Brandon Keene

Resume

Sergeant, Springfield Police Department

Professional Summary

Sergeant with 14 years of sworn service at SPD and six years of supervisory rank across patrol, special victims, and child victim investigations. Fills in as acting lieutenant for the Criminal Investigations Persons Section. Strengthened the Child Victim Unit’s ties with community advocacy groups, work SPD recognized with a Victims’ Memorial Garden brick in 2026. Seeks anonymous 360 feedback from the people he supervises. Directs SPD’s rollout of NCMEC’s Missing Kids Readiness Program, co-instructs SPD’s Trust Edge training, and has taught 43 in-service hours since 2024. Graduate of Northwestern University’s School of Police Staff and Command.

Leadership philosophy: Working harder than the people around you creates a culture of relentless work ethic. Everyone needs to feel valued and heard; that makes great teams, and great teams accomplish great tasks. Begin with the end in mind.

Core Competencies

Unit Command and Supervision
Crimes Against Persons Investigations
Critical Incident Command
Performance Management
Policy and SOG Development
Training Design and Instruction
Recruitment and Selection
Labor Management Relations
Community Oriented Policing
Multi-Agency and MDT Liaison
Workload and Staffing Analysis
Media and Public Presentations

Professional Experience

Springfield Police Department, Springfield, Missouri

Jan 2012 to Present

Sergeant, Child Victim Unit Criminal Investigations Division

Dec 2024 to Present

Supervise six investigators on child abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, and child death cases, responding to scenes after hours and overseeing interviews, evidence, and autopsies.
Serve as acting lieutenant and acting duty commander for the Criminal Investigations Persons Section as needed.
Strengthened ties with the CAC and Children’s Division and work with the Greene County Prosecutor’s, Juvenile, and Medical Examiner’s Offices.
Attended two Missouri Attorney General’s Office meetings on emergency foster placement and represented SPD in a KOLR 10 interview.
Direct SPD’s department-wide rollout of NCMEC’s Missing Kids Readiness Program, based on the Northwestern staff study: all sworn personnel enrolled, training built into the T-4 in-service cycle, and completion tracked with NCMEC.
Authored a full revision of SOG 402.4 Missing Persons, split into missing children (aligned to NCMEC’s Law Enforcement Model Policy) and missing adults, with current Missouri statutes and a rebuilt authorization form.
Cut forensic interview transcription to minutes through the CAC’s software and secured laptops that let detectives keep working during interviews lasting two to eight hours. Created a CID notification address with City IT for time-sensitive patrol referrals.
Replaced a DEVON and Excel workflow with a fillable PDF case disposition system and closure-rate reporting. Produced a 2026 mid-year workload analysis benchmarked against the Prummell staffing study and national suspension and clearance rates.
Teach child abuse and sexual assault blocks in the Recruit Academy and MCI School, plus monthly new-member MDT training at the CAC. Built the full MCI School package: slides, instructor guide, eight micro-trainings, and field operations manual.
Developed the CVU Update in-service and co-taught it with the CAC and Children’s Division in 21 sessions.
Co-instruct SPD’s Trust Edge training. Authored its 111-slide facilitator deck, co-branded for the City of Springfield.

Sergeant, Special Victims Unit Criminal Investigations Division

Jul 2023 to Dec 2024

Supervised sexual assault, elder abuse, and missing juvenile investigations and oversaw submission of sexual assault kits to the MSHP laboratory within the 14-day RSMo requirement.
Wrote the 2024 T-1 in-service update on missing juvenile, sexual assault, and elder abuse investigations and taught it in 20 sessions; the 2024 evaluation credits it with reducing the number of outstanding juveniles.
Planned briefings for every patrol squad on sexual assault investigations to increase prosecutor filings, organized meetings between new SPD and prosecutor’s office staff, and represented SPD at SART meetings.
Developed specialized SVU training courses.

Sergeant, Patrol Division

Jan 2022 to Jul 2023

Supervised an overnight squad of new officers that became one of the department’s most productive squads within months.
Developed an operations plan with two fellow sergeants that added weekend patrol presence and coordinated patrol, investigative, and support units, leading to the closure of two problem businesses tied to criminal activity.
Managed staffing, leave, discipline, and evaluations; commanded critical incidents until relieved.

Crisis Negotiator, Crisis Negotiation Team Concurrent assignment

Nov 2020 to Mar 2024

Served as negotiator, team leader, and trainer; talked armed, violent, and suicidal subjects to peaceful resolutions; and wrote the SPD Crisis Negotiator Basic Training course.

Corporal, Patrol Division

Oct 2020 to Jan 2022

Served as the squad’s major crime scene investigator and field supervisor and mentored younger officers.

Resource Management Officer Recruiting and Background Investigations

Jul 2016 to Sep 2020

Recruited a 33-member academy class, then the largest in department history, with Human Resources and community partners.
Supervised about ten background investigators and led the eSOPH implementation, from cost-benefit analysis and sole-source contract to custom workflows, cutting investigation times by more than 30 percent.
Co-presented two sessions at a 2019 national recruitment conference in Chicago and served on a law enforcement panel at the NAACP state conference.

Crime Stoppers Coordinator

May 2015 to Jul 2016

Reestablished Crime Stoppers as a recognized 501(c)(3) and corrected program liabilities and inefficiencies.

Patrol Officer and Police Recruit

Jan 2012 to May 2015

Served as a relief major crime investigator and frequent acting corporal on patrol.

Earlier Public Safety Experience

Public Safety Officer (Greene County commission) CoxHealth, Springfield, Missouri

2011 to 2012

Detention Corporal Warren County Sheriff’s Department, Warrenton, Missouri

2007 to 2009

Firefighter Warrenton Fire Protection District, Warrenton, Missouri

2007 to 2009

Leadership and Community Service

Founder and President, Angel’s Safe House Springfield, Missouri

Feb 2022 to Aug 2026

Founded a 501(c)(3) that gave victims of serious crimes emergency shelter, food, security, counseling, and supplies during late-night hours; the work earned the SPD Mark K. Priebe Community Service Award.
Led the board and fundraising, then directed the voluntary dissolution through the Certificate of Termination and distributed all remaining assets to The Child Advocacy Center and Isabel’s House.

Treasurer and Bargaining Committee Member Springfield Police Officers’ Association

Feb 2013 to Jun 2020

Negotiated the Association’s first collective bargaining agreement with the City of Springfield over more than two years.
As Treasurer (elected 2014 and 2016, returned 2019 to fill a vacancy), managed finances and insurance benefits for 400+ members, positioned the Association to buy a new lodge, and led fundraising for fallen and injured officers.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Criminal Justice (in progress) Southern New Hampshire University

Expected Dec 2028

School of Police Staff and Command, Class #592, 440 hours Northwestern University Center for Public Safety

2024

Law Enforcement Academy, 1,019 hours Springfield Police Department

2012

Basic Law Enforcement Training Program, Class 146, 700 hours Missouri Sheriffs’ Association Training Academy

2010

Licenses and Certifications

Missouri POST Class A Peace Officer License
Missouri POST Generalist Instructor
POST Specialist Instructor: Firearms and Defensive Tactics
POST Specialist Instructor: Criminal Intelligence
Major Crime Investigator; Field Training Officer
Trust Edge Certified Facilitator
Crisis and Hostage Negotiator, Level 1
Advanced Crisis Intervention Team

Honors and Recognition

Victims’ Memorial Garden brick dedicated by SPD for strengthening ties with community advocacy groups2026
Exceeds Expectations in every rated competency, annual evaluations2024 and 2025
Springfield Business Journal 40 Under 40Class of 2024
Mark K. Priebe Community Service Award, Springfield Police Department2023
Corrections Officer of the Year, Warren County Sheriff’s Department2008

Training and Professional Development

Selected courses

Selected courses from more than 3,000 hours of law enforcement training. Years and hours come from SPD training records, course certificates, and his own records; a blank cell means no source listed the item.

Course	Provider	Year	Hours
Command and Leadership
School of Police Staff and Command, Class #592 (ten weeks)	Northwestern University Center for Public Safety	2024	440
Trust Edge Certification	Trust Edge Leadership Institute	2026	24
Leadership in Police Organizations	International Association of Chiefs of Police	2017	120
Management and Supervision of Investigative Units	On-Target Solutions Group	2023	14
Child Abduction Response Team Commander	U.S. DOJ AMBER Alert Training Program	2024	6
Supervising Patrol Critical Incidents	National Tactical Officers Association	2021	16
Missing Kids Readiness Program (four role-based courses)	National Center for Missing & Exploited Children	2023	3
Leadership Matters for Administrative, Financial, and Executive Officers	National Fraternal Order of Police	2015
Giving Meaningful Compliments and Constructive Criticism	John Graham Management Services	2009	6
Missouri Collective Bargaining, Level 1	Missouri Fraternal Order of Police	2013	20
Supervisor Reasonable Suspicion Recognition Training	Tomo Drug Testing	2025	2.5
ICS-100 for Law Enforcement; IS-700 National Incident Management System	FEMA Emergency Management Institute	2010
Hazardous Materials Incident Response: Awareness and Operations	University of Missouri Fire and Rescue Training Institute	2009	32
Investigations, Interviewing, and Digital Evidence
Major Crime Investigator School	Springfield Police Department	2014	79
Criminal Interview and Interrogation Techniques	Wicklander-Zulawski & Associates	2020	21
Advanced Interview and Interrogation Techniques	Wicklander-Zulawski & Associates	2020	7
Objective Pre-Employment Interviewing	Stanley M. Slowik, Inc.	2017	14
Background Investigation for Police Applicants	Law Enforcement Seminars, LLC	2017	12
Digital Evidence, Warrants, Dark Web, and OSINT (six courses)	National White Collar Crime Center	2023 to 2024	6
Basic Level Spreadsheeting Skills	National White Collar Crime Center	2023	7
Investigations on the Deep Web (TOR)	McAfee Institute	2023	5 CPE
Exigent Missing Persons Cases; Cell Site Coverage Areas	Hawk Analytics	2023
Crimes Against Children and Special Victims
Unexplained Pediatric Deaths	NYU Grossman School of Medicine		6
Child Death Scene Investigation Learning Series	Michigan Public Health Institute		11
Medical Aspects of Child Abuse for the Multidisciplinary Team	Midwest Regional Children’s Advocacy Center	2022	4
Child Sexual Abuse Material Series (four courses)	National Center for Missing & Exploited Children	2023	2
Empowering Missouri’s Mandated Reporters	Missouri KidsFirst	2023	2
Stewards of Children	Darkness to Light		2
Sexual Assault Kit Initiative Virtual Academy (five courses)	Bureau of Justice Assistance	2023	5
Forensic Genetic Genealogy	DOJ-BJA Other Violent Cold Case Crimes	2023	7
Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Tracking System (SAFETrack)	Missouri Attorney General’s Office	2023	2
Adapted Interview Training		2025
Crisis Intervention and Instructor Development
Crisis and Hostage Negotiation, Level 1	Midwest Counterdrug Training Center	2021	40
Basic Crisis Intervention Team	Drury University Law Enforcement Academy and Greene County Sheriff’s Office	2014	36
Advanced Crisis Intervention Team	Greene County Sheriff’s Office	2014	24
Basic First Responder Program	Missouri Sheriffs’ Association Training Academy	2010	40
Instructor Training Course	FEMA Center for Domestic Preparedness	2015	40
Firearms Instructor	Springfield Police Regional Training Center	2017	40
Defensive Tactics Instructor; Field Training Officer	Springfield Police Department		80
Resistance Response Program Instructor	Springfield Police Department	2018

Abbreviations. SPD Springfield Police Department. CVU Child Victim Unit. SVU Special Victims Unit. CID Criminal Investigations Division. CAC Child Advocacy Center. MDT Multidisciplinary Team. NCMEC National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. SOG Standard Operating Guideline. MCI Major Crime Investigator. SART Sexual Assault Response Team. MSHP Missouri State Highway Patrol. RSMo Revised Statutes of Missouri. POST Peace Officer Standards and Training. T-1 and T-4 SPD in-service training cycles. OSINT open-source intelligence. CPE continuing professional education.