Expert Details

Law Enforcement Policies, Training & Management; Workplace Policies, Use of Force, Police Pursuits

ID: 728590 North Carolina, USA

Expert represented police agencies for over 28 years. He has taught in basic, in-service and advanced law enforcement schools concerning all aspects of police policy, management, use of force, police pursuit and civil liability. He drafted policies for a CALEA accredited police agencies. He has taught a law enforcement management course at North Carolina State University for over 15 years and is the author of two books used in the course. He has testified as a court expert in the area of police policy, management, use of force and police pursuit. Expert limits his consultation and testimony to assist a law enforcement officer or agency. He does not consult or testify against a law enforcement officer or agency.

Expert has been a consultant witness in cases involving employment, police pursuits, use of force policies, and emergency response. Expert has been an expert witness (report & deposed) in several court cases.

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Education

Year	Degree	Subject	Institution
Year: 1974	Degree: JD	Subject: Law	Institution: University of North Carolina School of Law
Year: 1971	Degree: BS	Subject: Business administration	Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Work History

Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 2003 to Present	Employer: Undisclosed	Title: Attorney	Department: Undisclosed
Responsibilities: He is a consultant and practicing attorney
Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 1977 to 2003	Employer: Undisclosed	Title: Special Deputy Attorney General	Department: Undisclosed
Responsibilities: He was in charge of 11 attorneys who represented the Department Crime Control & Public Safety and N.C. of Division of Motor Vehicles.

Additional Experience

Expert Witness Experience
Expert has represented police officers in court in civil proceedings for over thirty years. In addition he has filed reports, been deposed and/or testified in several cases as an expert witness. Expert does limit his testimony to support the police officer. He is not comfortable reviewing or testifying in cases against a law enforcement officer or a law enforcement agency.

Career Accomplishments

Associations / Societies
AAMVA Legal Services Working Group: North American Driver License Compact; AAMVA Model Law Committee; N.C. Governor’s Task Force on Driving While Impaired; Youth Accountability Task Force – Legal Working Group.

Licenses / Certifications
Expert is licensed to practice law before the Supreme Court and Inferior Courts of North Carolina; U.S. Supreme Court; 4th Circuit Court of Appeals; Federal District Courts of North Carolina, 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Awards / Recognition
Selected as an Outstanding Young Man in America; Outstanding Service Award Mothers Against Drunk Driving; Order of the Long Leaf Pine, North Carolina ‘s highest award for public service.

Publications and Patents Summary
Expert has authored many publications including a DWI Manual for Prosecutors, Legal Aspects of Police Supervision, A Follow Up Evaluation of the North Carolina Safe Roads Act, Notable Papers on Alcohol and Highway Safety, Handcuff Neuropathy, and Radar Time Distance Law.

Fields of Expertise

law enforcement training, police, police activity, police brutality, police custody death, police dog, police failure to protect, police interrogation, police liability, police misconduct, police operations, police practice, public policy, use of force