Police Liability and Risk Management Services
Consulting and Expert Witness Services for Police Litigation:
Expert Witness Experience:
Areas of Expertise:
Other Services:
- 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
