Paul B Vernon
Pasadena, CA 91104
I am a retired LAPD Captain and FBI National Academy graduate with more than 33 years of experience in police practices, internal affairs investigations, police misconduct and discipline systems, use-of-force review, officer-involved shootings, vehicle pursuit policy, and consent-decree best practices. I also served as LAPD’s lead Public Information Officer, providing expertise in police media relations and critical-incident communications. As a command officer, I oversaw patrol operations, investigations, gang enforcement, narcotics, and vice. As the commanding officer of CompStat Division, I served as the chief’s crime analyst. I provide objective, policy-based analysis and expert testimony in cases involving officer conduct, supervision, tactics, investigations, and agency accountability. My teaching background helps me prepare and present understandable, accurate, and cogent reports, presentations, and testimony.
- Crime Foreseeability
- Criminology
- Deadly/Excessive Force
- Evidence Analysis & Preservation
- Gangs
- Law Enforcement
- Police Procedures
- Terrorism
- Violent Crimes
- Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:
- A: History, B.A. 1984
Criminal Justice, M.A. 2021
FBI National Academy, session 204
Crime and Intelligence Analyst Certificate - Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
- A: Lead PIO for major urban police department; designed and taught media relations course; designed and taught internal affairs investigative course; former credential secondary education teacher; taught undergraduate course in crime theory, crime analysis, and policing. Presented a formal use-of-force review boards evaluating critical incidents. Presented at roundtables, community townhalls, law enforcement conferences.
- Q: Have any of your accreditations ever been investigated, suspended or removed? (if yes, explain)
- A: No
- Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
- A: Rule 26
Expert Opinion
Consulting
Mediation Consulting
Investigations / auditing
On-site evaluations and inspections
Support for counsel during depositions
Deposition and review - Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?
- A: Initial consultation is no charge. I will begin work with a retainer, as agreed by the client.
- Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?
- A: $200 / hour
- Q: What is your hourly rate to provide deposition testimony?
- A: $400 / hour
- Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?
- A: $400 / hour
- Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)
- A: Travel is $100 / hour, billed door to door and capped at $1,300.00 per day, billed separately from retainer.
Flights over two hours are business or first class. Under two hours economy-Plus-separately from the retainer
Premium Accommodations-Hotel or Airbnb- billed separately from the retainer.
Per-diem is $100 per day and is billed separately from the retainer.
Available Upon Request