John Pfaehler

John Pfaehler Woodbine, Maryland--Rockville Police Department, Rockville, Maryland  Police Corporal  Field Training Officer  Peer Support Team member  Enhanced Instructor (Maryland certified)  Notable Awards ◦ Rockville Police Department Distinguished Service Citation (five times) ◦ Rockville Police Department Meritorious Service Citation (two times) ◦ State of Maryland Impaired Driver Enforcement Award ◦ State of Maryland Impaired Driver Meritorious Recognition (three times) ◦ Rockville Police Department American Legion 2009 Officer of the Year nominee  Certifications and Training ◦ Concerns of Police Survivors Traumas of Law Enforcement ◦ Maryland Police and Corrections Training Commission Mental Health First Aid ◦ Montgomery County Police Department Tactical Casualty Care for Patrol ◦ Center for the Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills (CTARS) Combined Provider ◦ National Tactical Officers Association Patrol Response to Active Shooter Instructor  Significant Accomplishments ◦ Self initiated, developed, and established the department’s wellness projects, Body Armor, which is one of the most comprehensive programs in the State of Maryland. The wellness program addresses mental, emotional, physical, financial, and legal wellness through the use of public-private partnerships and creative budgetary actions. Created the program website, www.rockbodyarmor.com. ▪ Presenter at C.O.P.S. Law Enforcement Wellness and Trauma National Conference ▪ Presenter at Destination Zero National Conference presented by Bureau of Justice Assistance and the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund ▪ Presenter at Blue H.E.L.P. New England Regional Conference ▪ Presenter at Blue H.E.L.P. Dallas Regional Conference ◦ Recognized the need to update the agency’s primary pistol. Solicited vendors for a training and evaluation (T&E) project. Organized and developed the training and evaluation protocols. Drafted the final report that made the recommendation to transition to a new weapons platform. ◦ Self initiated and established a partnership between the department and a national organization, Comfort Cases, that supports children during a crisis moment, i.e. during a court-ordered removal. The agency stores and provides backpacks with personal items for children that are removed from unhealthy and dangerous living conditions and placed into more secure locations. ◦ Recognized the need for immediate self medical aid equipment and skills for police officers. Launched a successful initiative to equip all agency officers with Individual First Aid Kits (IFAKs). Conducted initial training and integrated tactical medicine exercises during firearms training evolutions. Now, all officers are equipped to provide lifesaving medical intervention. ◦ Utilized the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s LEOKA (Law Enforcement Officer Killed and Assaulted) statistics to dramatically reform the department’s firearms qualification courses of fire (COF) for the handgun and the rifle. The reformed COFs more closely correlated to real life deadly force encounters, which better prepared police officers for survival and success. John Pfaehler Woodbine, Maryland--United States Coast Guard Reserves  Chief Petty Officer (E7)  Units ◦ Sector Puget Sound, Seattle, Washington ◦ Sector Maryland-National Capital Region, Baltimore, Maryland ◦ Group Philadelphia (Delaware Bay), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ◦ Maritime Safety and Security Team 91102, Chesapeake, Virginia  Notable Awards ◦ Armed Forces Reserve Medal ◦ Coast Guard Achievement Medal ◦ Military Outstanding Volunteer Medal ◦ Coast Guard Presidential Unit Citation ◦ Coast Guard Special Operations Ribbon ◦ Coast Guard Unit Commendation Ribbon ◦ Coast Guard Meritorious Team Commendation Ribbon ◦ Coast Guard Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon  Certifications and Training ◦ Advanced Incident Command System (ICS-400) ◦ Incident Command System Division and Group Supervisor (ICS-339) ◦ Intermediate Incident Command System (ICS-300) ◦ U.S. Coast Guard Seaport Security and Antiterrorism ◦ U.S. Coast Guard Emergency Medical Technician  Significant Accomplishments ◦ Boarding Officer-Certified Ashore ◦ Incident Command System (ICS) Staff qualified ◦ Command-designated Law Enforcement Instructor ◦ 2009 and 2013 Presidential Inaugurations shoreside patrol team leader ◦ Sector Baltimore (Maryland-National Capital Region) Reservist of the Year ◦ Developed currency maintenance strategy for unit. Prior to implementation, more than half of all unit personnel were not current in their critical qualifications. Within 30 days of executing this strategy, 55% of those servicemembers had their competencies restored. ◦ Selected as one of only 21 Coast Guard reservists nationwide to attend the inaugural Boarding Officer Practical Course, where I provided essential feedback to modify and improve this mission critical course. ◦ Deployed to an event of national significance, Deepwater Horizon, where I served as an On-Water Response and Shoreline Assessment Task Force team leader. This Task Force was response for monitoring four bayous, 16 miles of beach front, and 579 square miles of waterways and marshland. ◦ Identified the need to modernize the Coast Guard’s Judgmental Use of Force (JUFE) evaluation scenarios. Through my chain of command to the Maritime Law Enforcement Academy (MLEA), I submitted a memorandum that contributed to the initiation of significant updates and upgrades to the JUFE program, which helps trains Coast Guard law enforcement personnel in sharpening essential decision making skills. ◦ Recognized the need for immediate self medical aid equipment for Coast Guard law enforcement personnel by working with the Coast Guard Atlantic Area Reserve Command Master Chief to advocate and analyze the logistics of equipping all CG law enforcement qualified members with Individual First Aid Kits (IFAKs), which could provide life saving intervention during a critical incident.