Chris DiVirgilio

Email: chris@tripwireops.org

Experience
June 2007 – Present New Jersey State Police Certified Firearms Instructor for Retired Police Officers

10/2008
Gemini Technologies Inc.
Jamison, PA
Under contract as an EOD Technician, designed, build and assembled simulated threat devices for use in x-ray images, developed training aids and constructed electronic circuits for IED’s.

8/2008 – 9/2008 Harborsite International, LLC
Exton, PA
Provided logistics and armed security as a contractor during the Hurricane Gustav Relief in Hammond and Baton Rouge, LA.

2005 – 2007 (Retired June 30, 2007)
Camden County Sheriff’s Office
Camden, NJ
Sheriff’s Officer Sergeant, Shift Supervisor, Transport of Prisoners Unit, Street
Patrol Unit, Court House Security, Hazardous Device Technician/Investigator,
Hazardous Materials Technician/Investigator, Camden and Gloucester County’s
Police Academy Instructor, Commander Sheriff’s Technical Service Unit
(Bomb Squad)

1987 - 2004
Camden County Sheriff’s Office
Camden, NJ
Sheriff’s Officer, Transport of Prisoners, Street Patrol, Court House Security,
Hazardous Device Technician/Investigator, Hazardous Materials
Technician/Investigator, Camden and Gloucester County’s Police Academy
Instructor, Assistant Commander Sheriff’s Technical Service Unit (Bomb
Squad)

1982 – 1987
Camden County Sheriff’s Department
Camden, NJ
Correction’s Officer, Correction’s Admissions Officer, Correction’s I.D. and
Fingerprint Classification Officer, Correction’s Admissions Clerk.

Education

12 / 2007
United Sportsmen's Association of North America
Marksmanship Training Center and Country Club (USANA
MTC & CC) Elmer, NJ
“National Rifle Association Certified Pistol Instructor”

09 / 2004
Gloucester County Police Academy
Sewell, NJ
“Police Supervision Course”

05 / 2004
The Department of Homeland Security
Office of Domestic Preparedness
Weapons of Mass Destruction
Camden, NJ
“WMD Responder Operations Radiological/Nuclear Train the Trainer Course”

04 / 2003
The National Emergency Response & Rescue
Training Center, Department of Justice,
Office of Justice Programs, Office for Domestic Preparedness
Cherry Hill, NJ
“WMD: Incident Management / Unified Command”

09 / 2002
U.S. Department of Justice
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Laboratory Division
“F.B.I. Post Blast Investigator School”

08 / 2002
U.S. Department of Justice,
Office of Justice Programs,
Center for Domestic Preparedness
Anniston, AL
“WMD HAZMAT Technician Train the Trainer Course (COBRA)”

08 / 2002
Federal Bureau of Investigation,
Training School
Camden, NJ
“Large Vehicle Bomb Post Blast Crime Scene School”

05 / 2002
N.J. State Police Office of Emergency
Management, Domestic Preparedness/Hazardous
Materials Emergency Response Planning Unit
Middlesex, NJ
“Level 3 Haz Mat Technician”

07 / 2001
United States Department of Justice,
Federal Bureau of Investigation
“Regional Bomb Technician Seminar”.

06 / 2001
The State of New Jersey,
Department of Law & Public Safety,
Division of State Police
Stratford, NJ
“Decision Making in a Crisis (G247)”.

06 / 2000
Louisiana State University,
Agricultural and Mechanical College,
Academy of Counter-Terrorist Education,
Division of Continuing Education
Baton Rouge, LA
“Law Enforcement Response to Weapons of Mass Destruction Incidents”.

11 / 1999
Camden County College,
Camden County Police Academy Criminal
Justice Studies
Blackwood, NJ
“Methods of Instruction”

06 /1998
U.S. Department of Justice
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI Academy
“Post Blast Investigation School”

03 / 1989
United States Department of Justice,
Federal Bureau of Investigation
U.S. Army Ordnance
Redstone Arsenal, AL
“Last Recertification 04 / 2004”
“Hazardous Devices Technician Basic Course”


Professional Memberships

1998 – 2007
Chapter Director, International Association of Bomb Technicians and
Investigators
1994 – Present
New Jersey Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #9
1984 – Present
International Association of Bomb Technicians and Investigators
1983 – Present
South Jersey Suburban Police, Inc.
1982 – Present
New Jersey State Policemen’s Benevolent Association, Local #277

REFERENCES AND CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST