Key Associates

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Consultant, Police Use of Force and Related Topics

Consulted in thousands of use of force incidents and other police practices cases, including, but not limited to: Programs for Fox News (Radio and Television), BBC in London, Scotland, and Ireland, NPR, Canadian Television, and Dateline NBC; The Ruby Ridge Idaho, Incident; The New York City Amadou Diallo Case; And with the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division in numerous cases including the Hurricane Katrina police shootings in New Orleans and the Bundy Ranch/Federal Bureau of Land Management Incident in Nevada.

Consultant/Expert Witness, Commanding Officer, Firearms Training Unit, & Over Twenty-five Years of Other Critical and/or Supervisory Positions in the Baltimore Police Department (Retired)

Evaluated and Analyzed over 1000 police shootings and hundreds of non-lethal force incidents
Hundreds of hours of experience in critical incident resolution
Developed standards and guidelines for critical incident management

Use of Force, Officer Survival, & Firearms Instructor

Over 5000 hours teaching experience
Instructed at various universities and colleges
Trained several thousand police officers and over 600 attorneys in police use of force
Guest lecturer for F.B.I. and other federal agencies
Evaluated use of force and firearms training programs for numerous police agencies

Court Qualified Expert

Police and Civilian Use of Force
Incident Reconstruction
Ballistics and Wound Ballistics
Firearms and Firearms Training
Defensive Skills
Pepper Spray and Chemical Agents
Police Procedures and Policies
Stressors in a Conflicts Involving Firearms
Critical Incident Management
Hunter Safety

Authored

Numerous lesson plans, memoranda, and directives in various use of force and officer survival subject matter
The rough draft of the Maryland State regulations governing police firearms training
The Baltimore Police Department General Order governing the resolution of sniper, hostage, and barricade situations
The training manual, team selection criteria, and operational procedures for the Baltimore Police Department Special Weapons and Tactics Teams
The Johns Hopkins Hospital Security Use of Force program
The Rouse Company Use of Force Training Policy and Training Program
The protocol for the administration of the Police Foundation's RAMS program
Articles on civil liability and officer liability

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Harvard Association in Police Science: 2019 - Ballistic Reconstruction (Presenter).
2018 - Cold Case Homicide Investigations. Investigating Homicides with No Body.
Investigating Police Involved Shootings April & October (Presenter); 2017 -
Investigating Police Involved Shootings (Presenter); 2016 - Officer Involved Shooting
Team Concept (Presenter); 2015 - Police Use of Force in Close Confrontational
Encounters, Excited Delirium (Presenter); 2014 - Advanced Training in Forensics,
DNA, GSR; 2013 - Advanced Training in Forensics, Crime Scene Investigation; 2007
- Advanced Training in Police Involved Shootings; 2000 - Basic Seminar in Homicide
Investigation.
Baltimore County Police Department: 2018 - Investigating Police Involved Shootings
and Serious Use of Force Incidents (Presenter)
Baltimore Police Department TASER User Training - July 2009
Lorman Police Liability Seminar (Faculty) - August 2006 & 2002
Maryland Police Training Commission Internal Investigation School - March1996
Baltimore County Police Involved Shooting Administrative Investigators Course - April 1995
Federal Bureau of Investigation Defensive Skills Training - February 1995
Koga Baton Training - February 1995
Glock Armorers School - October 1992
Use of Force Seminar, Maryland Law Enforcement Association - November 1991
Glock Firearms Instructor Training - July 1990
Northwestern University Traffic Institute Deadly Force and the Police Officer Independent Study Program - May 1989
Smith and Wesson Firearms Instructor School - October 1988
Maryland Police Training Commission Instructor Training Program - June 1986
Maryland Police Training Commission Firearms Instructor Training Program - May 1986
Baltimore Police Department Supervisory Training Program - October 1977
Federal Bureau of Investigation SWAT Training Program - February 1976
U.S. Secret Service Protective Operations Training Program - January 1976
Federal Bureau of Investigation Hostage Negotiation Training Program - January 1976
U.S. Army Counter Sniper Training Program - July 1975
Baltimore Police Department Supervisory Training Program - March 1975
Baltimore Police In-Service Training - 1971 through 1995
Baltimore Police Academy - October 1970 to January 1971
Other courses and seminars

EDUCATION

B.S., Criminal Justice (Magna Cum Laude), University of Baltimore

COMMENDATIONS

Awarded Special Commendation (Silver Star) for bravery and various other commendations

OTHER SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

Past state certification as an expert and instructor with: semi-automatic pistols; revolvers; shotguns; automatic weapons; bolt action and semi-automatic rifles; chemical agent delivery systems
Past state certification as an instructor in: Use of Force, Officer Survival Techniques, Ballistics, Firearms, Riot and Crowd Control, and Chemical Agents
Past National Rifle Association certification as a Distinguished Pistol Expert and Police Firearms Trainer
Past Smith and Wesson Firearms Training Academy as a firearms instructor
Past certification as Glock Armorer and Firearms Instructor
President and Member of the Board of Directors, Harvard Associates in Police Science