mental health services.
• Managed correctional facility medical and mental health clinic.
• Planned, organized, facilitated, and supervised in conjunction with correctional health and mental health supervisors, administering of COVID-19 monthly testing for inmate population and all correctional facility employees.
• Planned, organized, facilitated, and supervised in conjunction with correctional health and mental health supervisors administering of COVID-19 vaccinations for inmate population and all correctional facility employees.
• Collected and tracked COVID-19 statistical data for inmate population (COVID-19 testing, quarantined & positive inmates, and inmate deaths).
• Created and implemented temporary COVID-19 correctional facility jail operations procedures.
• Collaborated with mental health supervisors and staff during inmate mental health crisis's.

• Inspected housing cells and directed teams completing in-depth searches for contraband or damage.
• Supervise and managed 900-1300 offenders.
• Resolved issues and disputes between inmates professionally and respectfully.
• Handled inmate counts and searches for missing inmates.
• Oversaw control center, monitoring inmates, visitors, and employees for signs of suspicious behavior.
• Completed daily work report sheets and delegated tasks to employees.
• Assigned officer tasks such as cleaning cells and stocking clean laundry to keep jail running efficiently..
• Participated in development of correctional policies and procedures.
• Responded to emergency situations and provided first aid following facility guidelines.
• Supervised dining hall, outdoor recreation area, vocational shop, and inmate housing unit.
• Cultivated and maintained climate of mutual respect with freedom from harassment and intimidation, to provide safe environment for staff and offenders.
• Worked effectively in fast-paced environments.
• Learned and adapted quickly to new technology and software applications.
• Worked well in team setting, providing support and guidance.
• Proved successful working within tight deadlines and fast-paced environment.
• Gained extensive knowledge in data entry, analysis and reporting.
• Completed, reviewed, submitted for approval administrative paperwork, e.g. team schedules, employee payroll, time off requests, worker's compensation and FMLA packets, and critical incident notifications.
• Supervise 50+ sworn, non-sworn, and classified personnel in absence of sergeant.
• Prepare court calendar, update court paperwork, prepare inmate release files.
• Create, update, and implement new Corrections Policies and Procedures.
• Corrections Training Officer for new correctional deputies.