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Meet Terry Burgin

Terry Johnson Burgin

Lifelong resident of Lincoln County

Age: 54

Married: 10 years to Kimberly Berryhill Burgin

Daughter: Amber Faith Burgin, age 7

Residence: 2987 Long Shoals Road, Lincolnton, N.C. 28092

Law Enforcement Related Employment History

(More than 35 years law enforcement service to Lincoln County)

LPD

1974 – 1976 Police/Patrol Officer – LPD

1976 – 1989 Chief Criminal Investigator – LPD

1989 – 2003 Chief of Police – LPD (retired April 1st with 30 years credible service)

2003 – Present Reserve Officer and Instructor with the LPD

Part-time colleges

1976- Present Criminal Justice / Continuing Education Class Instructor
(9 community colleges)

United States Marshals Service / Security Contract

2005 – Present United States Court Security Officer / Firearms Instructor
(Special Limited Deputation-Deputy U.S. Marshal - Contractual)

Formal Education

1973 – Lincolnton High School graduate

1984 – University of Virginia – Charlottesville - Criminal Justice (16 - semester hours)

Curriculum Courses of Study included:

  • Management for Law Enforcement
  • Constitutional Criminal Procedure
  • Training Process Management
  • Interpersonal Violence
  • Questioned Document Evidence

1987 – Gaston College – Dallas, NC – Associates Degree - Criminal Justice

1998 – N.C. State University – Raleigh - Public Administration (15 - semester hours)

Curriculum Courses of Study included:

  • Administrative Law
  • Introduction to Public Administration
  • Administrative Justice
  • Special Topics in Political Science
  • Organizational Design

Law Enforcement Related Instructor Certifications

N.C. Criminal Justice Training and Standards

General Instructor – more than 30 years instructing, training hundreds of basic police recruits and veteran law enforcement officers in lesson plans addressing:

  • Criminal Investigations
  • Fingerprints
  • Interview/Interrogations
  • Processing Arrestees
  • Arrest, Search and Seizure
  • Crime Scene Processing
  • Weapons of Mass Death and Destruction
  • Baton
  • Defensive Flashlight
  • Testifying in Court
  • Civil Liability

Specialized Instructor – (more than 25 years)

  • Defensive Tactics / Subject Control
  • Law Enforcement Firearms

Instructor Trainer / Evaluator

Concealed Carry Handgun Trainer

Lecturer

  • Sheriff’s Standards: Detention Officers School
    • Processing Detainees

R.A.D.

  • Rape Aggression Defense for Women - Instructor

Taser International

  • Taser Weapon Instructor

US Marshal’s Service – CSO Contract

  • Firearms Instructor

FBI

  • Handcuffing / Defensive Tactics Instructor
  • Advanced Fingerprint Classification Instructor

Heckler & Koch

  • Integrated Use of Force Instructor

PR-24 Institute

  • Side Handle Baton Instructor
  • Straight Baton Instructor
  • Kubaton/Persuader Instructor
  • Handcuffing Instructor

Law Enforcement and Service Related Certifications

Advanced Law Enforcement Certification - NCDOJ

Qualified Assistant Basic Law Enforcement School Director

North Carolina DOJ – Criminal Justice – DCI Operator

N.C. Department of HR/Epidemiology

  • Chemical Test Operator
  • Chemical Test Supervisor

Advanced First Aid / CPR and Defibulator

(Additional) Law Enforcement Leadership Related Academy(s)

F.B.I. National Academy – 138th Class - Quantico, Virginia

  • 138th Class Treasurer
  • 1987 State Graduates 2nd VP
  • 1988 State Graduates 1st VP
  • 1989 State Graduates President

F.B.I. Law Enforcement Executive Development - Sevierville, TN

Administrative Officers Management Program - 21st Class - Garner, N.C.

  • Class President

Law Enforcement Organizations/Tasks Force memberships/offices

North Carolina Sheriff’s Association

  • Law Enforcement Member

North Carolina Chief’s of Police Association

  • Lifetime Member

FBI National Academy Associates

  • past President

International Association Chiefs of Police

North Carolina Police Executives

Governor’s Highway Safety Program

  • past Lincoln County Initiatives Coordinator - 10 yrs.
    • Booze It-Lose It
    • Click-It-Ticket

S.B.I. Criminal Information Exchange

  • past Chairperson-Region III
  • past member State Board of Directors

27-B Judicial District Drug Task Force

  • Vice Chairperson (Lincoln-Cleveland Counties)

US DOJ Joint Federal Task Force

  • Anti-Terrorism for Western District of N.C.

Southern Piedmont Law Enforcement Trainers Association

  • past President
  • past Treasurer

Lincoln County Law Enforcement Officer’s Association

  • past President

Civic Organizations, groups, offices or associations

Lincolnton-Lincoln County Strategic Planning Committee

July 4th Planning Committee

Lincolnton-Lincoln County Human Relations Council

Lincoln County DSS – “Child Review Team”

Lincoln County Community Based Alternatives Task Force

  • past Board of Directors

Local Government State Employees Credit Union

  • past Board of Directors – Piedmont Region

Boy Scouts of America – Heartland District

  • past Explorer Chairperson
  • past Explorer Advisor

YMCA Lincoln County

  • volunteer lecturer / instructor

Lincolnton Rotary Club

  • past member for 10 years
  • served on student scholarship committee
  • served on security committee for annual auction

Sunrise Rotary Club

  • volunteer for annual project - 2 years
  • fingerprinting school students for parents

Special Olympics

  • North Carolina Law Enforcement Torch Run - Coordinator
  • International Special Olympics Security - Coordinator
    • Pakistan athletes

Religious / Church Membership

Long Shoals Wesleyan Church

Related Training and Experience (not previously listed)

  • Risk Management Training for Executives
  • Grant Writing – USDOJ and NCGHSP
    • wrote and managed many grants/funding
    • co-wrote grant applications with other agencies
  • Anti-Terrorism Training, Tiers 1-3
  • Communications Management for the Trainer
  • Employee Performance Evaluation Training
  • Evidence and Property Room Management
  • National Incident Management System
  • Unified Command for Critical Incident Agency Commanders
  • Hiring and Promotion Assessor Training
    • Designed and implemented assessment centers for multiple law enforcement agencies
    • Served as assessor and lead assessor for hiring and promoting for other agencies
  • Dignitary Protection – U.S. Secret Service
  • Media Relations
  • Ethics for Law Enforcement
  • Hazardous Materials / MSDS
  • Rapid Deployment for Active Shooters
  • Criminal Investigations
    • Investigated thousands of criminal actions
    • Located, collected, preserved, processed and submitted for processing thousands of items to determine evidentiary value
    • secured and transported prisoners locally and out-of-state

Under candidate’s administration as Chief of Police:

  • Encouraged diverse training and advancement within the agency, through equal assessment strategies
  • Provided the latest tools and technology to assist employees in accomplishing their work goals
  • Increased the qualification requirements for firearms above state standards
  • Fostered a healthy working relationship with numerous criminal justice and public safety agencies in the U.S. and other countries
  • Supervised , assisted and critiqued other criminal investigators
  • Opened and concluded internal investigations and administrative inquiries in allegations of employee and officer misconduct
  • Co-structured and implemented the first Field Training Officer Program for the LPD
  • Structured and used Assessment Centers as one tool for the promotional process
  • Approved and supervised the first Lincoln County:
    • Adopt-A-Cop Class
    • RUOK Program for Senior Citizens
    • National Night Out Celebration
    • Merchant Alert Program
    • Full-patrol function K-9 teams
    • R.A.D. Self-Defense Program for women
    • In-car police cameras and computers
  • Experienced leading a law enforcement agency during a declining economy/frozen budgets, and natural disasters, (Hugo), severe ice storms
  • Experienced increased population growth and service due to annexations and territorial jurisdictions in the extended areas-(ETJ)
  • Experienced leading officers in handling large unruly and disruptive crowds/crowd control
  • Successfully negotiated with barricaded and/or armed subjects
  • Investigating unnecessary or excessive use-of-force complaints against officers
  • Planning for and supervising personnel for large attendance public events
  • Regularly completed a large numbers of requisitions seeking approval for purchases
  • Made presentations before local government bodies to address budget and other concerns on scheduled and unscheduled agenda item
  • Collaborated and brain-stormed with multi-local, state and federal service oriented agencies to reach common goals
  • Held budget planning sessions with department employees and other department heads and staff
  • Prepared 14 annual operating and capital improvement projection budgets, presenting truthful information as to the need for the funds
  • Managed unclaimed or surrendered property and fines resulting in lawful disposition
  • Delivered hundreds of presentations on crime awareness and crime prevention, self-defense
  • Entertained a positive relationship with the media
  • Caused unannounced drug test(s) of employees with cause
  • Conducted unannounced audits of evidence, property and other items in possession of employees based on their assignments

Some Awards and Recognitions received by the Candidate and Agency

Candidate - Local and State Recognitions

  • Officer of the Year Award (state and local)
  • State Crime Prevention Award for - Agency Director

Crime Prevention Officer - State Recognition

  • Crime Prevention Officer of the Year

Agency for the Community - State Recognition

  • Governor’s Award as a Crime Prevention Community. (The first of two cities to receive statewide recognition)

Nationally

  • “Honorable Mention” in Best Dressed Law Enforcement agency under 100 employees