Brandon Keene

Curriculum Vitae

Sergeant, Springfield Police Department

Professional Profile

Sergeant with 14 years of sworn service at the Springfield Police Department and six years of supervisory rank across patrol, special victims, and child victim investigations. Fills in as acting lieutenant and acting duty commander 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 as a Missouri POST Generalist and Specialist Instructor. Recruited a then-record 33-member academy class, served on the bargaining committee for the Springfield Police Officers’ Association’s first collective bargaining agreement, and began in public safety as a detention corporal and firefighter. 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

Service Record

Assignment	Rank	Dates
Child Victim Unit, Criminal Investigations Division	Sergeant	Dec 2024 to Present
Special Victims Unit, Criminal Investigations Division	Sergeant	Jul 2023 to Dec 2024
Patrol Division	Sergeant	Jan 2022 to Jul 2023
Crisis Negotiation Team (concurrent assignment)	Corporal, then Sergeant	Nov 2020 to Mar 2024
Patrol Division	Corporal	Oct 2020 to Jan 2022
Resource Management Officer, Recruiting and Background Investigations	Officer	Jul 2016 to Sep 2020
Crime Stoppers Coordinator	Officer	May 2015 to Jul 2016
Patrol Division	Officer	Jul 2012 to May 2015
Springfield Police Academy	Recruit	Jan 2012 to Jul 2012

Sworn July 20, 2012. Promoted to Corporal September 13, 2020, and to Sergeant January 16, 2022.

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, fielding calls for units across the section.
Strengthened ties with the CAC and Children’s Division and work with the Greene County Prosecutor’s, Juvenile, and Medical Examiner’s Offices.
Created and ran an anonymous 360 survey of the unit and a partnership survey of CAC staff in November 2025.
Attend the monthly Greene County Multidisciplinary Team and Child Fatality Review meetings, the quarterly CAC stakeholder meetings, and case-specific mini-MDTs.
Attended two Missouri Attorney General’s Office meetings on emergency foster placement and contributed a new initiative. Worked with the LAUNCH online education program to streamline law enforcement contact protocols for emergency child abuse cases.
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, with two more sessions of condensed CAC First Contact training.
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.
Filled in as acting lieutenant, including authorizing SPD news releases on homicide investigations, and served on several occasions as acting duty commander for the Criminal Investigations Persons Section.
Supervised the unit’s evidence collection on multiple search warrants.
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.
Took part in the monthly Office on Violence Against Women grant meetings that plan training for SPD and criminal justice partners, and worked with the Victim Center advocate assigned to the unit.
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.
Created and ran anonymous 360 surveys of the squad in December 2022 and July 2023.
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.
Led major crime and crash scene investigations, conducted interviews and interrogations, and coached squad members on evidence collection and preservation.

Resource Management Officer Recruiting and Background Investigations

Jul 2016 to Sep 2020

Recruited the 33-member January 2019 academy class, then the largest in department history, which filled all 20 vacancies, ten new positions funded by the Level Property Tax, and three over-hire positions.
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. SPD’s 2021 to 2024 Recruiting Plan credits the software with shortening the application-to-hire timeline to three to six months.
Created SPD’s recruiting diversity panel, putting six officers of different backgrounds in front of prospective applicants at public information sessions, and held it twice.
Ran direct recruiting events with Missouri State University, including two years of Cops on Campus and a mock crime scene competition with its Criminal Justice Society.
Routed applicants through GoSPD.com, a short link to the City’s hiring page, and answered interest cards with template replies; interest card submissions rose 93 percent from 2017 to 2018.
Wrote the 2019 Recruitment Summary, SPD’s annual analysis of recruiting results with recommendations for the next year’s plan.
Partnered with the Public Affairs Officer to put her SPD in PE program into motion in August 2019, placing officers in seventh-grade PE classes. The program grew from two middle schools to four by February 2020 and was running in five in 2023.
Managed background investigation contracts and budgets and made hiring recommendations from completed investigations.
Instructed recruits in defensive tactics, firearms, criminal intelligence, and physical fitness.
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.
Collected and disseminated criminal intelligence to support proactive policing.
Issued Crime Stoppers releases carried by local media.
Created six case videos for the Greater Springfield Area Crime Stoppers YouTube channel from September 2015 to April 2016, two of them past 10,000 views. Wrote the scripts and worked with the SPD Public Information Office on production and editing.

Patrol Officer and Police Recruit

Jan 2012 to May 2015

Served as a relief major crime investigator and frequent acting corporal on patrol.
Handled 630 dispatched and more than 351 self-initiated calls in the 2014 rating year, with 34 felony arrests, 87 misdemeanor arrests, and 501 reports, a workload the evaluation called above average.
Pulled an unresponsive driver from a crashed vehicle and opened the driver’s airway. Volunteered as host officer for the citizen ride-along program (2013).

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

Instruction Delivered

Course	Audience	Years	Sessions	Hours
Child Victim Unit Update, co-taught with the CAC and Children’s Division	All SPD officers	2025 to 2026	21	21
First Contact Minimal Facts (condensed CAC First Contact training)	All SPD officers	2025 to 2026	2	2
Special Victims Unit Update (2024 T-1 in-service)	All SPD officers	2024	20	20
Total recorded in-service instruction		2024 to 2026	43	43

Sessions and hours come from SPD training records. The records do not track the instruction listed below.

Trust Edge Leadership Institute program, co-taught to SPD personnel, starting with non-sworn staff2026
Child abuse and sexual assault blocks in the Recruit Academy and Major Crime Investigator School, with updated slides and lesson plans2025
New Member MDT training at The Child Advocacy Center, taught monthly2025
New negotiator training for the SPD Crisis Negotiation Team, from the SPD Crisis Negotiator Basic Training course2022 to 2024
Instruction for recruits in defensive tactics, firearms, criminal intelligence, and physical fitness2016 to 2020

Policy, Curriculum, and Program Development

Work Product	Type	Assignment	Year
SOG 402.4 Missing Persons, full revision: missing children aligned to NCMEC’s Law Enforcement Model Policy, missing adults, and a rebuilt authorization form	Policy	Child Victim Unit
Missing Kids Readiness Program implementation, from the Northwestern staff study	Program	Child Victim Unit	2025 to 2026
MCI School training package: slides, instructor guide, eight micro-trainings, and field operations manual	Curriculum	Child Victim Unit
Trust Edge facilitator deck, 111 slides, co-branded for the City of Springfield	Curriculum	SPD Trust Edge training	2026
Mid-year CVU workload analysis against the Prummell staffing study baseline and national suspension and clearance rates	Study	Child Victim Unit	2026
CVU Update in-service course	Curriculum	Child Victim Unit	2025
Academy and in-service slides and lesson plans on child victim and missing children investigations, updated	Curriculum	Child Victim Unit	2025
CID notification email address for time-sensitive patrol referrals, built with City IT	System	Child Victim Unit	2025
Law enforcement contact protocols for emergency child abuse cases, streamlined with the LAUNCH online education program	Procedure	Child Victim Unit	2025
Fillable PDF case disposition system, Excel workload tracking, and closure-rate reporting, replacing a DEVON and Excel workflow	System	Child Victim Unit
CAC referral forms and cell phone contact protocols, updated	Procedure	Child Victim Unit
Grant support letter for The Child Advocacy Center’s High-Risk Victim Program	Grant support	Child Victim Unit
CVU and CAC Partnership Feedback Survey of CAC staff on attendance, professionalism, communication, MDT protocols, and coordination	Survey	Child Victim Unit	2025
Anonymous 360 feedback and satisfaction survey covering leadership, supervision, career satisfaction, and retention	Survey	Patrol Division; Child Victim Unit	2022 to 2025
Special Victims Unit Update, the 2024 T-1 in-service course	Curriculum	Special Victims Unit	2024
SPD Crisis Negotiator Basic Training course	Curriculum	Crisis Negotiation Team
Operations plan with two fellow sergeants that led to the closure of two problem businesses	Operations plan	Patrol Division
Briefing camera system upgrade proposal for two briefing rooms, the Chief’s Conference Room, and the Mill Building classroom	Procurement proposal	Patrol Division	2023
Recruitment Summary 2019: annual analysis of recruiting results with recommendations for the next year’s plan, cited in SPD’s 2021 to 2024 Recruiting Plan	Report	Recruiting	2019
“Recruitment Strategies from a Mid-Sized Agency in Middle America,” 24-slide conference deck built with a co-presenter	Presentation	Recruiting	2019
eSOPH background investigation system: cost-benefit analysis, sole-source contract, and custom questionnaires and workflows	System	Recruiting
Six Crime Stoppers case videos with more than 26,000 combined views: scripts, posting, and production work with the SPD Public Information Office	Video	Crime Stoppers	2015 to 2016
Salary comparisons with other cities and crime data from comparable communities, for collective bargaining	Research	SPOA	2014

Committees, Partnerships, and Liaison Roles

Greene County Multidisciplinary Team, monthly meetings2025 to Present
Greene County Child Fatality Review, monthly meetings2025 to Present
Stakeholder meetings of The Child Advocacy Center, quarterly2025 to Present
Missouri Attorney General’s Office meetings on emergency foster placement, Jefferson City2025
Greene County Prosecutor’s Office case review meetings; organized the 2024 meeting of new SPD and prosecutor’s office staff2024 to 2025
Sexual Assault Response Team (SART), SPD representative2024
Office on Violence Against Women grant working group, monthly training planning2024
SPD recruit interview panel, panelist for two yearsCompleted 2025
Assessor, Jefferson City Police Department Sergeant Promotional AssessmentJun 2023

Presentations and Media

KOLR 10 (OzarksFirst), “Serving the Ozarks: Child Advocacy Center,” interview at The Child Advocacy Center on letting a child tell their story once, in a safe placeApr 2026
Springfield Daily Citizen, “New bricks dedicated at Victims’ Memorial Garden in Springfield,” coverage of the brick SPD dedicated for strengthening the department’s ties with community advocacy groupsApr 2026
Online child exploitation, class for the OPHI SVP Alliance meeting at the request of a community partner2025
City of Springfield news release, “SPD sergeant graduates Northwestern University School of Police Staff and Command,” with a statement from the Chief of PoliceNov 2024
Springfield Business Journal, “2024 40 Under 40: Brandon Keene,” honoree profile2024
Springfield News-Leader, coverage of SPD’s 2023 awards ceremonyApr 2023
KY3, coverage of promotions to Corporal and to Sergeant2020 and 2022
Springfield News-Leader, “Nonprofit agrees to pay mortgage for family of slain Springfield officer,” quoted as SPOA treasurer on the relief fund for the officer’s familyMay 2020
KSMU, “New Partnership Puts Springfield Police Officers In P.E. Classes,” interview on SPD in PE; also pictured in SGF Neighborhood News coverage of the programFeb 2020
“Recruitment Strategies from a Mid-Sized Agency in Middle America,” co-presented at Insight Exchange Network’s Officer Recruitment, Selection, and Retention conference in Chicago; SPD’s 2021 to 2024 Recruiting Plan cites the invitation as recognition for the January 2019 academy classJul 2019
“Human Resources and Law Enforcement: Finding Common Ground,” second session at the same conference, co-presentedJul 2019
Springfield News-Leader, “White, male and changing? SPD’s new idea for growing diversity,” quoted as creator of the recruiting diversity panelJul 2017
Law enforcement panel at the NAACP state conference, one of four officers in a two-hour question-and-answer session2016 to 2020
Springfield News-Leader, quoted as Crime Stoppers coordinator2015 to 2016
Cops, Season 27 episode “The One Dollar Shoe,” appearance as an SPD officer2015

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

Ten weeks at the Missouri State Highway Patrol Academy in Jefferson City, September 9 to November 22, 2024. Staff study on implementing NCMEC’s Missing Kids Readiness Program at SPD.

Law Enforcement Academy, 1,019 hours Springfield Police Department

2012

Graduated July 20, 2012, with Fit for Duty physical fitness status.

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

2010

Graduated November 29, 2010, and received the Missouri POST Class A license the same day.

Licenses and Certifications

Credential	Issuer	Year
Class A Peace Officer License	Missouri POST	2010
Specialist Instructor: Criminal Intelligence	Missouri POST	2015
Specialist Instructor: Firearms and Defensive Tactics	Missouri POST	2018
Generalist Instructor	Missouri POST	2022
Major Crime Investigator	Springfield Police Department	2014
Field Training Officer	Springfield Police Department
Crisis and Hostage Negotiator, Level 1	Midwest Counterdrug Training Center	2021
Crisis Intervention Team (Basic and Advanced)	Greene County Sheriff’s Office and Drury University	2014
Trust Edge Certified Facilitator	Trust Edge Leadership Institute	2026
Type III Permit, breath alcohol analyzer operator	State of Missouri	2012; renewed 2025

Honors and Awards

Victims’ Memorial Garden brick, dedicated by SPD for strengthening ties with community advocacy groupsApr 2026
Exceeds Expectations in every rated competency, annual evaluations, including the Overall Leadership Rating in 20252024 and 2025
Springfield Business Journal 40 Under 40Class of 2024
Mark K. Priebe Community Service Award, Springfield Police Department, for Angel’s Safe HouseApr 2023
Certificate of Achievement for five years of meritorious service, City of SpringfieldJan 2017
Corrections Officer of the Year, Warren County Sheriff’s Department, the department’s highest awardDec 2008
Commendations from the Chief of Police and command staff, noted in annual evaluations2013 to 2015

Leadership and Community Service

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

Feb 2022 to Aug 2026

Gave victims of serious crimes emergency shelter, food, security, counseling, and supplies during late-night hours, when such resources are scarce; 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, formally dissolved August 3, 2026, 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

Collective Bargaining Committee, February 2013 to June 2020: negotiated the Association’s first collective bargaining agreement with the City of Springfield over more than two years.
Compiled salary comparisons with other cities and crime data from comparable communities for the bargaining committee.
Treasurer, November 2014 to October 2018 (two terms) and November 2019 to June 2020 (returned to fill a vacancy); Insurance Administrator, November 2014 to May 2020. Managed finances and insurance benefits for 400+ members and positioned the Association to buy a new lodge.
Led fundraising for fallen and injured officers, including the relief fund for the family of an officer killed in the line of duty in March 2020, and built fundraising websites.
Served on the executive board and mentored a successor for the role.

Officer Mentoring Personal time

2023 to Present

Coach officers off duty on interview preparation and resume writing for specialty and promotional processes.

Professional Affiliations

Springfield Police Officers’ Association, member; officer roles appear under Leadership and Community ServiceSince 2012
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, Stand with Honor member and annual supporterSince 2022

Professional Training

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. SPOA Springfield Police Officers’ Association. T-1 and T-4 SPD in-service training cycles. OSINT open-source intelligence. CPE continuing professional education.