Years of Service: 1995-2020

Richard began his law enforcement career with the United States Border Patrol in 1995. Richard was stationed in the San Diego Sector, Chula Vista Station. In 1998, Richard was hired by the United States Secret Service and was assigned to the San Diego Field Office. Richard's career with the Secret Service was atypical of a normal Secret Service Special Agent in that he quickly developed expertise in Cyber Intelligence and often investigated financial and cyber crimes and conducted critical infrastructure analysis. Richard was the undercover agent for an international cybercriminal operation called Operation Carder Kaos from 2005 to 2008. During his time with the Secret Service, operations took him all over the world including Macau, China, Bangkok, Turkey, and Dubai.