Police Practices & Procedures Expert Witnesses in Alabama

Police Practices & Procedures, Investigation - Police Misconduct, Use of Force, Interviewing, Interrogation, False Confessions, Police Ethics, Investigative Failure, Human/Sex Trafficking, False Arrest, Failure to Train/Supervise, Taser & ECW, Evidence Handling, Sex Crimes, Civil Rights Violations, Police Policy, SOPs, Sexual Assault, Implicit Bias, In-custody Deaths, Vice

Beth A. Mohr, CFE, FSA, CFCS, CAMS, CCCI, MPA, PI, is a Police Practices expert with over 30 years of sworn and non-sworn investigative experience. Ms. Mohr has testified as an expert in numerous state and federal court proceedings, depositions, and administrative hearings in both federal and state courts, including New Mexico, Ohio, Illinois, Arizona, California, and Washington state. Ms. Mohr has testified on a variety of subjects, including police procedures, police misconduct, white collar crime and fraud examinations. Her expertise has been verified by the courts via a Daubert challenge, in which Ms. Mohr was found to be qualified as an expert in police practices generally, and well as the specific areas of interviewing, interrogation, false and recanted confessions, cognitive bias, investigations and investigative failures, vice, and human trafficking. She is available as a consulting or testifying expert anywhere in North America, as well as other locations worldwide. Ms...

Police Practices & Procedures, Jails & Prisons - 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; ...

Police Practices & Procedures, Investigation - Fingerprints, Homicide, Gangs, Narcotics, RICO, False arrest, False Conviction, Use of Force, Civil Rights, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, Identification, Crime Scene, Investigation, Policy and Procedure, Incident Management, Firearms, Firearms Instruction, Wrongful Conviction, Monell Claims

Available Nationwide Police Practices Expert specializing in case review, analysis, objective opinion development and delivery through high quality reports (Rule 26) and testimony. Actions in state courts and Federal actions including 42 U.S. Code § 1983; Due Process, False Arrest, False Conviction, False Confinement, Failure to Intervene, Policy and Customs Claims, Motions to Review Capital Convictions, Brady Violations, Malicious Prosecution, Coercive Interrogation, Conspiracy, Monell Claims, and Excessive Use of Force. Many of these have been primarily associated with murder cases, and have often had gang involvement. Over 38 years of law enforcement experience at city, county, state and federal level. Assignments worked included Patrol, K-9, Detectives, Narcotics/Task Force (DEA), Special Investigations and Internal Affairs, Organized Crime, Gaming, Metro Fugitive, Metro Gang, Major Crimes/Homicide, Dignitary Protection, Security Manager, Latent Fingerprint Examiner, Identifi...

Athens, Alabama

Police Practices & Procedures, Law Enf & Criminal Justice - Use of Force & Deadly Force, Law Enforcement & Civil Rights, Law Enforcement Policies & Procedures, Police Vehicle Emergency Response. Police Vehicle Pursuits, Police Use of Force and Arrest, Police Shootings, Police Internal Affairs, Police Misconduct, Case Evaluation, Expert Witness Testimony

Chief Dan Busken served as a municipal police officer for 35 years including 25 years as a chief of police. This service included responsibility for development of and compliance with progressive law enforcement policies and procedures. Chief Busken served on the Board of Directors for the Texas Police Chiefs Recognition Program. This program sets the standards for progressive and professional law enforcement practices throughout the State of Texas. While serving as a municipal police chief in three different States (Missouri, Alabama, Texas), Chief Busken directed research, development, and implementation of many police department policies including: Use of Force, De-Escalation and Alternatives, Taser, Pursuit, Emergency Vehicle Operation, Crime Prevention, Recruitment, Canine Operations, Narcotics Enforcement, Tactical, Emergency Response and Negotiations, Domestic and Family Violence, Jails, Housing of Prisoners, Arrest, Detention, Search and Seizure. Chief Busken has a MBA wi...