How to Protect Yourself from Scams

Trumbull County Sheriff's Office presents

How to Protect Yourself from Scams

Date/Time: Wednesday, October 15 at 1pm

Location: Meeting Room

David Ruggiero, Captain Special Operations, Trumbull County Sheriff’s Office will talk to participants about ways to protect themselves against scams; digital, electronic, cellphone, and land line phone calls. 

David began his Law Enforcement career with the Trumbull County Sheriff’s Office in 1977 working in the jail. In 1981, he moved to Houston and started his Law Enforcement career with the Harris County Constable as a process server and patrol officer. In 1984, he transferred to the Sheriff’s Office where he filled a myriad of positions earning several promotions. In 1991, David moved from the Special Services Bureau to patrol as newly promoted Sergeant. David spent the next 16 years on patrol and assigned to the Emergency Response Team as a Medic and Hostage Negotiator. He worked to improving training for patrol and helped expand the field training program for new patrol deputies.

David also realized a need for Crime Prevention & Tactical Training for patrol personnel and worked to promote and instruct crime prevention classes utilizing technology to help create scheduling based on need and call volume. As an instructor he worked tirelessly to see his personnel received proper training and guidance while on patrol. Throughout his career David promoted the tenants of Crime Prevention / Neighborhood Policing among the personnel.

He was assigned internal affairs cases and helped prosecute several employees for criminal activity while on duty. ERT (SWAT), Police Instructor, Investigator, Crime Prevention Specialist, college student and Field Training Supervisor were just some of the hats he wore throughout his career with the Sheriff’s Office. David’s passion became “crime prevention”, through training and using C P tactics, criminal trends were easy to track. By using the computer to map these anomalies he was able to map schedules to suit the needs of the communities he served and was successful utilizing these methods. This is why today David still lectures on the benefits of educating the public to be aware of crime trends and avoid being victimized.

After Retiring from the Sheriff’s Office in 2007 as a Sergeant Major in patrol, David returned to the area and accepted a position with HUD as the Chief for the Trumbull Metro Housing Authority, spending 15 years at the Housing Authority, promoting neighborhood safety and crime prevention methods both for employees and residents. Working closely with the neighboring police agency’s Dave continued lecturing and guiding residents to safer neighborhoods. For David, it was time to come home and finish his law enforcement career where he started, at the invitation of …

-Sheriff Michael G. Wilson