Northeast Watercraft Reconstruction Specialists investigates and reconstructs pleasure craft, personal watercraft and near coastal commercial collisions. These are the types of vessels the staff at NeWARS operate and are experts in and around. This allows NeWARS to provide the level of expertise expected in a watercraft reconstruction investigation.
The NeWARS professional's has over thirty-five years of law enforcement experience and equivalent sea time, backed by a skilled technical staff that can investigate, analyze and reconstruct a watercraft collision and present the findings in court.
Founder and lead investigator Robert J. Cronin is a USCG licensed Master with over twent-five years of full time law enforcement experience. Mr. Cronin has investigated over 700 collisions of various types ranging from industrial vehicle fatalities to his specialty of watercraft collision investigaton. Mr. Cronin is also a watercraft accident reconstruction training facilitor and instructor.
NeWARS is a Newburyport MA based company and is available to travel as required.
Come visit us at WWW.newars.com or Email Captain Robert Cronin at specialist@newars.com
Background
Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:A: Acredited Police Officer; Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1981 to present
United States Coast Guard Master (USCG # 999358)
Standard field sobiety testing; providing expert tetimony in OUI/DWI cases
Massachusetts Criminal Justice Training Council; Crime Scene Management
National Highway Safety Administration Occupent protection; Instructor
Kustom Signal Corp: Radar Lidar Instructor
National Highway Safety Administraion, Occupant Protection Stategey Instructor
Boston and Maine Railroad; train and grade crossing accident reconstructionist
Massachusetts Bay TRansportation Authority "Operation Lifesaver" Instructor
University of North Florida; Institute of Police Technology and Management (ITPM):
1. At Scene Traffic Crash/Traffic
Homicide Investigation
2. Advanced Traffic Accident Investigation
3. Traffic Crash Reconstruction
Texas A&M University;
1. Fundementals of Measurements and
Diagramming
2. Photography for the Crash
Investagator
University of North Florida (ITPM), Watercraft Investagation and Incident Reconstruction
National Assocation of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA)/United States Coast Guard/ Underwriter's Labs
1. National Boating Accident and Analysis, comprehenisive
2. National Boating Accident and Analysis, Advanced
3. National Boating Accident and Analysis,
Training Facilitator/Instructor
**please see CV for more detailed listing
Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
A: Massachusetts Police Association
National Association of Professional Accident Reconstructionists
International Association of Marine Investigators
United States Power Squadron
Boat US
Professional Association of Dive Instructors (PADI)
Massachusetts (Northshore Chapter) Harbormaster's Association
Recreational Marine Research Center; National Boater Panel
Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
A: Massachusetts (North Shore) Harbormasters Academy; instructor.
North East (MA) Regional Police Institute
In-Service and Reserve Academy
Drug enforcement and awareness
Occupent Protection Stratagies
Licensing and registation compliance
Incident Command Systems ICS 200
Andover Police liason to Board of Selectman
Operation Lifesaver; variious public schools
Mathmatics and Crash Reconstruction; guest speaker: Andover Public Schools,Phillips Andover Academy, Merrimack College
Q: Have any of your accreditations ever been investigated, suspended or removed? (if yes, explain)
A: NO
Q: On how many occasions have you been retained as an expert?
A: For my last 24 years I have been involved with the Prosecution side of the courtroom
Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
A: I have tesifies as an expert in the area of DWI/OUI as well as traffic crash matters.
Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?
A: About a dozen
Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?
A: August 2004
Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?
A: 3
Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?
A: numerous
Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
A: in one way or another 23 years
Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
A: Accident/crash analysis andreport review
witness interview
Crash Reconstruction
Scene mapping/ CAD
Federal/State navigation rules
GPS interpretation
Occupant Kinematics
Forensic Photography
Court Testimony
System examination (limited)
policy and procdure issues involving marinas and/or harbor-marine patrol
State operator's boat/PWC/watercraft licesne issues
Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?
A: First hour; no charge
$150.00 there after
Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?
A: My rate for all review, analysis and court prep is $150.00 per hour.
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide deposition testimony?
A: $150.00 , four hour minimum. Six hour maximun depositiion, travel and waiting time. Any time over six hours requires a second day of depositiion. Plus expenses
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?
A: $150.00, four hour minimum ($75.00 per hour on telephone stand-by with a four hour minimum). Plus expenses
Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)
A: Travel expenses include meals, fuel, plane fare, hotel, car rental if need be.
Special eqipment for a Reconstuction will be discussed
