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Public Affairs

As the Public Affairs and Media Relations Coordinator for eight years, J.J. developed and implemented media relations strategies, including reactive emergency response procedures and proactive strategies for presenting information that enhanced the public’s positive image of the FBI.

In that role, J.J. interfaced with local and national media outlets to provide information regarding FBI operations and investigations, and acted as the spokesperson for on-camera and on-the-record comments, functioned as the sole intermediary between employees, management and executive staff and local and national media, prepared and issued written press releases, executive speeches, and talking point documents, and coordinated and collaborated with representatives of Federal, state and local partner agencies to insure a consistent and unified message on matters of joint interest.

Crisis Management

As a Crisis Management Coordinator, J.J. managed and directed crisis response planning and execution, incident command post operations, and internal and external crisis response training.

In addition, J.J. created and delivered training for FBI employees and local law enforcement officials on media relations, crisis communications, and public affairs planning across the country, as an adjunct faculty member of the FBI’s Training Division and prestigious FBI Academy, the FBI National Academy, and the Law Enforcement Executive Development Seminar program.

Technology

As a Technically Trained Agent, J.J. provided guidance and assistance to Special Agents in the application of the FBI’s technical resources to their evidence, data and intelligence collection needs. This included the assessment of investigative and intelligence requirements and needs for the application of existing technologies or the development, design and implementation of customized technical solutions.

With specialized training in the field of Technical Surveillance Counter Measures (TSCM), J.J. conducted technical physical and electronic security inspections and evaluations of FBI space across the United States to detect, assess, evaluate and remediate threats and vulnerabilities.

Training

J.J. also supervised and managed the Executive Staff Services Squad, responsible for Public Affairs & Media Relations, Community Outreach, in-service and external Police training, Firearms Training, the Polygraph Program, Special Agent Recruiting, the Evidence Response Team, and the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and the Employee Assistance Programs (EAP).

In his role as a Technically Trained Agent and as the Supervisor of the Technical Operations Squad, J.J. developed and honed a unique skill-set in the identification and exploitation of vulnerabilities and opportunities for the best possible deployment of the FBl’s most sensitive and sophisticated technologies, for the purposes of collecting intelligence and evidence in the full range of the FBI’s investigative responsibilities. This included surreptitious entry into buildings and facilities for the installation of collection and monitoring equipment and for the exfiltration and recording of evidence.

This “offensive” view of the vulnerabilities in an individual’s or organization’s facilities places J.J. in a unique position to provide an accurate “defensive” view of how to reduce and remediate weaknesses and vulnerabilities that exist in physical, information, and access control systems, facilities and structures. J.J. was also an FBI certified Technical Surveillance Counter Measures (TSCM) inspector, and conducted TSCM inspections for FBI facilities across the U.S.