David Skica
North East,MD
Summary
Diligent Investigator with proven background in law enforcement and investigative procedures. Successfully led complex investigations and collaborated with various agencies to solve high-profile cases. Demonstrated expertise in critical thinking and problem-solving, ensuring thorough and accurate case resolutions.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Detective Corporal/Child Advocacy Center/ICAC
Harford County Sheriff’s Office
04.2025 - Current
- Performing the duties of a law enforcement Detective to supplement case assignments and lessen the burden of Detectives in my charge.
- Supervising, assisting and guiding subordinate staff in the performance of their duties.
- Reviewing police reports from the HCSO, surrounding LE Agencies, Child Protective Services (CPS), and Internet Exploitation notifications for case assignment/screen out.
- Liaison between the HCSO and Local/Federal partners to coordinate investigations in cooperation.
Corporal - Patrol Division/Northern Precinct
Harford County Sheriff’s Office
04.2024 - 04.2025
- Performing the duties of a law enforcement officer.
- Supervising, assisting and guiding subordinate staff in the performance of their duties.
- Assisting with shift briefings, training and performance evaluations.
- Enforcing adherence to policies and procedures.
Detective - Criminal Investigation Division
Harford County Sheriff’s Office
08.2013 - 04.2024
- Mid-Level Investigations – Northern Precinct (2013 – 2015): Focus on Property Crime/Fraud/Complex investigations specific to the northern area of Harford County
- CID/Property (2015 – 2016): Focus on Property Crime (Residential/Commercial/Financial)
- CID/Major Case (2016 – 2019): Focus on Crimes Against Persons/Adult. Received Unit Citation.
- CID/CAC/ICAC (2019 – 2024): Focus on Crimes Against Children and Internet Exploitation of Children. Received Unit Citation.
Deputy/DFC – Criminal Patrol Division
Harford County Sheriff’s Office
10.2008 - 08.2013
- Lateralled from BPD to the Harford County Sheriff’s Office.
- Protect life and property with the Criminal Patrol Division.
- Work in conjunction with local, state and federal agencies to enforce the criminal and traffic laws as well as State of Maryland and Harford County codes.
- Trusted with complex investigations which go beyond the normal expectations of a Patrol Deputy.
- Conduct street level investigations ranging from Narcotic/Property crimes to Crimes against Persons.
- Effect on-view arrests and appeared in court for case prosecution.
Detective - VCID
Baltimore Police Department
05.2005 - 10.2008
- Violent Crime Impact Division (VCID).
- Targeted violent individuals in the pursuit of building criminal cases.
- Conducted Narcotics investigations on a Street/Mid-Level basis.
Police Officer – Patrol Division/Western District
Baltimore Police Department
04.2003 - 05.2005
- Proactively challenged the true problem areas and persons of interest that reside in those areas.
- Has proven the ability to lead despite limited years of experience.
- Worked with operational and detective units to disseminate the known persons of interest for the purposes of long-term and/or felony investigations.
Police Officer Trainee
Baltimore Police Department
11.2002 - 04.2003
- Class 02-04 Baltimore Police Department/Training Academy
Education
MS -
Johns Hopkins University
Columbia, MD05.2007
BA - Soc/Anthro
Towson University
Towson, MD05.2002
Graduate - undefined
Triton High School
Runnemede, NJ05.1998
Skills
- Integrity and honesty
- Patience and persistence
- Microsoft 365
- LE Research Databases
- Interview/Interrogation skills
- Courtroom testimony
- Incident investigation
- Information gathering
- Logical reasoning
- Researching skills
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Problem-solving
- Time management
- Attention to detail
SKILLS SUMMARY
Over 20 years of Law Enforcement experience between two agencies in Maryland. I have been a Detective for well over half that time, and I am presently a Corporal within the HCSO/Child Advocacy Center (CAC) after being a patrol division first-line supervisor. I have conducted investigations relating to violent crime to include Homicides, as well as Crimes Against Children/Internet Exploitation, Narcotics and Property Crime. I am a Law Enforcement Instructor/Firearms Instructor and Certified Polygraph Examiner.
Certification
- ICS 300 2025
- MPCTC First-Line Supervisor’s Class 2024
- HCSO Supervisor School 2024
- Basic Sexual Offender Interview 2024
- ICAC Undercover Chat 2023
- Nat’l LE Training Ctr Child Exploitation Conference 2022
- NCA Child Abuse Symposium 2021
- ICAC Griffeey 2019
- ICACOPS IT Training 2019
- Harvard & Assoc Int’l Police Science Homicide Conference 2019
- Glock Armorer 2016
- Basic Historical Cell Site Analysis 2016
- Case Explorer 2014
- Rolling Surveillance 2014
- Reid School of Interview and Interrogation (Basic/Advanced) 2014
- 4th Amendment Application for Investigators 2014
- Forensic Statement Analysis 2013
- Tactical Explosive Breacher 2012
ADDITIONAL DUTIES AND ASSIGNMENTS
MPCTC General Instructor (October 2014 – Present)
- Certified through MPCTC to teach courses of instruction.
- Develop lesson plans to facilitate training.
- Execute those lesson plans to communicate a set of ideas to students.
MPCTC Firearms Instructor (October 2014 – Present)
- Facilitate Agency Firearms Qualifications to current/past Agency members.
- Facilitate individual instruction during qualifications and informal range time.
- Facilitate advanced tactical shooting courses of fire.
- Maintaining a safe training environment for shooters at the Agency range.
HCSO Special Response Team/SWAT (October 2011 – November 2016)
- Assisted in serving high-risk warrants/suspect apprehensions.
- Assisted in resolving barricaded subjects/hostage rescue scenarios.
- Assisted in training Agency members with Active Assailant response. (Prior to adoption of ALERRT)
- Assisted in developing/executing the first energetic breaching program in the unit’s history.
- Valor citation and Unit citation awarded.
HCSO Polygraph Examiner (November 2021 – Present)
- Conduct Pre-Employment Examinations of applicants to the Harford County Sheriff’s Office/allied Agencies.
- Conduct Examinations of persons involved in a criminal incident.
- Participate in bi-annual training on the current trends/topics as well as past case studies that involve the use of the Polygraph instrument.
Timeline
Detective Corporal/Child Advocacy Center/ICAC
Harford County Sheriff’s Office
04.2025 - Current
Corporal - Patrol Division/Northern Precinct
Harford County Sheriff’s Office
04.2024 - 04.2025
Detective - Criminal Investigation Division
Harford County Sheriff’s Office
08.2013 - 04.2024
Deputy/DFC – Criminal Patrol Division
Harford County Sheriff’s Office
10.2008 - 08.2013
Detective - VCID
Baltimore Police Department
05.2005 - 10.2008
Police Officer – Patrol Division/Western District
Baltimore Police Department
04.2003 - 05.2005
Police Officer Trainee
Baltimore Police Department
11.2002 - 04.2003
BA - Soc/Anthro
Towson University
Graduate - undefined
Triton High School
MS -
Johns Hopkins University