Nathan Guest

Highly motivated, hardworking, confident, and professional individual who is well respected by my peers and community. I am passionate about being a leader and have excellent communication, managerial, and interpersonal skills. I have demonstrated strong leadership skills throughout my law enforcement career in the departments that I have worked for and the communities that I have served. I have volunteered in every community that I have worked for, and I feel that it's a crucial part of policing to be involved in community organizations and to attend community events.

I believe that the police and the people of a community are a team that must work together to solve issues. I also strongly believe in the use of emotional intelligence and empathy to solve problems in both the department and the community. I am the type of individual that enjoys taking on new tasks, assignments, or challenges that are brought to me and encourage the same from my team. I am a servant leader who leads by example and strongly believes in building up my team members.

I accomplish this by constantly giving them assignments and tasks to complete that are above their skill level while coaching them through the process. I have mentored and coached many officers over my 27-year career and have enjoyed watching their careers flourish. I believe in the use of progressive discipline when coaching and mentoring fail to work, as well as the importance of teaching that taking personal responsibility for one's actions is an important step in growing an individual's career.

I have the strong leadership abilities, managerial skills, customer service skills, work ethic, values, and strong personality that your organization is looking for.

Professional Accomplishment Summary

Farmer City Police Department

Chief of Police Accomplishments

Administrative

• Quickly created an environment of stability and trust with the officers as the department had suffered from constant turnover of Chiefs over the last several years
• Rebuilt a professional working relationship with the city manager, city council, and other city departments
• Helped settle the ongoing contact negations between the City and Police Union that was headed to arbitration.
• Completed the departments Federal Use of Force Certificate
• Updated all policies and procedures
• Rebuilt the department's reputation with the community, other police agencies, and the States Attorney's Office.
• Rebuilt community relations by having officers attend community events and joining local organizations
• Brought diversity to the department and community by hiring our first African American Officer, Korean, Jordanian, and several female officers.
• Significantly reduce the number of officer's complaints that the department had suffered for years due to poor leadership and lack of officer accountability.
• Designed and Implemented long term code enforcement program that helped clean up the town and removed nuisance properties.
• Greatly improve the rate of solved cases and charges being filed by implementing a case management system and training of officer.
• Transitioned the department from UCR Crime reporting to NIBERS
• Implemented the switch to Watch Guard In Car Cameras and Body Cameras
• Redesigned the evidence room, updated its security, disposed of old evidence, and set new policies in place to avoid the room being cluttered again.
• Created a new department mission statement, department vision statements, and set long term and short term goals for the department
• Increased the moral of the department and community.
• Rebuilt the School Resource Officer program and vastly improved the relationship with the police department school and community.
• Helped transition from old cad and report system to Spillman.
• Got all full time officers to live in the city limits despite having no residency requirement!!!!
• Quickly settled an overdue union contract that was headed for arbitration with in few weeks of being hired.
• Settled the next union contract in one day!!!!
• Helped remove 2 long term problem employees when coaching, mentoring and disciplined failed.
• Never had a grievance filed against me or the city by the union.
• Rebuilt our department web page.

Grants

• Applied and receive funds for DOJ Vest Grant.
• Applied and wanting on approval for ARPA Grant.
• Obtained Narcan from Local Health Department at no cost.
• Applied and received ARP Grant for new in car radios, portables, and repeater system.
• Applied and received Grant for new in car camera and body cameras.
• Applied and Illinois Attorney General Organized Crime Grant.
• Applied and received I.L.E.A.S. Grant to purchase new tasers.

Community Relations and Involvement

• Attended public events with officers to help rebuild the trust between the department and the publics.
• Attend Church Events and attend Church at Trinity Community Church.
• Attend community and charitable organizations meetings on regular basis.
• Reached out to numerous mentally ill and elderly persons in the community and helped receive treatment, services, and just be a person they can text or talk with.

Toluca Police Department

Chief of Police Accomplishments

Administrative

• Quickly recruited a group of well qualified officers to fill in for the one's that had quit or been fired due to the previous administration and city conflicts.
• Rebuilt the Toluca Police Department after it suffered from years of bad management and community relations by enacting & establishing a multi-year strategic operation plan.
• Brought the department back into compliance with the Illinois Department of Transportation traffic stop data reporting and accident reporting requirements.
• State Police Uniform Crime Reporting, and Illinois Training and Standard Board Requirements.
• Updated the department policies, procedures, and forms
• Created a department mission and vision statement.
• Updated the departments failing radio system with digital radios at a fraction of the cost of updating to Star Com radios.
• Inventoried and organized the evidence room and worked with the States Attorney to dispose of old evidence.

Grants

• Completed donation paper work that resulted in the Toluca Police Department receiving computers and furniture from State Farm.
• Applied for and received a Camera Grant from the State of Illinois in the amount of $10,000.00 to replace both in car cameras systems.
• Applied for and received a $3,000.00 Equipment Grant from the B.N.S.F Foundation's replace 3 portable radios and build community training ROOM
• Applied for and received Department of Justice Vest Ballistic Grant that paid for 50% of the vest purchases for the department
• Sponsored a Stop the Bleed Training for Toluca and surrounding police
• agencies which resulted in all attending officers receiving free emergency equipment.
• Applied for a received large newer style metal mail box from the Illinois Sheriffs Association and Marshall County Impact Collation for the purposes of properly disposing of prescription medications.
• Applied for and received Narcan from the Illinois Department of Health.
• ·Applied for and received personal protective equipment from the Axon Corporation

Community Relations and Involvement

• Established a Department Facebook Page to help builds relationship with the community.
• Rebuilt community relations by attending community events and making visits to the school on regular basis.
• Rebuilt relationship with the business owners of the community by speaking to the business association, establishing business checks, and addressing concerns they had about the police department.
• Facilitated interest between Park District, Rotary Club, Business Association, and Coal Miners Association's developing walking and biking trails on the Jumbo Park in Toluca.
• Rebuilt the relationship between the State Attorney Office and surrounding police departments by enacting policies and procedures that ensure proper case investigations, report writing, and case follow ups.
• Established the practice of participating in the Illinois Chiefs of Police Association Speed Awareness day, Distracted Driving Week, and Rail Road Safety Week.
• Former community partnerships with Rotary Club, Business Association, Coal Mine Association, B.N.S.F. Rail Road, Marshall County Impact Collation.
• Participated in National Prescription Take BackDay and Red Ribbon Week Activities.

Streator Police Department

Administrative Duties

Patrol Sergeant 12 plus years.

• ·Operated in an informal administrate role in my last year overseeing the evidence room and completing any administrative tasks that the Chief or Deputy Chief need completed.
• Operated command center during night hours after the Streator tornado.
• Created an instruction guide with examples on how to streamline the workers compensation injury and property damage reports.
• Started and maintained a Halloween safety program with all the schools and day care centers in Streator that notifies the school officials and parents of the location of all required registered sex offenders and violent offenders.
• Started and maintained multi-agency sex offender sweep detail in which all required sex offenders and violent offenders in the Streator area have their employment, physical address, and offender registration information checked.
• Significantly reduced the number of registered sex offenders in Streator through the creation of new policies, procedures, and proactive approach to offender management.
• Collected thousands of dollars in overdue sex offender fees through creation of new policies, procedures, and proactive approach to offender management.
• Coordinated with local agency to purchase used laptop docking stations and saved the Streator Police Department several thousands of dollars
• Led my shift in the stopping of a burglary of BNSF train resulting in the recovery of over $10,000.00 in property and pushed for letter of recognition for the officers.
• Community Relations and Involvement
• Started and maintained a Red Ribbon Program in the District 44, Dwight, Woodland, Ransom and Marquette Academy Schools at no cost to the schools.
• Helped form a partnership with the Masons IL, I.C.H.I.P Program and the Streator Police Department
• Helped in bringing National Motivational Speaker Milton Creagh to our local schools at no cost to the school.
• Helped to implement Safe School Program training (Bullying Prevention and Conflict Management)in district 44 schools at no cost to the school.

Professional Training Summary

• · Northwestern University School of Staff and Command
• · Police Executive Role in the 21ST Century (200 hours I.L.E.T.S.B.)
• · Chief of Police Orientation (40 hours I.L.E.T.S.B)
• · Management of Small Police Agency (16 hours I.L.E.T.S.B)
• · Mid-Level Management (16 hours)
• · Supervision of Police Personal (40 hours North Western University)
• · Supervision Leadership And Employee Discipline (16 hours)
• · Level 3 Safety Supervisor (Illinois Public Risk 32 hours)
• · Executive Development Training (16 hours)
• · Managing and Assessing Toxics Employees
• · Police Risk Management Organizational Accountability And Use of Force (I.L.E.T.S.B)
• · Culture Character and Leadership (16 hours I.L.E.T.S.B)
• · Co-Production of Public Safety and Order (I.L.E.T.S.B)
• · Critical Incident Command
• · Crisis Intervention Training (40 hours)
• · Lead Homicide Investigator (40 hours)
• · Certified School Resource Officer (40 hours)
• · FEMA I.C.S. 100, 200, 300, 400, 800, and 700
• · Hostage Negotiations
• · Basic Swat Operator
• · K-9 Handler
• · Basic Juvenile Officer (32 hours)
• · Police Ethics
• · Media Relations
• · Interview and Interrogation
• · Sex Offender Registration and Management Training
• · Sexual Assault Investigator Training (16 hours)
• · State Certified Basic Crime Scene Technician
• · State Certified Basic Fire Arm Instructor
• · State Certified High Risk Traffic Instructor
• State Certified Taser Instructor
• State Certified Basic Patrol Rifle Instructor
• · Instructor Development (40 hours)
• · Basic Correctional Officer 200 hours. University of Illinois Champaign. (1996) CLASS BC0-1279
• · Basic Law Enforcement Officer 400 hours. Illinois State Police Springfield. (1996) CLASS 400-58

Over 2,000 total hours of law enforcement training time.

Investigation Experience Labor Management and Employee Discipline Grant Writing, Civilian, Budgetary Experience

Community Involvement
Awards and Recognition

• Member of the Illinois Chief of Police Association
• Former Member of the Illinois Valley Chiefs of Police Association
• Former Member of Streator Elks Lodge 591
• Past State District Chair Person for Illinois Elks Drug Awareness
• Life Member of Streator Masonic Lodge 607
• Former Member of the Toluca Rotary Club
• Member of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 153
• Member of the Central Church of Christ
• Former Member of the Marshall County Impact Collation
• 5 letters of Recognition Livingston County Sheriff Police
• ·Appreciation Award Streator Elks Lodge 591 (2004)
• ·Appreciation Award Fraternal Order of Police (2005)
• ·Mason of the Year Award Streator Lodge 607 (2012)
• ·Outstanding Service Award Streator Elks 591 (2009-2010)
• ·3 Grand Exalted Ruler Awards Grand Lodge B.P.O.E. USA
• ·Appreciation Award Streator Kiwanis
• ·United States Presidential Call to Service Award (2011)
• (5,000 hrs of volunteer service in the area of drug awareness)

I have advanced investigations skills and believe in the philosophy that patrol officers should investigate cases and conduct all follow up prior to forwarding cases to an investigator. This philosophy along with basic investigate training creates better patrol officers and gives them a sense of pride and vested interest in solving the case. I have handled and supervised the following types of cases: Civil cases, death investigations, traffic accidents, train accidents, bank robberies, shootings, sex cases, child abuse & neglect, fraud, elder abuse, domestic disputes, sex offender violations, armed robberies, burglaries, stolen vehicles, assaults, officer complaints, worker comp accidents, harassment, bomb threats, etc.

I have advanced labor management skills, contract negotiation skills, and employee discipline skills. I have held every office in the Fraternal Order of Police, negotiated numerous contracts, worked to resolve many employee grievances, attended labor management meetings, attended employee disciplinary hearings, and had to discipline many employees after coaching and mentoring failed. I have negotiated for the city side of contract issues and have resolved numerous disputes and contract issues preventing them from becoming larges issues that normally would have led to mediation or arbitration issues.

I have successfully written grants for both the public and private sector, .I have extensive budgetary experience's both the public and private sector. I have been the secretary and president of numerous fraternal clubs that had civilian employees, bar, bowling alley, dining room, building maintenance. I have completed990 forms, handled IRS issues, conducted financial audits, headed fundraisers, and handled many disputes between organization members and employees. I have demonstrated the ability in both the public and private sector of finding or negotiating deals on equipment and allocating resources to stretch the budget.

REFERENCES

Robert Turner Jr.

Chief Deputy Livingston County Sheriff's Department

893 E 2900N Road Streator, IL 61364

1-815-674-6388

Joel Hoffmeyer 

Chief of Police Henry, IL 

1837 S. Jacobs Street Streator, IL 61364

1-815-992-3897 

Bill Lee

Records Clerk Streator Police Department

1304 Lundy Streator IL, 61364

1-815-257-0821