EMPLOYMENT
Rochester Police Department, Rochester, N.Y.
Accident InvestigationReconstruction, Accident Reconstructionist & licensed Private Investigator. Provide attorneys & insurance companies with investigative services, photography, technical accident investigation, workmen's compensation investigations, accident reconstruction and forensic scene mapping (total station surveying).
EXPERIENCE
Police Patrol - 6 years
Research & Evaluation - 6 months
Worked on departmental policy and General Orders
Worked on the research and implementation of various projects, such as Command Discipline, creation of the Downtown Section, creation of the City Noise Ordinance.
Training Section - 6 months
Class Counselor for Police Evidence Technician class.
Assisted in developing training curriculum for the Police Evidence Technician program.
Instructed at the Regional Training Center in Crime Scene Processing Techniques.
Assisted in developing the Police Technician training manual.
Technician Unit - 17 years
Crime and accident scene investigation; photography, process various scenes for fingerprints, scene diagrams, collection and preservation of physical evidence, courtroom testimony. Expert in fingerprint identification, senior field training officer for new technicians. Instructed police recruits in the collection and preservation of physical evidence. Investigated hundreds of serious & fatal motor vehicle accidents.
- Judicially accepted as an Accident Reconstructionist in New York State Courts.
- Judicially accepted as a Fingerprint expert in New York State Courts.
- Reconstructed hundreds of motor vehicle accidents
- Taken part and participated in numerous motor vehicle and pedestrian accident experiments
- Assisted in the development of an accident investigation curriculum for the trucking industry and conducted a one day training seminar in Houston, TX.
- Developed & presented photography and accident reconstruction seminars to the insurance industry.
EDUCATION
HIGH SCHOOL: Newark High School, Newark, N.Y.
UNDERGRADUATE:
Kentucky Wesleyan College, Rochester Institute of Technology, Graduated with honors, B.S. degree in Criminal Justice. Monroe Community College - physics and math courses
GRADUATE:
Eastern Kentucky University. Graduate work in Police Administration.
CONTINUING EDUCATION:
● Crash Management, NYS Bureau of Municipal Police. (160 hrs.)
● Advanced Accident Investigation, Institute of Police Technology and Management. (80 hrs.)
● Accident Reconstruction, Institute of Police Technology and Management. (80 hrs.)
● Advanced Accident Reconstruction with Microcomputers, Institute of Police Technology and Management. (40 hrs.)
● Investigation of Motorcycle Accidents, Institute of Police Technology & Management. (40 hrs.)
● Investigation & Inspection of Commercial Vehicle Accidents, Institute of Police Technology & Management. (40 hrs.)
● American Traffic Safety Services Assoc., Training Course for Worksite Traffic Supervisors
● American Traffic Safety Services Assoc., Traffic Control in Urban & Utility Work Areas.
● Forensic Physics Applied to Accident Reconstruction, Colorado School of Mines. (40 hrs.)Applied Physics for Accident Reconstruction, Texas A&M University, Law Enforcement & Security Training Division. (40 hrs.)
● Applied Physics for Traffic Accident Investigators; Institute of Police Technology & Management;(40 hrs.)
● Computerized Traffic Accident Reconstruction, EDCRASH; Northwestern Univ. Traffic Institute,(24 hrs.)
● High/Low Speed Impact Seminar, MacInnis Engineering(40 hrs.)
● Analysis of Low Speed Collisions, Texas A&M Univ. TEEX, (40 hrs.)
● Vehicle Damage & Energy Relationship in Collision Reconstruction; Texas A&M Univ., TEEX; (40 hrs.)
● Biomechanics of Injury from Traffic Collisions; National Inst. of Forensic Studies; CATAIR;(24 hrs.)
● Human Factors in Automobile Accidents; Lawyers & Judges Publishing Co.;(16 hrs)
● Relationship Between Crush and Energy in Collision Reconstruction;(16 hrs.)
● IATAI Crush Analysis Seminar; (16 hrs.)
● CDR Tool - User Certification Course; IPTM,(24 hrs.)
● Advanced Physics Using Microcomputers - REC-TEC/SMAC; REC-TEC(40 hrs.)
SEMINARS:
● Special Problems in Traffic Accident Reconstruction, Institute of Police Technology & Management.
● Collision Analysis and Traffic Accident Reconstruction, SOAR.
● TAARS-SOAR-WATAI Combined Conference.
● Advanced Accident Investigation Techniques, NATARI.
● Advanced Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Seminar, NATARI.
● Discover Factor "H" Conference, CATAIR.
● Human Factors in Accident Reconstruction, NATARI.
● Pedestrian Collision Investigation Seminar, CATAIR.
● High Speed Impact Analysis, NATARI.
● Commercial Vehicle Testing Seminar, CATAIR.
● Low Speed Crash Analysis & Forensic Tire Examination, NATARI .
● Special Problems in Traffic Accident Reconstruction, IPTM.
● The Human Body in Collision, CATAIR.
● Commercial Vehicle Collision Reconstruction, NATARI.
● WREX 2000 (World Reconstruction Exposition).
● IATAI Traffic Crash Reconstruction Conference.
● Special Problems in Traffic Crash Reconstruciont, IPTM.
● Introduction to Event Data Recorders & Crush Documentation and Analysis; NAPARS.
● "Estimating Driver Perception & Response Times" by Jeff Muttart; CATAIR.
● FBI Basic Fingerprint School.
● FBI Advanced Fingerprint School
● NYS Certified Police Instructor
● Kodak Law Enforcement Photography Seminars
● Intrafamily Sexual Abuse Training
● Ident-I-Kit School
● NY State Police Col. Henry F. Williams Homicide Seminar
● Numerous Law Enforcement Seminars
INSTRUCTOR:
Regional Training Center, Monroe Community College. Instructed in crime scene processing techniques, accident investigation/reconstruction, fingerprinting & physical evidence.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
SOAR - Society of Accident Reconstructionists
NAPARS - National Association of Professional Accident Reconstruction Specialists
NATARI - National Association of Traffic Accident Reconstructionists & Investigators.
SAE - Society of Automotive Engineers, 1992 to present.
NYSTARS - New York Statewide Traffic Accident Reconstruction Society.
Rochester Claims Association
Schedule of Fees ofr expert #2755
Accident Reconstruction --------------------------------------$150.00/per hour + exp.
Retainer Fee--------------------------------------------------$1200.00
Expert Testimony----------------------------------------------$200.00/ per hour (4 hr.min.)
Invewstigations-----------------------------------------------$75.00/ per hour + exp.
Expert Deposition---------------------------------------------$100.00/ per hour (4 hr.min.)
SDM download (module sent to expert)--------------------------$300.00
SDM download in field w/in Monrowe County---------------------$575.00
Travel time---------------------------------------------------$150.00/ per hour
DMV check ----------------------------------------------------$25.00
Air Fare, Lodgings, Car rental,Meals misc. to be billed/paid at cost.
Milage---------------------------------------------------------$.50
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