Joel Balcazar

Safeguarding high-profile individuals from threats through proactive planning, risk assessment, and close personal security, including advance work, secure transportation, surveillance detection, incident response, and logistical support, requiring discretion, adaptability, and the ability to work long hours/travel.

Executive Protection Agent at Las Vegas sands (2021-08 – Present)

Safeguarding high-profile individuals from threats through proactive planning, risk assessment, and close personal security, including advance work, secure transportation, surveillance detection, incident response, and logistical support, requiring discretion, adaptability, and the ability to work long hours/travel.

Police Officer at Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (2018-05 – 2021-05)

Protected life and property through the enforcement of City and County laws and regulation; proactively patrol assigned areas.

• Respond to calls for police service
• Conduct preliminary and follow-up criminal and traffic investigations
• Active role in Community oriented policing
• Prepares written reports and field notes of investigations and patrol activities
• Operate a law enforcement vehicle under emergency conditions day or night
• Self initiate traffic and/or criminal investigations

Weather Forecaster at United States Air Force (2010-04 – 2018-04)

Collect, analyze and integrate atmospheric and space environmental information into military decision-making processes. Observe, record, and transmit surface, upper air and space environment observations. Operate atmospheric and space-sensing instruments and computer workstations to interrogate data from weather radars, meteorological satellites, and products provided by military, national, and international weather agencies.

• Use a detailed understanding of the atmosphere and space environment to translate raw data into decision-quality environmental information
• Issue advisories, watches and warnings to alert users of dangerous, inclement, or operationally significant terrestrial and space weather events
• Understand war fighter tactics, techniques and procedures to maximize air, space, cyberspace combat power
• Utilizes weather tactics, techniques, and procedures to integrate weather information into the decision-making process at all levels to mitigate and exploit weather impact on operations
• Manage weather operations, ensure quality, and adapt resources to meet mission requirements
• Performs and manages the collection, analysis, and forecast of atmospheric weather and space environmental conditions to enable decision superiority and application of land, air, space and cyberspace power across the full spectrum of military operations

Security Officer/Supervisor at Starside Security (2007-04 – 2010-04)

Guard personnel and assets from harm, and patrol ATM machines for Wells Fargo and supervise other guards.

– Mt. San Antonio College (2006-09 – 2008-09)

High School Diploma – Rowland Adult School