LAW ENFORCMENT POLICY, LAPD SERGEANT (RET.)
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Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness
General Specialties:
Police Practices & Procedures and Jails & PrisonsKeywords/Search Terms:
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, SecurityYears in Practice:
46Number of Times Deposed/Testified in Last 4 Yrs:
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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; POLICY RESEARCHER/WRITER o Watch Commander and Assistant Watch Commander at multiple divisions o Legal Affairs staff researcher/writer: Developed and wrote department policy o Collaborated with District and City Attorneys for policy opinions o Internal Affairs Investigator JAILS AND PRISONS EXPERT • METROPOLITAN DETENTION CENTER (MDC) CITY-WIDE JAIL WATCH COMMANDER o Oversaw operations of three regional jails and seven divisional jails o Managed well-being of 400+ personnel and intake of 75,000+ prisoners annually o Investigated uses-of-force, cell extractions, and in-custody deaths • COMMANDING OFFICER ROLES o Acting Officer-In-Command of 77th Regional Jail (150+ personnel) o Acting Commanding Officer of Property Division (150+ employees) o Oversaw evidence processing, including Sexual Assault Evidence Kits and DNA evidence COMMUNITY & CHAPLAINCY • DEPARTMENT CHAPLAIN (2002 - CURRENT) o President of Chaplain Corps (2011–2013) o Current Reserve Chaplain Southeast Division o Current member of the LAPD Chaplain Advisory Board as Training Coordinator/Instructor o Awarded Southeast Reserve Officer of the Year, May 2025 Retained Cases: 30+ Deposed as an expert: 7 times (Plaintiff 4, Defense 3 PAST TWO YEARS) Testified in jury trial as an expert: 1 (Defense 1 (Verdict: zero liability to defendant DEC 2025)