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• FBI Case File Review Sam Smemo

Independent Contractor/Instructor, 2019 to Present
Candle Resource Group

• Licensed Private Investigator (Pennsylvania)
• Experienced fugitive investigator ie Missing Persons/Children
• Experienced investigator in Probate Court matters
• Senior Security Consultant
• Experienced Global Intelligence and Law Enforcement Instructor
• Swarthmore College Department of Public Safety, 2014 to 2019

Associate Director of Operations

• Proven ability to lead all aspects of the DPS.
• Professionalized the department significantly in the last two and a half years.
• Managed, Developed and Implemented all department policy and procedure.
• Managed and oversaw all aspects of Training and Continuing Education.
• Manage and oversaw all aspects of Quality Assurance and department performance.
• Developed relationships with local law enforcement. Liaison for law enforcement organizations. (City, State and Federal)
• Decision maker for Human Capital regarding leadership positions.
• Developed and implemented crime prevention initiatives.
• Managed and oversaw department documentation systems.
• Identified department deficiencies, made recommendations and implemented resolutions.
• Worked closely with school administrators and their departments to ensure that effective security measures are in place consistent with Safety and Security policies and procedure.
• Served as department liaison to mediate problems and complaints.
• Ensured that environmental and security technology problems are documented and directed to the appropriate division, department or persons; and that corrective action is initiated.
• Provided timely, concise reporting to University Administration.
• Performed random unscheduled inspections to ensure that security personnel are professional, knowledgeable and performing their duties in a prescribed manner.
• Participated in Quality Assurance assessments with Management Team.
• Ensured compliance with safety and security standards, policies and procedures.
• Investigated Safety and Security violations, as well as potential criminal violations, and took appropriate corrective action.
• Ensured seamless coordination and delivery of Safety and Security Services.
• Responsible for recognizing trends and patterns that my negatively affect the University community’s safety.
• Responsible for designing and recommending new deployment plans for the department to ensure the highest level of security.

Federal Bureau of Investigation 1998-2014

http://jerriwilliams.com/episode-26-sam-smemo-drug-war-war-terror/

Federal Bureau of Investigation, Philadelphia, PA 2007-2014
Supervisory Special Agent
International Terrorism/Joint Terrorism Task Force
• Supervised the investigative activities of 24 direct reports, comprised of FBI Agents, Task Force Officers, an Intelligence Analyst, and professional support personnel, relating to International Terrorism investigations
• Developed and maintained effective liaison relationships with law enforcement partners, prosecuting attorneys, and outside agencies
• Supervised a major case and long term undercover operation with a large budget which resulted in the conviction of multiple individuals associated with the international terrorist group Hizballah
• Initiated and managed complex federal investigations utilizing forfeiture methods to trace assets
• Oversaw seizure of real and personal property and cash assets
• Oversaw Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act usage
Domestic Terrorism/Joint Terrorism Task Force
• Supervised the FBI’s emergency response and investigation of all terrorism threats in Philadelphia and the surrounding metropolitan areas.
• Supervised the Special Agent Bomb Technician (SABT) program including three SABTs and two explosive and cadaver canines
• Supervised the Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) and HAZMAT program including the WMD Coordinator and HAZMAT Team Leader
• Supervised the Airport, Rail, Maritime, and Campus Liaison agents
• Supervised Special Events program and agent
• Supervised Risk Assessments for Special Events

Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, DC 2004-2007
Supervisory Special Agent
International Terrorism Operations Section, Extraterritorial Investigations Unit
• Responsible for overseeing several high profile extraterritorial counterterrorism investigations involving US persons and interests in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Afghanistan
• Extensive international travel
• Extensive briefing experience to highest levels of FBI Executive Management
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Philadelphia, PA 2002-2004
Special Agent
Counterterrorism Investigations
• Recruited cooperating witnesses and confidential informants
• Prepared affidavits for electronic surveillance
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Philadelphia, PA 1998-2002
Special Agent
International Drug Investigations
• Prepared affidavits for search and arrest warrants and provided court testimony
• Responsible for several major international drug trafficking investigations and convictions
United States Marshals Service (USMS) 1989-1998
Deputy United States Marshal, Miami, Florida

Deputy United States Marshal, San Francisco, California 1988-1989
• Conducted domestic and international federal fugitive investigations
• Prepared affidavits for search and arrest warrants and provided court testimony
• Investigated and arrested federal fugitive and drug kingpin
• Extensive international travel and extraditions
Miami-Dade Police Department 1987-1988
Police Officer Recruit
Intern 1986
• Interned in Homicide, Sexual Battery, Robbery
• Police Academy
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Related Experience
Teaching Experience/Topics
• Domestic Terrorism Graduate Level Course Fall 2014, Widener University
• Organized Crime Graduate Level Course Fall 2015, Widener University
• Bi-annual presentations on counterterrorism at University of Pennsylvania
• FBI Certified Firearms Instructor
• FBI Evidence Response Team Member
• USMS Officer Survival Course Instructor (initiated course and wrote lesson plans)
• USMS Special Operations Group (SWAT)
• Spanish Speaker

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