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
