Excessive Use Of Force Expert Witnesses
Excessive use of force expert witnesses and consultants listed here may be able to form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, provide expert witness testimony at deposition and/or trial as or serve as consulting (non-testifying) experts on excessive use of force. The excessive use of force expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Law Enf & Criminal Justice and Police Practices & Procedures.
Dr. Travis Norton
Norton Police Consulting
Sacramento, California
Law Enf & Criminal Justice, Police Practices & Procedures
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Use of Force, Officer Involved Shootings, Tactical Operations, Crowd Control, Crowd Management, In-Custody Death, Excessive Use of Force, SWAT, Patrol Operations, Chemical Agents, Less Lethal, and Active Shooter
Travis Norton is a retired 25-year law enforcement professional. He is an accomplished police lieutenant and SWAT Commander and has trained officers in police practices nationwide. Travis was the training division and professional standards unit lieutenant for a mid-size police agency and was responsible for the police academy, field training program, officer misconduct investigations, and use of force reviews and investigations. Travis has been an instructor for over 15 years in de-escalation, less-lethal weapons, tactical science, active shooter response, SWAT, critical incident response, chemical agents, and crowd management. He currently instructs for the National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA) and the California Association of Tactical Officers (CATO). Since 2020, he has been a guest lecturer in police practices and use of force at the University of Southern California (USC). Travis also serves as a policing fellow at the National Policing Institute (NPI) and the Future P...
Patrick Mays
Excessive use of Force Expert Witness
Deftac
Richwood, West Virginia
Law Enf & Criminal Justice, Police Practices & Procedures
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Excessive Use of Force, Excessive use of Deadly Force, Case Analysis, In Custody Excessive Force, Civil Rights Violations by Law Enforcement & Corrections, Death or Serious Injury While in Custody, Police Misconduct, Police Practices & Procedures
Retired Law Enforcement Detective, Task Force Assistant Director and Field Commander, Defensive Tactics Instructor, Specialized Defensive Tactics Instructor, Department of Justice State of North Carolina, Sheriff’s Education Training and Standards Commission, 12 NCAC 10B .0909 Full Limited Lecturer Instructor – Specialized Subject Control Techniques Certification. 1993 to 1989, taught the Limited Lecturer block of instruction on Positional asphyxia, also known as postural asphyxia. Henderson North Carolina The Vance County N.C. Sheriff’s Department only in-service Instructor. Also, during that period, Patrick taught in many Community Colleges In-Service and Academy Defensive Tactics for Law Enforcement, and Jailers, along with many specialized defensive tactics classes. Developed and implemented self-defense techniques for the undercover officer.
