WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL AGENDA BILL NO. 2016 151
CLEARANCES Initial Date Date Received in Council Office Agenda Date Assigned to: County Cou 4/6/2016 4/19/2016 Introduction Orif!,inator:
Division Head:
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Prosecutor:
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Executive: TITLE OF DOCUMENT: Appointment to Law and Justice Council: Applicant Robert Hines
ATTACHMENTS: Application and Resume
SEPA review required? ( ) Yes ( ) NO Should Clerk schedule a hearing ? ( ) Yes ( X ) NO SEPA review completed? ( ) Yes ( ) NO Requested Date:
SUMMARY STATEMENT OR LEGAL NOTICE LANGUAGE: (If this item is an ordinance or requires a public hearing, you must provide the language for use in the required public notice. Be specific and cite RCW or WCC as appropriate. Be clear in explaining the intent of the action.) Three. year term ending January 31, 2019.
COMMITTEE ACTION: COUNCIL ACTION:
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Please Note: Once adopted and signed, ordinances and resolutions are available for viewing and printing on the County's website at: www.co.whatcom.wa.us/council. Law and Justice Council Application Robert Hines
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2016 7:51 PM
Subject: Online Form Submittal: Board and Commission Application
Board and Commission Application
Step 1
Application for Appointment to Whatcom County Boards and Commissions
Public Statement THIS IS A PUBLIC DOCUMENT: As a candidate for a public board or commission, the information provided will be available to the County Council, County Executive, and the public. All board and commission members are expected to be fair, impartial, and respectful of the public, County staff, and each other. Failure to abide by these expectations may result in revocation of appointment and removal from the appointive position.
First Name Robert
Last Name Hines
Date 4/4/2016
Street Address 822 11th Street
City Bellingham
Zip 98225
Do you have a different Field not completed. mailing address?
Primary Telephone 7033957196
Secondary Telephone Field not completed.
Email Address [email protected]
Step 2
1. Name of Board or Law and Justice Council Committee
2. Do you meet the Yes residency, employment,
Hines Application: Page 1 and/or affiliation requirements of the position for which you're applying?
3. Which Council district District 1 do you live in?
4. Are you a US citizen? Yes
5. Are you registered to Yes vote in Whatcom County?
6. Have you ever been a No member of this Board/Commission?
7. Do you or your spouse No have a financial interest in or are you an employee or officer of any business or agency that does business with Whatcom County?
You may attach a resume Resume Robert J Hines Apr 2016.pdf or detailed summary of experience, qualifications, & interest in response to the following questions
8. Please describe your Field not completed. occupation (or former occupation if retired), qualifications, professional and/or community activities, and education
9. Please describe why I have spent my entire adult life in Public Service and would you're interested in like to continue by assisting the citizens of Whatcom County. serving on this board or comm1ss10n
References (please Kenneth Hines 425-941-7221 include daytime telephone number):
Signature of applicant: Robert J Hines
Hines Application: Page2 Place Signed I Submitted Bellingham, WA
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Hines Application: Page 3 Robert J. Hines 822 11th Street Bellingham, W A 98225 703-395-7196 Email: [email protected] Current Clearance: Top Secret
Department of State 01/2012- Present Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) EXBS Advisor/Trainer (Contractor) Washington, DC
I have conducted basic and supervisory training for host countty Border Police in operational tactics, planning and equipment. I have also provided courses in Human and Contraband Trafficking, Sign-Cutting, Ethics and Integrity, Fraudulent Documents, Officer Safety and Interdiction Techniques. I have taught courses in Albania, Bosnia, Chad, Ecuador, Jordan, Kosovo, Oman and Vietnam.
Department of Homeland Security 12/2009- 0112012 Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Resident Agent in Charge (Supervisory Criminal Investigator) GS-14 (Re-hired annuitant) Yakima, WA
I supervised 11 Special Agents in the Yakima and Pasco, W A offices. HSI investigates violations of customs, immigration and banking laws. These violations include narcotics & weapons and human smuggling/trafficking, money laundering, child exploitation, trademark infringement and transnational crimes.
Department of Homeland Security 01/2009- 12/2009 Office of Professional Responsibility Senior Special Agent (Criminal Investigator) GS-14 (Re-hired annuitant) Washington, DC
I conducted internal investigations of persons employed by or contract employees ofDHS. I also reviewed programs to ensure compliance with existing policy, directives and laws governing government operations.
Self Employed Contractor 5/2008-12/2008 Potomac River Group Leesburg, VA
I conducted training in Border Control Management for host country Border Security Forces, under the US Department of State Anti-Terrorism Assistance Program, in the countries of Bangladesh and Kenya. These were two-week training programs conducted in the requesting country.
US Department of Homeland Security- 02/2007- 4/2008 Special Agent in Charge District of Columbia Office Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC) GS-15 Immigration and Customs Enforcement Sterling, VA
I served as the supervisor for five criminal investigative groups and as such, supervised five Group Supervisors and approximately 65 Special Agents. I supervised the Asset Forfeiture/Money Laundering, Human Trafficking/Human Rights Violators, Violent Gang, and Narcotics Trafficking groups US Department of Homeland Security 03/2003 - 02/2007 US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Headquarters Unit Chief GS-15 Washington, DC
I supervised the Office of State and Local Coordination (OSLC). The OSLC was responsible for planning, coordinating and conducting training for State and Local police officers in federal immigration and customs law, once trained; these officers participated in ICE Task Forces
US Immigration and Naturalization Service Honolulu District Office Investigations 09/2001 - 03/2003 Honolulu, Hawaii Supervisory Special Agent GS-13
I supervised 10 Special Agents working on the Joint Terrorist Task Force (JTTF), Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF), immigration fraud, contraband/human trafficking and narcotics cases. I was detailed to Belgrade, Serbia, to assist the Serbian government in developing an Anti-Human Trafficking program March 2002 to July 2002.
US Border Patrol Tucson Border Patrol Sector Assistant Chief Patrol Agent 06/1996- 9-2001 GS-14 Tucson, AZ
I supervised the daily operations of 6 Border Patrol Stations which included approximately 75 Supervisory Border Patrol Agents and 800 Patrol Agents. I also supervised the Anti-Smuggling and Intelligence programs, Air Operations, Communication Center, Fleet Management & Maintenance, and Human Resources.
US Border Patrol Border Patrol Tactical Unit (BORTAC) Commander BORTAC 05/1994-06-1996 GS 14 El Paso, TX
As the BORTAC Commander, I served as the senior tactical operations advisor to I&NS Commissioner. I also planned, coordinated and directed domestic and foreign tactical enforcement and training operations. I was the Border Operations Subject Matter Expert on US State Department Country Assessment Teams in Estonia, Lithuania and India.
US Border Patrol Calexico Border Patrol Station Assistant Patrol Agent in Charge (APAIC) 07/1992-0511994 GS-13 Calexico, CA
As the AP AIC I supervised the daily enforcement operations of the station and supervised 15 Supervisory Patrol Agents and 75 Border Patrol Agents.
US Border Patrol USBP Special Operations Coordination Center Field Operations Supervisor 0511988-07/1992 GS-13 El Paso, TX
I planned, directed, coordinated and supervised dmg interdiction operations along the South West Border ofthe United States, with Federal, State/Local law enforcement agencies. I served as a Team Leader for Operation SNOWCAP, a source country cocaine interdiction operation, in the Republic of Bolivia. US Border Patrol Blaine, WA,!Brown Field/Chula Vista/Imperial Beach, CA 10/1976- 5/1988
I served as a Border Patrol Agent and Supervisory Border Patrol Agent in the Stations listed above.
US Border Patrol and related experience;
09/1972-09/1975 US Anny Security Agency (served on the DMZ in the Republic of Korea)
06/1976- Completed the US Armey Counter-Intelligence Agent Course
10/1976-02/1977 Attended & Graduated US Border Patrol Academy
04/1983 - Certified Border Patrol Instructor
06/1986 - Completed San Sheriffs Special Weapons and Tactics School (SWAT)
09/1987- Completed the US Border Patrol Tactical Training Course IV (BORT A C) ..11\CKLOUWS rr;VOUNCILMBVI~ County Executive RrECfE~VfE [LjJ Barbara E Brenner S:rtpal Sdhu Barry Buchanan APR 12 2016 Rud Browne Todd Donovan Ken Mann WHATCOM COUNTY Carl Weimer COUNCIL APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT TO WHATCOM COUNTY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS PLEASE PRINT LEGIBLY and COMPLETE ALL ITEMS L( }I J-/f b Name: ____~_)_~-~--~-~--~-'---~--~--\~_Yf_._,Jr ______Date: street Address: 36 tf] \JJoocA \c... \u 'Rd · City: Be\\', 'C\~'"'"''"' VV\ Zip Code: Mailing Address (if d'f#erent from street address):------,------.---.,------ Day Telephone(3£0) (;"11 ~ ~ S b(,; Eveni~g Telephone(1 b(->) b 50"' 91'11 Cell Phone{3(;0) 3J CJ"' S L/6{ E-mail address: \O 'fV\Q <;-\- \t\l..A\\t.)..Q ~ ~@) 0~''"'0:,\ · (C\11\:-.
1. Name of board or committee-please see reverse: 2. You must specify which position you are applying for. Please refer to vacancy list.
3. Do you meet the residency, employment, and/or affiliation requirements of the position for which you're applying? (If applicable, please refer to vacancy list.) --- ·····--··········· .. ····· ········(\.¥Yes ( ) no 4. WhichCouncildistrictdoyoulivein?······· ...... ()One ('.l) ...'T'wo ()Three 5. Are you a US citizen? ...... ·········· ...... (\.?Yes ( ) no /" 6. Are you registered to vote in Whatcom County? ·· ...... ··· ·· ········ ( J yes ( ) no 7. Have you ever been a member of this Board/Commission?· · · · · .... ·· · ·· .... · · ·· ..... · · · · · · ( ) yes ( v)"'"rio If yes, dates: ______8. Do you or your spouse have a financial interest in or are you an employee or officer of any business or agency that does business with Whatcom County? ··· · ··· ···--·--···· ·· ····· ( ) yes (vf no If yes, please explain: ------
You may attach a resume or detailed summary of experience, qualifications, & interest in response to the following questions. 9. Please describe your occupation (or former occupation if retired), qualifications, professional and/or community
activities, and education. IIi_ ll ··(\ 1 • . . Ll .. \_ ~ o n O< t~ - Y '-< tt \i' <, 1 10. Please describe why you're interested in serving on this board or commission:__,f'-_4-'-"'Ct,_.M'-"'-~h_,{....,Q=------c.:1· \c" Jvv c~ References (please include daytime telephone number): Signature of applicant: ~ j, zr~-- THIS IS A PUBLIC DOCU~N : As a candidate for a public board or commission, the above information will be available to the County o cit, County Executive, and the public. All board and commission members are expected to be fair, impart• , and respectful of the public, County staff, and each other. Failure to abide by these expectations may result in revocation of appointment and removal from the appointive position. RlECE~VlED James T. Hulbert 3647 Woodlake Rd. APR 12 2016 Bellingham, WA 98226 WHATCOM COUNTY (360) 325-5461 COUNCIL April 12, 2016 Office of the County Council 311 Grand Avenue, Suite 105 Bellingham, WA 98225 Re: Application for Law and Justice Council Vacancy Dear Whatcom County Council: I am writing to express my interest in serving on the Law and Justice Committee. I was raised in Bellingham, attending Lowell Elementary School, Fairhaven Middle School and Sehome High School. I was employed as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney in the Whatcom County Prosecuting Attorney's Office for 18 years, from 1998 through 2016. In February of this year I left to take a position as an associate attorney at Adelstein, Sharpe & Serka in Bellingham. I feel that my professional experience as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney gives me a unique perspective that would be valuable to the Law and Justice Council. I am intimately familiar with issues of workflow in the Prosecuting Attorney's Office, as well as issues impacting docket traffic in Whatcom County Superior Court. I have first-hand knowledge regarding local law enforcement practices and the exercise of prosecutorial discretion in the Whatcom County, and I know how both of these affect important public issues such as the Whatcom County Jail population on a daily basis. During my time in the Prosecutor's office I enjoyed a warm and productive relationship with virtually all of the defense bar. I believe that I was also appreciated by the Superior Court Judges for having a perspective beyond simply prosecuting and punishing offenders. To that end, I encourage you to contact Chief Public Defender Starck Follis, and any of the Superior Court Judges. Judge Snyder, in particular has seen me practice for the majority of my career. Both Mr. Follis and Judge Snyder's contact information are in my attached resume. Thank you for your consideration. James T. Hulbert Contact Information Address: 3647 Woodlake Road, Bellingham, WA 98226 Telephone: (360) 650-9771 (home) (360) 325-5461 (mobile) Email: [email protected] Professional Experience District Court Deputy Prosecutor 1998-2000 Whatcom County Prosecutor's Office Bellingham, WA • Prosecuted adult misdemeanors in Whatcom County District Court • Litigated Whatcom County Superior Court mental health commitment hearings Juvenile Court Deputy Prosecutor 2000-2003 Whatcom County Prosecutor's Office Bellingham, WA • Prosecuted felony and misdemeanor juvenile offenses in Whatcom County Superior Court • Argued before the Washington Supreme Court in State v. C.G., 150 Wash.2d 604 (2003) Superior Court Deputy Prosecutor 2003-2016 Whatcom County Prosecutor's Office Bellingham, WA • Prosecuted adult felonies in Whatcom County Superior Court • Taught jury selection techniques at W APA conference, September 2014 Associate Attorney 2016-Present Adelstein, Sharpe & Serka Bellingham, W A Education • Tulane University Law School 1994-1997 Juris Doctor New Orleans, LA • Whitman College 1990-1994 Bachelor of Arts Wall a Wall a, W A • Sehome High School 1986-1990 Bellingham, W A Other Finisher: 2009 Boston Marathon Professional References • Starck Follis: Chief Deputy Whatcom County Public Defender's Office (360) 778-5640 • Eric Richey: Chief Criminal Deputy Whatcom County Prosecutor's Office (360) 778-5710 • Judge Charles Snyder Whatcom County Superior Court