Norman D. Belson, Major (Ret.)


United States Army

 

P. O. Box 17122, Clearwater, FL 33762

727.535.9151 (home) * 727.515.1317 (cell) * 727.556.5078 (work)

E-mail address: njbelson1@aol.com

 

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

 


February 1962 – February 1982    

United States Army

I served in positions of increasing trust and responsibility throughout a 20-year career. Numerous positions involved primary responsibilities in the areas of physical as well as personnel, document and crypto security from the viewpoint of plans, operations and inspections in both peace and war. Assignments included those involving command, staff and instruction in the specific areas of protection of and accountability for government fixed and portable property and facilities and enforcement of Discipline, Law and Order. Highlights are:

§         Motor Pool Supervisor - Augsburg, Germany 1962-1963          

§         Communications Supervisor - Augsburg, Germany 1963-1964

§         Officers Candidate School - Fort Benning, GA 1964-1965

§         United States Army Special Forces - Fort Bragg, NC 1965

§         Republic of Viet Nam - Counterinsurgency Team 244th Psy War BN 1966-1967

§         Infantry and Headquarters Company Commander - Berlin, Germany 1967-1968

§         Republic of Viet Nam - Senior Advisor, 2nd BN, 10th Regiment, 7th ARVN Inf Div

§         Infantry Officer Advanced Course - Fort Benning, GA 1969-1970

§         Degree Completion Program - University of Tampa, Tampa, FL 1970-1971

§         ROTC Instructor - Georgia Military Academy, Milledgeville, GA 1972-1974

§         Battalion Executive Officer - Fort Dix, NJ 1974

§         Inspector General Staff (Investigations and Inspections) - Fort Dix, NJ 1974-1978

§         Assistant 5th Division Provost Marshall - Fort Polk, LA 1978-1979

§         Installation Police Operations Officer - Fort Polk, LA 1979-1982

 

November 1982 – June 2003

Clearwater Police Department, Police Officer

I was actively employed as either an Auxiliary Police Officer or as a State Certified Reserve Police Officer for the City of Clearwater, Florida beginning November 1982. Duties included home security surveys, support of Neighborhood Watch Programs, residential and commercial burglary investigations, surveillance of criminal activity, patrol operations, support of special events and 10 years street crime special operations, vice investigations and narcotics suppression operations and SWAT instructor. I donated in excess of 11,000 hours to the City of Clearwater, was Reserve Officer of the Year 13 times, decorated for excellent police work and recognized as Citizen of the Year for major contributions to Clearwater law enforcement.

 

February 1982 – July 2003

Federated Department Stores, Department Manager

I was employed by Federated Department Stores for 21 years with extensive experience in the collection of delinquent accounts, collection of bad debt accounts, return check collections, return check processing, budgeting, retail outlet inventory and accountability inspections and fraud identification and prevention. I also was involved in facility security and safety with lengthy service on the facility safety team.

 

RELATED EDUCATION

 


I have attended numerous military and civilian schools that either directly involved security and law enforcement or included major elements of such operations and concerns in the class curriculum. Those schools included:

§         Officer Candidate School, Fort Benning, GA 1964-1965

§         Infantry Officer Advanced Course, Fort Benning, GA 1969-1970

§         Department of the Army Inspector General School, Washington, D.C. 1975

§         United States Army Procurement School, Fort Lee, VA 1977

§         Drug Enforcement Administration Regional Course, New Orleans, LA 1979

§         FBI Sex Crimes Seminar, Milledgeville, GA 1980

§         Robbery & Burglary Control, Orlando, FL 1980

§         Auxiliary Police Officer Training, Largo, FL 1982

§         State Certified Police Officer Academy, Largo, FL 1984-1985

§         Clearwater Police Department Field Training Program (560 Hours) 1985-1986

§         Continuing law enforcement training with the City of Clearwater 1982 - 2003

§         National Rifle Association (NRA) instructor,  training counselor and certified range safety officer

 

 

 

CIVILIAN EDUCATION

 


§         University of Tampa, Tampa, Florida - Bachelors of Science Business 1970-1971

§         Pepperdine University, Malibu, California - Master of Arts Human Resource Management 1978

 

PERSONAL

 


      Married to Jane (40 years) and have four children and three grandchildren.  Jane is my assistant firearms instructor.