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He was credited with the creation of the Total Efficiency Accountability Management System ( TEAMS ), a management analysis and accountability program that placed as a finalist for the Harvard University ’ s John F. Kennedy School of Government Award, for Innovations in American Government for year 2000.

Through TEAMS, the Department witnessed historic performance gains in virtually all areas of jail operations as a result of many new initiatives in violence reduction, overtime reduction, modernization of security equipment, an absence rate analysis program and others.