Law Enforcement Expert Witnesses
Law & Legal Expert Witness Listings
On this page you will find expert witnesses who may give expert opinions regarding law enforcement. The professionals found through this page may advise regarding police, sheriff, and law enforcement agents. Experts found through this page may also testify regarding law enforcement of court judgments, jail, excessive force, police, prison authorities, and campus authorities, as well as related subjects.
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Beth A. Mohr, CFE, FSA, CFCS, CAMS, CCCI, MPA, PI, is a Police Practices expert with over 30 years of sworn and non-sworn investigative experience. Ms. Mohr has testified as an expert in numerous state and federal court proceedings, depositions, and...
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My name is David T. Sweeney. I am a Police Policy and Procedure expert and a retired 34-year veteran police leader with Seattle Police and Oregon State University PD. I have decades of experience supervising a large number of police officers and supervisors....
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Current Chief of Police with over 40 years of experience in a wide range of federal, state, local, and private criminal justice leadership positions. Areas of expertise include use of force, deadly & less-lethal weapons; law enforcement training; TASER...
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As a retired Undersheriff from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) with over 32 years of experience, Chris is exceptionally qualified to provide an evidence-based case assessment and render a quality expert opinion on police practices,...
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I am a retired LAPD Lieutenant with forty years of law enforcement experience and combined security experience. I am also the former owner and CEO of a major security company in Southern California. I am a licensed private investigator in California....
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Wyoming
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Ryan Dabney
I am a Law Enforcement Officer with 19 years of service and am currently employed as an Operations Captain for a mid-sized agency. I have instructed hundreds of officers on use of force,...
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California
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I am a retired LAPD Captain and FBI National Academy graduate with more than 33 years of experience in police practices, use-of-force review, officer-involved shootings, internal affairs investigations,...
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Illinois
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Areas of Expertise: Mental Health, Criminal Justice, Mentally Ill, Police, Police Apprehension of the Mentally Ill, Police Policies and Procedures, Crisis Intervention Teams, Jail Suicide.
George C....
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Michigan
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Daniel B. Kennedy began his career in criminal justice and security administration as a civilian crime analyst with the Detroit Police Department in 1966. Over the next decade, Dr. Kennedy also served...
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Multiple Locations
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Michael Gerard
Police Practices & Premises Security Expert
Michael Gerard is an expert in Police Practices and Premises Security with 25 years of professional experience in law enforcement. Mike’s...
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California
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Dr. Lisa Boesky is a Jail Suicide expert.
Dr. Boesky is Psychologist who has focused on Correctional Suicide for 30 years. Dr. Boesky conducts audits/reviews of Jail Suicide Prevention Programs, presents...
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Multiple Locations
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Lenard Vare has over 28 years of practical experience in inmate management in both jails and prisons in CA and NV. He served as a prison Warden with the State of Nevada for four years managing various...
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California
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Dr. Chuck J. Rylant is a Doctor of Psychology and a Federal and State Court qualified expert witness with over 27 years of professional experience.
He has been retained in more than 250 cases and has...
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Texas
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With over 20 years as a police officer and crime scene investigator, I offer expert forensic consultation and training through Justice Matters, LLC. Specializing in crime scene investigation, shooting...
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Ohio
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Jeff Eiser has over 29 years of practical work experience in the operation and administration of one of the largest local corrections systems in the United States. He has extensive experience and expertise...
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Tennessee
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Dr. Ken Lang is a retired 25‑year law enforcement veteran and former homicide and violent‑crime detective with extensive experience in criminal investigations, police practices, use‑of‑force analysis,...
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Massachusetts
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Professional Overview
Dr. Matthew B. Ross is a nationally recognized authority in the quantitative analysis of administrative policing data and its application in high-stakes civil rights litigation....
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Multiple Locations
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Michael Pearl
Police Practices & Premises Security Expert
Michael Pearl is a premises security and police practices expert with more than two decades of professional experience. As an expert at Robson...
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Nevada
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As a retired Police Lieutenant with Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD). William has over 26 years of experience in all aspects of policing and criminal investigations having worked in several...
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Multiple Locations
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Leeanne Whitwell was a Special Agent assigned to the Threat Assessment Section within the U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) in Washington, DC. She has conducted over 1,000 assessments and investigations into...
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California
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Carl Charles is a retired Southern California police chief. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology with an option in Criminology and Corrections from California State University, Northridge, and...
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Texas
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Retired Captain Spencer Fomby is the section chair for the National Tactical Officers Association Public Order Section and coordinated the creation of the NTOA Public Order Response and Operation Standards,...
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Multiple Locations
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Police Practices & Premises Security Expert
Mark Meredith has over 25 years of experience in law enforcement and security, working with police agencies, the Department of Homeland Security, tribal governments,...
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Virginia
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Retired ATF Agent Curtis Marshall spent his career as a top-notch tactical instructor and firearms aficionado. Mr. Marshall has unmatched tactical training and instructional experience and. As a member...
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Indiana
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Kouns is a former Special Agent and Supervisory Special Agent of the FBI. For more than 22 years he served the Bureau in the field and at FBI Headquarters while conducting or overseeing criminal, counter-terrorism...
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Pennsylvania
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Michael J. Rein, BA, MA, ACE, CPP, CPD, INCI, CPM, CCCO, EMT is well-versed in law enforcement, emergency medical services, and fire service, Mike assists clients in assessing their public safety needs...
Location:
Idaho
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* Chief of Police with over 32 years of law enforcement experience.
* Use of force, de-escalation, and community engagement expert.
* Technologist with extensive expertise in law enforcement technology...
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Virginia
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David Breder retired from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service as a Special Agent, having served in leadership assignments which include team lead, Supervisory Special Agent, Assistant Special Agent...
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California
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With over 30 years of experience in the California prison system, including more than two decades specializing in inmate classification, I offer expert witness services grounded in extensive firsthand...
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Florida
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Providing professional services in correctional healthcare legal proceedings.
Specializing in nurse and nurse practitioner standard of care determination.
Experience testifying: NP, CNS, PA, RN,...
Location:
California
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Karen Laser is a seasoned professional in policing and security, offering over 30 years of experience in law enforcement and consultancy. As the President of Laser Consulting, Inc., she specializes in...
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California and Oregon
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Cathy Riggs, M.S.
Police Practices and Use of Force Expert
Cathy Riggs, M.S., is a retired Sergeant from the Los Angeles Police Department with more than 31 years of service, including 25 years in...
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Oregon
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Heather Amy is a highly experienced Law Enforcement Consultant specializing in Use of Force Investigations. With over 29 years in law enforcement, she has received extensive training in Use of Force, Homicide...
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Pennsylvania
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Margaret van Naerssen, PhD, (Applied Linguistics) is an Expert in Second Language Development, English Language Proficiency Assessment, and Language in Social Contexts). Since 1997, her forensic linguistics...
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Multiple Locations
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Vastly Experienced Police Expert, working for plaintiffs as well as the defense. Over 31 years as a Los Angeles Police Officer. Trained / Taught new officers, in the field, for 24 years in all facets of...
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Virginia
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Key Associates is a group of highly competent men and women whose professional experience encompasses the entire spectrum of police related subjects. Some of their areas of expertise include: police training,...
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Multiple Locations
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Patrick McCarthy has served in executive leadership roles for multiple Fortune 500 companies—including U.S. Bank, Cisco Systems, Inc., Fifth Third Bancorp, Capital One Financial Corp, and Western Digital...
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New Jersey
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Earnest Welch is a highly experienced professional with a diverse background in law enforcement, security management, and military service. A combat veteran and Infantry leader, Earnest brings over 18...
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Multiple Locations
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Daniel Brown is a Law Enforcement expert with close to 28 years of combined policing and military service. He is a seasoned professional specializing in Police Policy and Procedure, Excessive/Deadly Force,...
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California
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Executive Summary:
* I have been involved in law enforcement since 1980.
* In the recent 12 month period (June 2023 to June 2024), I have consulted on twelve cases for both
plaintiff...
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Virginia
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Brian O’Donnell had a tremendous career in law enforcement inclusive of extensive operational, investigative, leadership and training experiences. Utilizing his unique blend of practical knowledge and...
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New Hampshire
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Lawrence P. Smith is a USAF Security Forces veteran, retired Massachusetts State Police Sergeant, former DEA/HSI Task Force Officer, and best-selling author of Six Degrees of Corruption ~ The Fleecing...
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Arizona and Maryland
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Dr. Mayer is an expert on the use of epidemiology, statistics and biostatistics in addressing issues of general causation in a clinical, regulatory or policy setting.
He has worked on a wide range...
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Ohio
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Dr. Gleb Tsipursky is a world-renowned expert in bias and discrimination, focusing on employment law, fair housing, civil rights, criminal justice, and police procedures and use of force. He serves as...
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Multiple Locations
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"Expert Professional Not Professional Expert" - I am a Board Certified security professional with multi-state security consultant, private patrol and private investigator "Qualified Manager" licenses....
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Multiple Locations
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David Songer is a police practices and firearms expert with more than 30 years of law enforcement, military, and security consulting experience. He has specialized expertise related to firearms, firearms...
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Florida
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I am a highly experienced law enforcement executive and expert witness with more than 40 years of leadership in policing, criminal justice, and public safety. A former Chief of Police for the cities of...
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Multiple Locations
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Chief Scott Hughes is a seasoned law enforcement leader with over 25 years of experience in transforming police departments through leadership, accountability, and effective personnel management. A graduate...
Location:
Florida
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All States
Use of Force (Lethal and Less Lethal)
-Investigative policies and procedures, review, adjudication, and reality-based training scenarios
Police Corruption / Internal Administrative Investigations
Vice...
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Oregon
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Kelly Couch is a distinguished law enforcement expert with a focus in police pursuits and emergency response cases. With more than 30 years of experience as a Police Officer, Major Crimes Unit Detective,...
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California
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Retired Sergeant II+1 Los Angeles Police Department Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT). I worked numerous assignments during my 29-year law enforcement career to include: SWAT, K9, Vice, Narcotics, Jail...
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Texas
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Jim Ellis is a retired FBI Agent with more than 35 years of complex investigation experience. He is located in Texas but is available nationwide. Mr. Ellis is a Certified Fraud Examiner, FINRA Arbitrator,...
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Virginia
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Paul LaRosa is an accomplished law enforcement professional who testified on many occasions in US District Court and within the South Carolina Judicial System in the areas of threat assessment, crime analysis...
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Texas
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Kevin R. Madison is UNIQUELY QUALIFIED TO TESTIFY AND/OR CONSULT IN THE FOLLOWING ARENAS:
GENERAL POLICE PROCEDURES
POLICE USE OF FORCE
POLICE PURSUITS
EMERGENCY VEHICLE RESPONSE PROTOCOLS - POLICE,...
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Washington
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Retired Police Captain with 34 years of command-level experience at the City of Bothell, WA, Police Department, including 27 years on Command Staff. Graduate of the FBI National Academy (Session 183, Quantico)....
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Ohio
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Timothy A. Dimoff has over 40 years of experience in law enforcement procedures, high-risk security issues and private security procedures. As Founder and President of SACS Consulting, Inc., he has built...
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California
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Mr. Withrow specializes in Security and Police Practices & Procedures with a focus on Premises Liability, Hotel and Restaurant Safety, Crime Foreseeability, Negligence & Liability, Use of Force, Over...
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Texas
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Expert consulting and expert witness testimony related to the use of electronic communications data, especially cell phone data, in criminal investigations and civil cases is provided by Breck McDaniel....
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Multiple Locations
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Jason Higley is the Founder and Principal of SG Consulting, a digital forensics consulting and investigations firm licensed in Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia. He has over 15 years of computer and...
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Missouri
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I am President and CEO of Simco Correctional Consulting LLC. My expert witness services include prison, jails and detention, and I work on both plaintiff and defendant cases. I have been an expert witness...
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Multiple Locations
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James T. Clemente worked for the FBI for 22 years where he has been qualified as an expert witness in the areas of Child Sexual Offender Behavior, Child Sexual Victimization, Child Abduction, and Child...
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California
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I am a retired Sergeant with the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office. I have over 30 years of law enforcement experience with over 20 of those years in criminal investigations. I'm currently providing consulting...
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Virginia
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Jennifer Coffindaffer is a retired FBI Special Agent who provides case consultation, investigative support, litigation support and expert witness testimony in the areas of: Use of Force; Firearms Training;...
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Wisconsin
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Kevin Burke, a dedicated expert in detecting and arresting drug-impaired drivers, spent 25 years in law enforcement. His involvement in hundreds of impaired driving cases and drug influence evaluations...
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Multiple Locations
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PD&A offers forensic experts in psychiatry, psychology, neuropsychology, neurology, pathology, nursing, social work, criminal behavior analysis, police, corrections, security, and toxicology. For the...
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Oklahoma
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Trent Pettigrew is a law enforcement practices expert with over 32 years of experience as a State Trooper and Training Academy Director, including extensive work in traffic enforcement, vehicle operations,...
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California
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Marc Evans is nationally recognized human trafficking expert and a retired 30-year veteran lieutenant with the Los Angeles Police Department, who is a subject matter expert in human trafficking, pimping,...
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Georgia
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Matt Myers integrates scientific education (clinical toxicology) and field law enforcement experience to provide practical, evidence-based expert testimony on drug & alcohol impairment, DUI, dram shop...
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Multiple Locations
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Paul Adee is a corrections expert with over three decades of experience in correctional and courthouse facilities. As an expert at Robson Forensic, Paul’s forensic casework involves the policies, procedures,...
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Multiple Locations
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Tom Shea is a nationally recognized law enforcement and physical security expert specializing in policing best practices, security standards and negligence, and emergency preparedness. He specializes in...
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Florida
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A subject matter expert in police practices and procedures since 2015. I have served as an expert in police practices and procedures since 2015, and consulted on cases regarding use of force, deadly force,...
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Oregon
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Mr. Dickens began his correctional career as a corrections officer at the Oregon State Penitentiary. After attending law school, he served as the General Counsel for the Washington County Sheriff's Office...
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Texas
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Brian Baxter is a Use of Force and Police Practices expert and the Chief Executive Officer of Force Science. Ltd. where, in addition to research and public safety training, his team is dedicated to honest...
Location:
California
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I graduated from the Stanford University Psychiatry Residency program in 1998.
I have been board certified in Psychiatry since 2000.
I have subspecialty certification in Consultation-liaison psychiatry.
I...
Location:
North Carolina
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Mr. Chancellor is an expert in the field of crime scene reconstruction, wrongful convictions, crime scene staging, suicide Investigations, and military Investigations especially in the field of violent...
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Michigan
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Professional Summary
I am an active Chief of Police and Director of Public Safety with over 33 years of law enforcement experience and more than two decades in supervisory and executive leadership roles....
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Multiple Locations
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Consolidated Consultants (CCc) continues to deliver high quality expert witness and medical expert witness referrals nationwide since 1995. CCc is the only referral service where you can view the full,...
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Multiple Locations
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For over 30 years, ForensisGroup has provided the nation’s top law firms, businesses, insurance companies, government entities with highly qualified expert witnesses and consultants. Experts referred by...
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Multiple Locations
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Unrivaled qualifications in Police and Security Best Practices. Olympic Games Security Administrator, Retired Police Chief, Probation Chief, & Concert Public Safety Director. Qualified in Large Public...
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Multiple Locations
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Justin M. Ramsdell, Psy.D.
Psychologist
Justin Ramsdell is a clinical psychologist and college professor specializing in mental health treatment in correctional/custodial environments, law enforcement...
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Illinois and Texas
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Dr. Lofgreen specializes in jail and prison litigation, criminal sentence mitigation, and alternative sentence plans.
He conducts case analysis and produces reports, and testifies in topical areas that...
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Washington
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Police Practices Expert with over 38 years of law enforcement experience at city, county, state and federal level California Private Investigator and member of the California Association of Licensed Investigators....
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California
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Travis Norton is a police practices expert specializing in use-of-force analysis under the Graham constitutional reasonableness framework. Assists attorneys with case evaluation, report development, and...
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Florida
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A subject matter expert in police practices and procedures since 2019. Retained in federal and state courts as part of criminal and civil proceedings to provide analysis for cases involving use of force,...
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Multiple Locations
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Robert Bennett is an ACTAR-accredited accident reconstruction expert and black box download specialist with over 26 years of experience in traffic collision investigations. He specializes in Passenger...
Law Enforcement FAQs
What is a law enforcement expert witness?
A law enforcement expert witness is a person who has a great deal of experience and knowledge in police procedures and enforcement. This person is often called upon to testify in court cases that involve arrest, custody, Miranda Rights, use of force, and other police related issues.
What is the role of a law enforcement expert witness?
A law enforcement expert witness provides expert opinions, analysis, and testimony related to the policies, procedures, and practices of law enforcement agencies in legal cases.
How much can a person make as a law enforcement expert witness?
Law enforcement expert witnesses can expect to earn anywhere from $200 to $400 or more per hour, determined by the requirements of the case.
What are the qualifications of a law enforcement expert witness?
A law enforcement expert witness has expertise in law enforcement policies, procedures, and practices.
For a case, how is evidence gathered by a law enforcement expert witness?
Law enforcement expert witnesses gather evidence through various methods such as analyzing crime scenes, interviewing witnesses, reviewing documents, and conducting forensic tests to provide their professional opinion in court.
In what type of cases would testimony be required from a law enforcement expert witness?
Testimony from a law enforcement expert witness may be required in cases involving forensic evidence, use of force, police procedures, and other areas where specialized knowledge and experience are necessary.
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