Hilario J. Tanakeyowma

Strategic Chief of Police with expertise in community engagement and department redevelopment. Led successful grant acquisitions that improved departmental resources and fostered inter-agency collaborations, enhancing community trust and operational effectiveness. Developed innovative policing strategies and community programs to promote public safety, coupled with strong skills in grant writing, staff supervision, and policy development.

• Various Courses in supervision of law enforcement officers and criminal investigators
• Course in liability and risk management
• Basic and Advance Homicide training
• Child Forensic Interview course
• Profiling Violent and Sexual Offenders course
• Tactical Driving Instructor course
• 4x4, on- and off-road driving course
• Police Motorcycle Certification
• Crime scene investigation and evidence collection training
• Liability in Law Enforcement Courses
• Basic Forensic Interviewing Techniques
• Supervisory 1 & 2 Course
• Advance Forensic Interviewing Techniques
• Business management Courses
• Supervising the Problematic Employee Course
• Advance Traffic Investigations
• Supervision of Field Training Officers
• Field Training Officer Certification
• General Instructor Course
• Franklin Covey Organization
• MAP Course
• 12 o'clock High (Management Application and Procedure)
• Field/Tactical Command Systems Training
• FBI LEEDA Leadership Trilogy

• Patrolman, Advanced to Sergeant and subsequently Criminal Investigation officer within five years and in 2010 promoted to Investigations Commander.
• Organized and developed a successful Field Training Officer's Program.
• Assisted in the development of a canine program for the Gila River Indian Community. Only one of three programs regionally at the time.
• Developed and maintained a community Block Watch Program in two different locations within the community.
• Developed and organized procedures for filing and processing criminal cases in partnership with the FBI and US Attorney's Office.
• Brought conviction ratio up 100% from standard submission of criminal cases.
• Developed a case management system for investigators of cases to be filed with the US Attorney's office and Bureau of Indian Affairs.
• Standardized process for management and review of cases for criminal investigations.
• Developed relations between Gila River Police department, appropriate state agencies, Federal Marshals Office, FBI, and US Attorney's Office.
• Accommodation from the Chief of Police for the City of Phoenix.
• Organized and developed a successful Traffic Investigations Unit. Having the first DUI/Man Slaughter conviction.
• Assisted in the development of a Juvenile Drug Court Program for the Gila River Indian community.
• Established relationship with Tribal Housing and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
• Developed and implemented Sex Offender Program for the Gila River Indian Community, writing operational policy aligned with local and federal laws to meet the Adam Walsh Act.
• Redesigned Vehicle Design to better represent the department with the community including a new motto of 'our community...Our commitment'.
• Redesigned the Quartzsite Police Department's patch to better represent the community and department as a whole.
• Redevelopment of Canine Program within Quartzsite Police Department at minimal cost, acquiring a canine at no cost.
• Redevelopment of La Paz County DUI task force and GOHS Office, assisting in more county-wide involvement.
• Re-establishing a relationship with AZ GOHS aiding in getting a grant funded vehicle in 2013.
• Participation of the Law Enforcement Torch Run for the Special Olympics with the Quartzsite Police Department getting the community more actively involved.
• Obtaining Funding for Equipment License Plate Readers for the Quartzsite Police Department through grants.
• Obtaining funding for a computer, vehicle, and license plate reader through grants for the Quartzsite Police Department from the Arizona Auto Theft Authority.
• Update equipment for the Tonto Apache Police Department.
• Update Policy and achieved Accreditation Certificate for the Police Department.
• Successful Grant Application from State and Federal Programs.
• FBI LEEDA Executive Leadership Trilogy Graduate.
• Arizona Center for Rural Leadership Graduate.

• ALEAP - Accreditation Program