G. PATRICK GALLAGHER
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Police Liability and Risk Management Services

Consulting and Expert Witness Services for Police Litigation:
  • incident review for possible litigation
  • application of police professional standards to cases
  • review and evaluation of all case documents to include:
    - policies and procedures
        > training materials, lesson plans, and records
        > officers' incident reports and statements
        > depositions
        > opposing experts' reports
        > preparation for questioning of witnesses and experts
  • preparation of requests for document production
  • development of expert's reports
  • depositions
  • court testimony for police lawsuits

Expert Witness Experience:
  • involved in 135 previous and current police lawsuits
  • accepted as expert witness in federal and state courts 
  • worked with attorneys in 20 different states and the District of Columbia
    
Areas of Expertise:
  • 60% of cases involve all levels of force up to and including deadly force
  • 35% of cases involve police pursuits and operation of emergency vehicles
  • false arrest
  • deaths in police custody
  • domestic violence
  • off-duty conduct of police
  • policies and procedures
  • training
  • supervision and management
  • Section 1983 litigation

Other Services:
  • audits, reviews, management studies of police departments
  • liability assessments of operations, policy, supervision and training
  • programs and presentations on liability management for individual departments, insurance pools and professional associations
  • development of comprehensive liability management programs for individual departments or members of insurance pools often in the aftermath of litigation


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G. PATRICK GALLAGHER
P.O. BOX 310
SPRINGTOWN, PA. 18081
610/346/6637
gpatrickgallagher11@verizon.net
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