This law enforcement and police practices expert has more than 20 years of professional experience in policing operations, security oversight, and use-of-force practices. The expert provides law enforcement expert witness services involving police practices, patrol procedures, training standards, and use-of-force matters. Professional experience includes leadership roles within a sheriff’s office environment, where responsibilities have included oversight of patrol operations, a countywide 911 communications center, emergency response and special operations teams, traffic enforcement functions, and community relations divisions. The expert also has extensive training and instructional experience in defensive tactics, less-lethal force options, restraint techniques, and officer safety methods used in law enforcement settings. The expert authored a departmental Use-of-Force Continuum and operational model used in police training environments and served in senior training and supervisory roles responsible for defensive tactics and firearms instruction.

Additional professional background includes aviation operations and security-related responsibilities supporting aviation and public safety environments. The expert holds a Master of Public Administration and a Bachelor of Science in Aeronautics and has completed advanced executive leadership and command-level training programs related to law enforcement leadership and public administration. The expert’s broader public safety experience also includes service as a director responsible for security and safety operations in the private sector and extensive involvement in law enforcement training and professional organizations, including the American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers, the American Society of Industrial Security, the Missouri Sheriff’s Association, the International Association of Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors, and the Tactical Officers Association.