In Custody Death Expert Witnesses
In custody death 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 in custody death. The in custody death expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Addiction Medicine, Correctional Healthcare, Emergency Medical Services, Emergency Medicine, Jails & Prisons, Law Enf & Criminal Justice, Police Practices & Procedures, and Transportation.
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Spencer Fomby
Police Practices and Use of Force Expert Witness
Law Enforcement Tactical Consultants Inc
Arizona
Police Practices & Procedures, Law Enf & Criminal Justice
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Use of force, officer involved shootings, crowd control, crowd management, public order, less-lethal weapons, SWAT, patrol operations, tactical operations, chemical agents, police policy, firearms, de-escalation, in-custody death, arrest procedures, defensive tactics, impact weapons, Active Shooter
Retired Captain Spencer Fomby is the section chair for the National Tactical Officers Association Public Order Section and coordinated the creation of the NTOA Public Order Response and Operation Standards, the NTOA Public Order Basic Command Certification Course, and the NTOA Public Order Grenadier Workshop. He is the former director of the Boise, Idaho, Police Department Training, Education, and Development Division. He was previously employed by the Berkeley Police Department in California for 20 years. He has held primary assignments in patrol, narcotics, and crime prevention. He was assigned to SWAT for 18 years as an entry team member, team leader, and tactical commander. Spencer was the lead Berkeley Police Department public order instructor. He was responsible for equipment selection, tactical training, less-lethal weapon selection, chemical agent selection and deployment, and mission planning.
Spencer was the 2011 Berkeley Police Department Officer of the Year. He was the ...
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John B Everlove, MS, NRP
Experienced EMS/Patient Transportation Expert
Acclaim Consulting & Educational Services, Inc.
Westlake Village, California
Emergency Medical Services, Transportation
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Paramedic, EMT, Emergency Medical Technician, Emergency Medical Services, EMS, Standard of Care, EMT negligence, paramedic negligence, advanced airway, intubation, ET Tube, CPR, prone wrongful death, in custody death, medical malpractice, ambulance crash, gurney drop, stretcher drop, patient drop, Non-Emergency Medical Transportation
As an Expert Witness and Consultant, Mr. Everlove has participated in the evaluation of numerous cases throughout the United States, related to Emergency Medical Services standard of care, patient care, clinical management, treatment, transport, and medical/legal issues.
Mr. Everlove holds a national certification and several state licenses, including current employment as a Paramedic/Fire Fighter with and has been actively serving in the State of California since 1992.
Mr. Everlove holds a Master of Science degree in Emergency Services Administration and Emergency Management, graduating Summa Cum Laude.
Mr. Everlove has directed and coordinated Emergency Medical Services in partnership with local, state and federal agencies including the FBI, the United States Secret Service and the White House Medical Unit.
As a Paramedic Supervisor and Clinical Manager for an EMS organization of 150 employees, Mr. Everlove conducted numerous investigations related to all aspects of EMT and Pa...
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Spencer Fomby
Police Practices and Use of Force Expert Witness
Law Enforcement Tactical Consultants Inc
California
Police Practices & Procedures, Law Enf & Criminal Justice
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Use of force, officer involved shootings, crowd control, crowd management, public order, less-lethal weapons, SWAT, patrol operations, tactical operations, chemical agents, police policy, firearms, de-escalation, in-custody death, arrest procedures, defensive tactics, impact weapons, Active Shooter
Retired Captain Spencer Fomby is the section chair for the National Tactical Officers Association Public Order Section and coordinated the creation of the NTOA Public Order Response and Operation Standards, the NTOA Public Order Basic Command Certification Course, and the NTOA Public Order Grenadier Workshop. He is the former director of the Boise, Idaho, Police Department Training, Education, and Development Division. He was previously employed by the Berkeley Police Department in California for 20 years. He has held primary assignments in patrol, narcotics, and crime prevention. He was assigned to SWAT for 18 years as an entry team member, team leader, and tactical commander. Spencer was the lead Berkeley Police Department public order instructor. He was responsible for equipment selection, tactical training, less-lethal weapon selection, chemical agent selection and deployment, and mission planning.
Spencer was the 2011 Berkeley Police Department Officer of the Year. He was the ...
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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 law enforcement professional with 25 years of service and a qualified expert in police practices and use of force. He served as a police lieutenant and SWAT commander and has extensive experience evaluating officer decision making under rapidly evolving and high risk conditions.
His expert work focuses on assessing objective reasonableness based on officer perspective, operational context, and the information reasonably available at the time force was used, rather than hindsight driven or outcome determinative analysis.
Travis previously served as the training division and professional standards unit lieutenant for a mid size California police agency, where he conducted use of force reviews, internal affairs investigations, and related administrative inquiries. He also managed firearms, less lethal, and defensive tactics training programs and oversaw the police academy and field training program, providing direct exposure to how officers are trained and e...
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Benjamin O. Warren, Jr.
LAW ENFORCMENT POLICY, LAPD SERGEANT (RET.)
Hot Pursuit, Inc.
Huntington Beach, California
Police Practices & Procedures, Jails & Prisons
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Pursuit Policy, Use-of-Force, Crime Foreseeability, Lethal Use-of-Force, Excessive Force, In-Custody Death, Firearms, Less-Than-Lethal, Reasonable Suspicion, Probable Cause, Searches, Internal Affairs, Crime & Arrest, Jail Policy, Jail Custody, Jail Suicide, Bars/Night Clubs, Security
POLICE PRACTICES, POLICY & PROCEDURE; JAILS AND PRISIONS EXPERT
• HONORABLY RETIRED SERGEANT, LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT (LAPD)
o Served from April 1980 to November 2013
o Extensive field experience: 18 years responding to tens of thousands of emergency calls
o Certified Peace Officer (P.O.S.T.): Basic, Intermediate, Advanced, Supervisory
• CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE EXPERTISE
o Detective trainee, Southeast Division, Major Assault Crimes
o Filed cases with District and City Attorneys
o Testified 150+ times as fact witness and investigator in various courts
o Specialized in Proposition 115 preliminary hearings and Peace Officer Hearsay Testimony
• TRAINING & LEADERSHIP
o Criminal Law Instructor, Los Angeles Police Academy
o Designed curriculum and trained new recruits and seasoned officers
o Promoted to Sergeant in 1998; trained and monitored officers daily
o Conducted and reviewed thousands of investigations and reports
• INTERNAL AFFAIRS; LEGAL AFFAIRS; ...
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Sylvie Stacy, MD, MPH
Addiction, drug abuse, and jail/prison medicine
Tavares, Florida
Addiction Medicine, Correctional Healthcare
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Substance use, Cocaine, Buprenorphine, Detox, Suboxone, Withdrawal, Fentanyl, Intoxication, Overdose, Cannabis, Methadone, Opioid, Addiction, Drug rehab, Toxicology, Methamphetamine, NCCHC, In-custody death, Jail, Prison
Sylvie Stacy, MD, MPH brings over 14 years of experience as a physician, including both direct patient care and administrative oversight focused on treating the incarcerated population and patients with addictions. She is board certified in Addiction Medicine and in Preventive Medicine & Public Health, both through the American Board of Preventive Medicine. She is licensed to practice medicine in 41 US states.
With over 10 years in correctional medicine, she has served as a corporate-level medical director for two leading providers of correctional healthcare services, offering comprehensive care within prison and jail settings. Beyond correctional settings, she has provided addiction medicine services in various community treatment settings, including SAMHSA-certified opioid treatment programs (OTPs, aka “methadone clinics”), office-based opioid treatment centers, residential treatment facilities, inpatient detox centers, intensive outpatient treatment programs, and via telemedicin...
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Emil A. Dameff, M.D., CCHP
Correctional Physician Expert | Jail and Prison
Punta Gorda, Florida
Correctional Healthcare, Jails & Prisons
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Correctional Medicine, Correctional healthcare, in custody death, Jail Medicine, deliberate indifference, emergency response, withdrawal management, inmate healthcare, suicide jail, access to care, Prison Medicine, Eighth Amendment, detox, suicide prison, mortality review, corectional, jail, Prison, emergency response, jail healthcare
Dr. Emil A. Dameff, M.D., CCHP is a correctional healthcare physician and former Florida Department of Corrections Regional Medical Executive Director and Wexford Corporate Medical Affairs Director with more than 30 years of clinical, administrative, and leadership experience across jails, prisons, juvenile facilities, correctional hospitals, hospitals, and inpatient behavioral-health settings. Since 2004, he has provided expert witness review, consultation, report preparation, and testimony support in correctional healthcare matters.. His expert work has been carried out alongside a primary career in direct patient care, correctional healthcare leadership, and systems-of-care oversight, giving him a practical, real-world foundation for evaluating how care is actually delivered, monitored, escalated, documented, and governed in custodial environments.
Dr. Dameff has served in on-site, regional, and corporate-level correctional healthcare leadership roles, including senior positions...
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Julia A Wilson, MD, CCHP
Correctional Medicine Expert, Emergency Physician
Avondale Estates, Georgia
Correctional Healthcare, Emergency Medicine
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Jail Standard of Care, Chronic disease mgt, Addiction and Detox, Cancer in jail, Medical Care in jail, Infectious disease in jails, HIV, Wound care, Delay in diagnosis in jail, Jail Emergency Care, Hep C, Inmate access to care, NCCHC Standards, In-custody Death, Mental Health Emergencies, Diabetes, Malnutrition and Starvation
I am a board-certified Emergency Physician with nearly 2 decades in the Emergency Department and 10 plus years of experience in correctional healthcare, including service as Medical Director for two large Metro-Atlanta county jail systems. My background includes frontline clinical care, executive medical leadership, and operational oversight within correctional environments.
After transitioning from emergency medicine, my career has focused on the delivery, management, and evaluation of healthcare services in jails and correctional facilities. I have extensive experience with correctional standards of care, compliance, quality improvement, and NCCHC accreditation, as well as a practical understanding of how policies, staffing, and operational constraints impact medical decision-making.
I provide expert analysis in matters involving correctional medicine, medical negligence, standards of care, and system operations. I am known for impeccable clinical skills, meticulous medical reco...
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Spencer Fomby
Police Practices and Use of Force Expert Witness
Law Enforcement Tactical Consultants Inc
Illinois
Police Practices & Procedures, Law Enf & Criminal Justice
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Use of force, officer involved shootings, crowd control, crowd management, public order, less-lethal weapons, SWAT, patrol operations, tactical operations, chemical agents, police policy, firearms, de-escalation, in-custody death, arrest procedures, defensive tactics, impact weapons, Active Shooter
Retired Captain Spencer Fomby is the section chair for the National Tactical Officers Association Public Order Section and coordinated the creation of the NTOA Public Order Response and Operation Standards, the NTOA Public Order Basic Command Certification Course, and the NTOA Public Order Grenadier Workshop. He is the former director of the Boise, Idaho, Police Department Training, Education, and Development Division. He was previously employed by the Berkeley Police Department in California for 20 years. He has held primary assignments in patrol, narcotics, and crime prevention. He was assigned to SWAT for 18 years as an entry team member, team leader, and tactical commander. Spencer was the lead Berkeley Police Department public order instructor. He was responsible for equipment selection, tactical training, less-lethal weapon selection, chemical agent selection and deployment, and mission planning.
Spencer was the 2011 Berkeley Police Department Officer of the Year. He was the ...
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Russell E Lockard, JD
Police Training and Procedure Expert
N/A
Gulfport, Mississippi
Law Enf & Criminal Justice
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Training, False arrest, Best Practices Law Enforcement, False imprisonment, Use of force, Wrongful conviction, Driving, SWAT, Deadly force, Illegal search, Interview and interrogation, In custody death, Corrections, Security
Sgt. Russell Lockard has over thirty years of law enforcement experience and is a twenty-five-year veteran of the Franklin, Tennessee Police Department. He has been assigned as a Tennessee Certified Instructor in vehicle operations, use of force, firearms, defensive tactics and served as a General Departmental Instructor for the City of Franklin Police Department Sgt. Lockard has extensive expertise in the management of police training and documentation. Sgt Lockard has been called an expert in court as per rule 702FRE in police emergency vehicle operations. Sgt. Lockard has received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Management (Williamson College). Sgt. Lockard obtained his Juris Doctorate from Nashville School of Law in 2018. Sgt. Lockard continues his career in law enforcement in southern Mississippi.
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Spencer Fomby
Police Practices and Use of Force Expert Witness
Law Enforcement Tactical Consultants Inc
New York
Police Practices & Procedures, Law Enf & Criminal Justice
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Use of force, officer involved shootings, crowd control, crowd management, public order, less-lethal weapons, SWAT, patrol operations, tactical operations, chemical agents, police policy, firearms, de-escalation, in-custody death, arrest procedures, defensive tactics, impact weapons, Active Shooter
Retired Captain Spencer Fomby is the section chair for the National Tactical Officers Association Public Order Section and coordinated the creation of the NTOA Public Order Response and Operation Standards, the NTOA Public Order Basic Command Certification Course, and the NTOA Public Order Grenadier Workshop. He is the former director of the Boise, Idaho, Police Department Training, Education, and Development Division. He was previously employed by the Berkeley Police Department in California for 20 years. He has held primary assignments in patrol, narcotics, and crime prevention. He was assigned to SWAT for 18 years as an entry team member, team leader, and tactical commander. Spencer was the lead Berkeley Police Department public order instructor. He was responsible for equipment selection, tactical training, less-lethal weapon selection, chemical agent selection and deployment, and mission planning.
Spencer was the 2011 Berkeley Police Department Officer of the Year. He was the ...
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Spencer Fomby
Police Practices and Use of Force Expert Witness
Law Enforcement Tactical Consultants Inc
Austin, Texas
Police Practices & Procedures, Law Enf & Criminal Justice
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Use of force, officer involved shootings, crowd control, crowd management, public order, less-lethal weapons, SWAT, patrol operations, tactical operations, chemical agents, police policy, firearms, de-escalation, in-custody death, arrest procedures, defensive tactics, impact weapons, Active Shooter
Retired Captain Spencer Fomby is the section chair for the National Tactical Officers Association Public Order Section and coordinated the creation of the NTOA Public Order Response and Operation Standards, the NTOA Public Order Basic Command Certification Course, and the NTOA Public Order Grenadier Workshop. He is the former director of the Boise, Idaho, Police Department Training, Education, and Development Division. He was previously employed by the Berkeley Police Department in California for 20 years. He has held primary assignments in patrol, narcotics, and crime prevention. He was assigned to SWAT for 18 years as an entry team member, team leader, and tactical commander. Spencer was the lead Berkeley Police Department public order instructor. He was responsible for equipment selection, tactical training, less-lethal weapon selection, chemical agent selection and deployment, and mission planning.
Spencer was the 2011 Berkeley Police Department Officer of the Year. He was the ...
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Donald L. Leach, II
Jail and Prison Expert Only
Donald L. Leach & Associates, Ltd.
Sandy, Utah
Jails & Prisons, Law Enf & Criminal Justice
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Jail, Prison, In-custody Death, Operations, Suicide, Medical, Use of Force, Training, Policy & Procedures, Assault, Strip Searches, Unlawful Detention, Over-detention, Immigration, Media Contact
• Began corrections work as a Deputy Jailer in 1984
• Retired Administrative Officer, Senior (Deputy Director) for Division of Community Corrections, Lexington, Kentucky-2008
• Served in the Marine Corps
• Bachelors-University of Kentucky (Psychology, Sociology & Political Science Majors)
• Masters(A)-University of Kentucky (Theory of Geography)
• Doctorate-Kennedy-Western University (Public Administration)
• Designed, developed, and supervised the pre-service and in-service training programs, management information systems, and offender classification systems
• Certified FBI firearms instructions, BOP defensive tactics instructor, NIC instructor on jail multiple jail management topics (staffing analysis, classification, operations)
• Developed contracts for a variety of privatized jail services
• Served as a jail management consultant for various agencies such as the National Institute of Corrections (NIC); American Jail Association (AJA): Voorhis-Robertson Justice Services; U.S. D...
