Police Procedures Expert Witnesses
Law & Legal Expert Witness Listings
On this page you will find police procedure expert witnesses who may opine regarding admissions and confessions, arrests, and arrest tactics. These professionals may advise regarding batons, choke holds, community policing, crime scene profiling, deadly force, entrapment, excessive force, the F.B.I., and false arrest. The experts found here may provide reports on false imprisonment, guard services, handcuffing, handcuffs, and handgun retention. They may also provide expert witness testimony on hogtying, in-custody death, juvenile justice, patrol services, pepper spray, police misconduct, police mobile data terminal use, police policy and procedures, search and seizure, firearms, police training and supervision, pursuit procedures, racial profiling, restraint tools, shackles, sheriffs, stun guns, TASERs, Indian country policing, and use of force, among other topics.
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Referred to by respected and experienced law enforcement and security civil and criminal attorneys as “The expert’s expert.” Representing agency defense and concerned plaintiff and criminal defense attorneys since 1991. On the prevailing side in over...
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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 Operations, Internal Affairs, Gangs, Crisis Negotiation...
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I am a retired LAPD Lieutenant with forty years of Law Enforcement 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. My areas...
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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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Mr. Stephenson is a former Police Officer, FBI Agent, FBI Police Instructor, FBI - SWAT/Firearms Instructor/Defensive Tactics Instructor and FBI National Academy Instructor:
Mr. Stephenson is a certified, Use of Force/Firearm's Instructor for the...
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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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Multiple Locations
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Blake McConnell, MA, was an FBI Special Agent for 21 years. During his career Mr. McConnell investigated financial institution fraud, mail/wire fraud, violent crime, and civil rights violations. He also...
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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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California and New Mexico
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“We settled the case for $5 million. Your report played a huge role in that. Thank you for everything!” Nicholas H.
Beth A. Mohr, CFE, FSA, CFCS, CAMS, CCCI, MPA, PI, is a Police Practices expert...
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Pennsylvania
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Emanuel Kapelsohn, President of The Peregrine Corporation, is an internationally recognized firearms training and use of force consultant. Since 1980, he has instructed thousands of police and security...
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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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California and Texas
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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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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...
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Oregon
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Kelly Couch is a law enforcement expert with over 30 years experience as a Police Officer, Major Crimes Unit Detective, Investigator and law enforcement trainer. Kelly's main focus is in pursuit management...
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Connecticut
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Lawrence Hunter, PhD, was a captain from the Waterbury Police Department in Waterbury, Connecticut. During his time, he instructed numerous courses, including Implicit Bias, Human Behavior (psychology),...
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Washington
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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...
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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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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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New York
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Anthony Racioppo is an Accident Reconstructionist, ASE Certified Forensic Master Mechanic and Trucking & Safety Expert. He has been investigating motor vehicle accidents for over 35 years both with the...
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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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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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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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New York
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I am a retired Lieutenant Commander of the New York City Police Department, having served for more than 33 years. During my tenure with the NYPD, I have served in the ranks of police officer, detective,...
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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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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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Georgia
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Charlie is the founding partner of Group Nine Risk Consulting, a firm specializing in security risk management, forensic consulting, and security training. He founded Group Nine Risk Consulting following...
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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...
Location:
Arizona and Massachusetts
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Norman D. Bates, Esq. is a nationally-recognized expert in security and the law. As the President and Founder of Liability Consultants, Inc., he provides security management consulting services to private...
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California
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Travis Norton is a retired 25-year law enforcement professional. He is an accomplished police lieutenant and SWAT Commander and has trained officers in police practices nationwide. Travis was the training...
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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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Michigan
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With over 32 years of dedicated service in law enforcement, I have built a career focused on leadership, operational excellence, and the safety of the communities I serve. As the Chief of Police and Director...
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Illinois
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Robert Johnson is a thirty-two year law enforcement veteran, retired Lieutenant Colonel from the Illinois State Police. He serves as a private consultant and expert witness regarding law enforcement policies...
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California
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I'm an active law enforcement administrator, with experience in "best procedural practices" in Internal Affairs investigations, Use of Force Investigations with an emphasis on Officer-Involved Shootings....
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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. I'm currently providing consulting and expert witness services, instructor with...
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Texas
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Spencer Fomby is a retired 22-year law enforcement veteran. He is an experienced Police Captain, SWAT Commander, and Police trainer. He was the training division Captain for a medium-sized police department;...
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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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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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Nevada
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Chris, a retired undersheriff from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department with more than 32 years of experience, is particularly qualified to provide an evidence-based case assessment and render...
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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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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
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Retired Lieutenant Colonel, from the Illinois State Police, Ronald Janota, has over 28 years of progressive law enforcement experience. He has written, drafted and staffed policies for one of the leading...
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New York
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Michael Levine is one of the most decorated Supervisory Agents in the history of the Drug Enforcement Administration. A US Law Enforcement Procedure...
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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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California
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Dr. Chuck J. Rylant has 25 years of industry experience and is a Federal and State Court qualified expert witness in use-of-force, de-escalation, self-defense, strangulation, memory, fight or flight, decision...
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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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Patrick McCarthy retired from a notable 18-year career as a Law Enforcement Officer after having served with four agencies in California and Utah. Throughout his career, Mr. McCarthy established himself...
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Pennsylvania
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Keystone Engineering Consultants, Inc. is a multi-discipline, broad-spectrum firm providing comprehensive and qualified forensic engineering, architecture, scientific, biomechanics, and fire/arson investigation...
Location:
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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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,...
Location:
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...
Location:
Delaware
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I worked in Law Enforcement for over 32-years retiring from the Delaware State Police in September 2017 at the rank of Captain, serving the last four years as the Director of Human Resources. My law enforcement...
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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...
Location:
California
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iOPolicing remains the premier resource for expert testimony, case studies and evaluation, agency support, and advancing the area of Police Sciences. The founder of Integrated Operational Police, LLC.,...
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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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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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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...
Location:
Florida
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Chief of Police (Retired) City of Fort Lauderdale, with over four decades of proven leadership in law enforcement and criminal justice, I seek to bring my expertise to the expert witness industry. My career,...
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Virginia
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Brian O'Donnell is a highly qualified former law enforcement agent with over 25 years in the Charlottesville, Virginia Police Department, which included extensive experience in leadership and training....
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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,...
Location:
Tennessee
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Dr. Ken Lang is a retired 25-year law enforcement veteran from the Baltimore County Police Department, with experience investigating violent and complex crimes, to include murders, death investigations,...
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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...
Location:
Oregon
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Jeremy Stafford served as the LAPD Department Firearms Subject Matter Expert. He wrote or re-wrote every lesson plan about anything involving firearms training. Jeremy personally led the firearms training...
Location:
Texas
Areas of Expertise:
Kevin R. Madison is UNIQUELY CROSS-CREDENTIALED & QUALIFIED IN THE FOLLOWING ARENAS:
POLICE
USE OF FORCE
POLICE PURSUITS
EMERGENCY VEHICLE RESPONSE PROTOCOLS
SECURITY
AUTO-PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ISSUES
FIRE...
Location:
Oregon
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I worked on the front lines of law enforcement for over 36 years. Retired after 31 years with the Los Angeles Police Department but continue to instruct, consult, and write on various tactical and aviation...
Location:
California
Areas of Expertise:
Marc Evans is a 29-year veteran lieutenant with the Los Angeles Police Department, who is a nationally recognized expert in human trafficking, pimping, pandering, and prostitution related crimes. As the...
Location:
Tennessee
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Darek Pleasants is a retired ATF Special Agent with over thirty years of law enforcement, government, and military special operations experience. Darek is a globally recognized subject matter expert and...
Location:
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...
Police Procedures FAQs
What is a police procedures expert witness?
A police procedures expert witness is an individual with expertise in the area of police procedures. A police procedures expert witness may be called upon to testify in a criminal trial if there are questions about the legality of the police actions that led to the arrest of the defendant.
What is the role of a police procedures expert witness?
A police procedures 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 police procedures expert witness?
Police procedures expert witnesses can earn compensation somewhere between $200 and $400 per hour, or greater in certain cases. The expert and retaining attorney will negotiate the exact fee.
What are the qualifications of a police procedures expert witness?
A police procedures expert witness is qualified to provide expert opinions on law enforcement policies and procedures.
In a lawsuit, what type of evience is reviewed by a police procedures expert witness?
A police procedures expert witness reviews evidence related to police conduct, policies, and protocols in a lawsuit. This may include reviewing police reports, videos, and other documentation to determine if proper procedures were followed.
What type of lawsuit might require the testimony of a police procedures expert witness?
A lawsuit involving police misconduct, excessive force, or violation of constitutional rights may require the testimony of a police procedures expert witness to provide insight into proper police protocol and procedures.
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