MATURITY: Joined the U.S. Air Force one week after graduation from secondary school at 17 years of age (1954) and served honorably after a 3 year tour in France with a skill as a armament and demolition specialist, and later a machinist.  I served in the United States Army Reserves as a Chief Warrant Officer Three (CW3) in the area of Military Police and Counterintelligence Agent (MOS 351B) for some 17 years, now retired.  Served as the deputy United States Marshal in the so-called “Chicago 8” trial, deputy in charge of in-courtroom security and served as chief deputy United States Marshal in charge of the so-called “Fountain Valley 5” trial in St. Croix, Virgin Islands.  The first of a group to be titled Court Security Coordinators deputy United States Marshal responsible for Judicial Security for the Northern District of Ohio. An original planner and actuary in the placement of Anti-Air Piracy efforts at the O’Hara Airport in Chicago monitoring assignment and performance and served as a deputy United States Marshal in St. Louis, Chicago, Cleveland, and chief deputy U. S. Marshal, Virgin Islands, Detroit and Houston before retiring.

Wrote the proposed organization structure for the startup of the Virgin Islands Housing Police and provided budget, salary tables, assignment and authority parameters which were successfully implemented.  And, most recently, I caused an inventory and devised a potential budget, an organizational chart and revised the investigator’s manual assisted by staff of the Virgin Islands Drug Enforcement Agency. 

COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS: Completed graduate level Speech, Behavioral Science Research, Forensics, Statistics and Budget courses in-residence at the FBI National Academy and completed more than 40 graduate semester credit hours, now expired hours, towards a Masters Degree in Education Administration at the University of the Virgin Islands, absent thesis presentation.  Guest-lectured at many universities and other institutions to include a seminar at the Joseph Gomez Elementary School staff, Dr. Newton, principal, and recently participated in an ecumenical dialogue at All Saints Cathedral Church with Rector Brooks wherein Christianity, Judaism and Islam were discussed, more than 100 audience participants..

CHARACTER EXAMPLES: member of Rotary International, Rotary II, St. Thomas, a free lance writer having published many articles, a book through, Krim’s Simplistic Philosophies, Vantage Press, Inc., New York (1988).  Life member of Girl Scouts of America; an Honorary Member of the Mark Twain Society, Missouri, life member of Disable American Veterans; life member of the Reserve Officers Association; Life member American Legion, presently Post Commander, 2006-07 and life member American Military Retirees Association.  Also, I am a member of the Royal Institute of Philosophers and am an Emeritus member of the American Philosophical Association, Delaware. 

Honors and Awards: Honorary member The Mark Twain Society of Kirkwood, Missouri; Silver Beaver Recipient, Boy Scouts of America; Order of the Arrow member, Boy Scouts of America; Life Member, Girl Scouts of America; for member, American Consultants League; former member, Workable Board of Director, Virgin Islands, Recipient Army Achievement Medal, Non Commissioned Officer's Development Medal, National Defense Medal, Reserves Component Overseas Medal, and Presidential Unit Citation.

PUBLICATIONS:  Krim's Simplistic Philosophies....a handbook in simplistic philosophies, published by Vantage Press, Inc., New York, 1988.  Many articles with the St. Croix Avis Newspaper as a weekly editorial columnist, articles published in the St. Thomas Daily News Newspaper in the Guest Editorial Section, weekly editorial columnist for the Virgin Islands Business Journal, articles in the Advocate, a police bulletin in New York wherein I was listed as a Caribbean Editor-at-large.  Many unpublished manuscripts.

Michael A. Simmonds Company, Veterans Drive, St. Thomas, VI 00802

Acting General Manager, September, 2002 to October, 2002 (each year to 2005)

All Saints Cathedral School, Garden St., St. Thomas, VI 00802

School Teacher, 9, 10, & 11th Grades 

University of the Virgin Islands, Brewers Bay, St. Thomas, VI 00802

Teacher/Instructor, Criminal Justice Course

ICOP - Business Management Consultant, P.O. Box 305396, St. Thomas, VI 00803 - (Note: Back and forth to this self-employed position)

CEO/Owner, January, 1999 to Present (Business discontinued)

Virgin Islands Police Department, 8172 Subbase, 2nd Fl. St. Thomas, VI 00802

Acting Commissioner of Police/Operations, December, 1998 to January 4, 1999, 400 + personnel, sworn and civilian, serving on three separate islands with two chiefs of police and two assistant chiefs of police and 20 million + dollar budget.

(New Governor elected and he exercised the oath to office on January 4, 1999 – Resignation tendered and accepted.)

 

Virgin Islands Police Department, 8172 Subbase, 2^nd Fl. St. Thomas, VI 00802

Assistant Commissioner of Police, May, 1998 to December, 1998, same as above.

ICOP - Business Management Consultant, P.O. Box 5396, St. Thomas, VI 00803

CEO/Owner, April, 1985 to March, 1998

Virgin Islands Port Authority, St. Thomas, VI 00803

Safety and Security Officer, I was responsible for coordination of FAA Regulations 107 and FAA 108 compliances and accountability, airlines to landlord to passengers, with responsibility for electronic security equipment and contract security force.

WVWI Radio One, St. Thomas, VI 00802

Host, Radio Call in Talk Show, hosted and produced one hour radio call-in talk show wherein community issues were spontaneously discussed with a market area of the Virgin Islands and other Caribbean Islands.

Virgin Islands Business Journal Newspaper, St. Thomas, VI.

Journalist, Weekly Editorial Columnist, wrote a weekly article of 500 words or less published in my own byline relative to community and political issues.

United States Marshals Service, 600 Army Navy Drive, Arlington, VA 22202

Deputy U.S. Marshal, April, 1966 to Jan, 1971; promoted to Court Security Coordinator, Jan, 1971 to June, 1973; and promoted to chief deputy U.S. Marshal, GM-13, June, 1973 to April, 1984.

St. Louis Airport Police Department, Lambert Airport, St. Louis, MO. 63144

Patrolman, Senior, Sept., 1960 to April, 1966

St. Louis Fire Department, City of St. Louis, City Hall, St. Louis, MO 63101

Probation Firefighter, June, 1959 to Sept., 1960

Emerson Electric Company, 8100 West Florissant, St. Louis, MO 63132

Janitor, Feb., 1959 to Mar, 1959; Machine Operator, Mar, 1959 to June, 1959(Union Senior Bumping Program)

Pinkerton National Detective Agency, 705 Olive Street, St. Louis, MO 63103

Private Investigator, Journeyman, June, 1958 to Feb., 1959

Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

June, 1980, BS, Criminal Justice

University of Virginia Continuing Education Program, Quantico, VA

Certificate, 1980, Public Administration

Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy

Certificate, 1980, Public Administration

Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

Accepted, September, 1980, Philosophy Graduate School, Incomplete due to job transfer

University of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, VI, USA

Acceptance, 1987, Graduate School, Education

(Thesis Completion Pending) for a Masters in Education/Administration – Presently graduate credits expired possibly)

*References you may use immediately:

 

Mr. Robert Wegusen, Retired Businessman, 314-432-6554

 

The Honorable William Bauer, Senior Judge, Seventh Circuit Appeals Court, Chicago, Illinois, 312-435-5810

 

Mr. Jessie Gillespie, Retired Businessman, 314-423-6451

 

The Honorable Leroy Adkins, Retired Chief of Police, 314-382-9045

 

*Note: 

 

Using my signature below as certification, feel free to contact these persons with the possible understanding that you may be required to request in writing reference from the federal judge.  I have not spoken with these persons reference to any referrals in an effort to offer complete objectivity and confidential responses.