• Criminalistics
• Criminology
• Deadly/Excessive Force
• Drug Enforcement
• Firearms & Ballistics
• Gangs
• Law Enforcement
• Violent Crimes
• Weapons

Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:

A: FORMAL EDUCATION

1988 BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - Magna Cum Laude
Wichita State University - Wichita, Kansas


Please reach out to mstephens@eaglesecuritygroup.com to request a copy of Ms. Coffindaffer's CV for a complete list of training she has received and provided along with details of her decades of experience as a Special Agent with the FBI.

Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:

A: LICENSES, CERTIFICATIONS AND CLEARANCE

• Emergency Medical Technician: 2003 to Present
• Florida Concealed Carry License: 2016 to Present
• Texas License to Carry Instructor: 2016 to Present
• Personal Protection Specialist: 2019 to Present
• Previously Held Security Clearance: Top Secret//HCS/SI-G/TK

ACCOLADES, RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS

• Appreciation of Performance Award - Airport Law Enforcement Agencies Network
• Certificate of Achievement - FBI Director Louie Freeh
• Certificate of Appreciation - Acting Director, United States Department of Agriculture
• Certificate of Commendation - FBI Director Robert Mueller
• Certificate of Recognition - FBI HQ Assistant Director
• Commendation Award - USAO - Southern District of Texas
• Intelligence Integration Unit Citation - Awarded by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence
• Kids and Cops Citation - SAC Dallas
• Law Enforcement Commendation Award - USAO - Northern District of Texas
• Letter of Appreciation - AG John Ashcroft
• Letter of Appreciation - Tarrant County District Attorney
• Letter of Commendation - FBI Director Louie Freeh
• Performance Award - FBI SAC Houston
• Salutatorian - EMT Class 248 - Methodist Hospital
• Special Commendation Award - USAO - Southern District of Texas

Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:

A: TRAINING PROVIDED

Ms. Coffindaffer has been an FBI Firearms Instructor, provided marksmanship instruction to hundreds of local and state officers and federal agents in Texas, Florida, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Washington, D.C. and Quantico, taught beginning firearms handling, safety and marksmanship techniques to dozens of new agents at Quantico, and has served as a Primary Firearms Instructor (PFI) on a SWAT Team providing instruction to fellow SWAT members pertaining to numerous weapons systems including the M-4 assault rifle, MP5, shotgun, various pistols and revolvers.

She taught arrest techniques and tactics to hundreds of state and local officers and federal agents in Texas, Florida, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Washington D.C., and Quantico.


MAJOR PRESENTATIONS/LECTURES PROVIDED

Selected by the FBI to speak to law enforcement personnel, prosecutors and public safety officials throughout the United States and Canada about aviation security, counterterrorism, gang investigations and conspiracy/sports betting matters including:
• Aviation security, counterterrorism awareness and Al-Qaeda terrorists specific to countering aviation attacks at airports
• Criminal street gangs, covering all aspects of MS-13 and the Crips
• Post-911 terrorism case studies
• Shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles and Man Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS)

Key organizations where she has spoken include:
• Cabela’s
• Defender Sports and Outdoors Women’s Panel
• Houston Aeros Professional Hockey Organization annual conference.
• Multiple Rotary Clubs
• The American Law Enforcement Aviation Network
• The Art Show for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
• The Bolles School
• The Canadian Aviation Security Conference
• The Federal Women in Law Enforcement Conference
• The New Orleans Aviation Conference
• The North Texas Airport Security Conference
• The Northwest Pennsylvania Disaster Conference
• The Safe Neighborhoods Anti-Gang Training Conference
• The Southlake Women’s Club
• The Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office
• The Texas Christian University Department of Criminal Justice
• The Texas Gang Investigator’s Association
• The Texas Youth Commission

Q: Have any of your accreditations ever been investigated, suspended or removed? (if yes, explain)

A: No

Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?

A: Ms. Coffindaffer provides case consultation, investigative support, litigation support and expert witness testimony in the areas of: Use of Force; Firearms Training; Tactical Training (specifically, self-defense both with and without firearms); Law Enforcement Involved Shooting; Active Shooter Training; Gang and Narcotics Investigations; and Nuclear Counterproliferation matters.

Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?

A: TESTIFYING EXPERIENCE

As a Special Agent for the FBI, Ms. Coffindaffer testified on more than 200 occasions before Federal Grand Juries, at identity, probable cause, detention, suppression and sentencing hearings and at trials. In each of these cases, testified concerning the facts of the investigation in the following matters:
• Affidavits
• Arrest tactics
• Child pornography cases
• Counterterrorism
• Crimes aboard aircraft including sex crimes and assaults
• Electronic surveillance including Title-III wire tap
• False statement matters
• Gang investigations
• Informant handling
• Interviews
• Narcotic investigations
• Organized crime
• Pen registers
• Public corruption
• Searches and seizures
• Surveillances
• Undercover operations
• White collar crime including bank fraud, agricultural subsidiary fraud, food stamp fraud, tax fraud and fraud against the government cases as well as conspiracy

Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)

A: Delivers consultation, training and subject matter expertise in the areas of use of force, firearms training, tactical training specific to self-defense both with and without firearms, active shooter training, gang investigations, narcotic investigations and nuclear counterproliferation. Serves as a keynote speaker and law enforcement expert for Eagle. Provides consultation, strategy, reports, site inspections, and testifying in depositions and trials as needed.

Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?

A: Please reach out to our case manager at mstephens@eaglesecuritygroup.com to set up a complimentary consultation call and to obtain a CV and our fee schedule.

Alternatively, you are invited to complete an intake form with details about your case. Please visit our website: https://www.eaglesecuritygroup.com/expert-witness/

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