Chief of police

Greydon Walker

Chief of Police - City of Eudora Police Department

Eudora, KS

Work Experience

Chief of Police

City of Eudora Police Department -

Eudora, KS

April 2010 to Present

Direct department and municipal court operations for the City of Eudora.
Manage nine Police Officers and a Municipal Court Clerk.
Develop and direct the department training program and work with direct reports to coordinate professional development.
Provide human resource management and oversee all internal affairs investigations.
Manage and administer a $1.2 million annual budget.
Collaborate with the City Prosecutor to review and investigate cases.
Evaluate and oversee the Judges contract.
Plan and implement capital improvement projects.
Research, write, and edit new policies and procedures derived from recent court rulings and legislative mandates.
Serve as an Executive Board Member for the Local Emergency Planning Committee
Revamped department relations to ensure equitable treatment of all citizens.
Work with local stakeholders to ensure effective law enforcement services.
Restructured operations to produce a strong collaborative team environment.
Increased revenues 50% by using the municipal court for local misdemeanor cases.
Conducted contract negotiations with the City Prosecutor, which reduced labor costs by $24,000.
Reduced paperwork 75% by implementing a new records management system to produce reports and store confidential criminal history information.
Built the capital improvement fund, which secured $20,000 for the new records management system.
Cut costs by creating new equipment maintenance procedures.
Reduced uniform and equipment costs 10% by securing competitive vendors.
Implemented and staffed a Commercial Safety Vehicle Unit, in order to follow federal motor carrier regulations.
Appointed as a Local Agency Security Officer and the Terminal Agency Coordinator for the Kansas Criminal Justice Information System.
Promoted to Chief of Police based upon exceptional law enforcement record and organizational leadership skills.

Corporal, Sergeant

Eudora Police Department -

Eudora, KS

April 2007 to April 2010

Managed, trained, and scheduled officers.
Performed daily police and patrol duties including investigating crimes, medical emergencies, and traffic accidents.
Appointed by the Chief of Police to research and develop new department policies and procedures.
Oversaw property and evidence for the Eudora Police Department.
Conducted system-testing, designed, and configured an IT infrastructure, which dramatically improved productivity.
Created the departments first email domain and electronic records management structure to ensure accurate reporting practices.
Increased security, improved communications, and reduced storage by implementing a photo and video management database.

Volunteer Firefighter

City of Eudora -

Eudora, KS

2002 to 2008

Responded to local fire and emergency calls.

Police Officer (Part-Time)

City of Eudora -

Eudora, KS

June 2003 to April 2007

Investigated and diagramed crimes and traffic accidents.
Responded to citizen inquiries and conducted mediation counseling.

Assistant Director

Douglas County Youth Services -

Lawrence, KS

January 1995 to April 2007

Managed all Juvenile Detention Center staff including Community Corrections Intensive Supervised Probation Officers, Juvenile Justice Case Managers, a Surveillance Officer, facility maintenance personnel, and correctional employees.
Oversaw the Day School Program designed for juvenile offenders to complete coursework while serving long-term school suspensions.
Evaluated, disciplined, and terminated personnel.
Developed and managed a $3.7 million budget.
Implemented, wrote, and revised policies and procedures for the organization.
Directed building security operations and served as a project manager for a large surveillance initiative.
Investigated and wrote reports regarding facility criminal complaints.
Collaborated with staff and the Juvenile Justice Authority to develop and fund the new Day School Program.
Increased Juvenile Detention Center services 50% to service area youth in need.
Selected as a project manager for the construction of the Day School.
Developed the first records management system for the Juvenile Detention Center.

Education

Advanced Accident Investigation and Reconstruction School

2008

Additional Information

QUALIFICATIONS

Seventeen years of law enforcement experience directing city, department, and staff operations for a small rural community.
Successful at managing, training, and developing exceptional employees.
Created and implemented policies and procedures, which increased operations and staff performance.
Managed and allocated multimillion-dollar budgets for two leading organizations.
Investigated hundreds of crimes and solved numerous cases.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Proficient in MS Office, CJIS Law, KLER, SUSEEN, Mantron Court Reporting, and Digital Ally Video Services software