Professional Summary
Second-generation law enforcement executive with 34 years of distinguished service at the City of Bothell Police Department, including 27 years on the Command Staff as Captain. Graduate of both the FBI National Academy (Session 183, Quantico, Virginia) and the Northwest Law Enforcement Executive Command College. Currently serves as an expert witness in federal civil rights litigation and police misconduct cases, with particular expertise in Monell doctrine claims, use-of-force policy analysis, and the documentation of systemic supervisory and training failures. Additionally serves as a leadership keynote speaker, consultant, published author, National Speakers Association member, and certified leadership instructor who has trained more than 1,800 managers and executives. Holds a Master of Science in Management & Leadership (MSML).
Expert Witness & Consulting Practice
Police Misconduct Pro
Principal Expert Witness · policemisconductpro.com
Provides expert witness testimony and consulting services to civil rights attorneys in police misconduct, excessive force, false arrest, and supervisory failure cases. Prepares Rule 26(a)(2)(B) expert disclosures and delivers deposition and trial testimony. Works with attorneys at every stage of litigation, from early case evaluation through trial.
Areas of Expertise
Monell doctrine claims: policy, custom, culture, and supervisory liability (42 U.S.C. § 1983)
Pattern-or-practice analysis establishing department-wide culture as proximate cause of civil rights violations
Use-of-force policy failures and supervisory neglect
Fourth Amendment violations and false arrest tied to training deficiencies and leadership culture
Inadequate training analysis under Canton v. Harris, 489 U.S. 378 (1989)
Command-level accountability and systemic failure documentation
Expert reports written to withstand aggressive cross-examination
Rule 26(a)(2)(B) expert disclosures for federal civil rights litigation
Representative Case Record
Retaliatory Arrest · Mississippi
First Amendment retaliatory arrest claim against a municipal police department. Sworn deposition testimony measured against video of the incident, the probable cause standard, and the department's own policy chapters.
Settled
First Amendment Retaliation · Mississippi
Arrest of a bystander at a traffic stop. The report documents the shifting justifications offered between the incident, the charging decision, and courtroom testimony, laid against the probable cause standard and First Amendment protections.
Settled
Fatal Pursuit · Mississippi
Wrongful death claim arising from a high-speed pursuit over a non-violent offense. The decisions to initiate and continue the pursuit measured against national pursuit research, IACP guidance, and model policy standards.
Settled
Use of Force on a Minor · Mississippi
Use-of-force claim brought on behalf of a minor child after an on-duty law enforcement executive used physical force at a high school. The analysis documents what was missing from the record itself: no use-of-force report and no body-worn camera video.
Settled
False Arrest · California
False arrest claim arising from a domestic violence investigation by a major-city police department. Exculpatory evidence and supervisory red flags documented step by step, measured against POST training standards and department policy.
Settled
Involuntary Psychiatric Detention · California
Unlawful seizure and detention claim arising from a police and county crisis-team co-response. A 41-page report with more than 50 footnotes, two appendices, and a timestamped table of every refusal captured on body-worn camera.
Pending · Expert report submitted
Wrongful Arrest & Malicious Prosecution · Rhode Island
Civil rights claim against a nationally accredited state police agency. An initial case review and supplemental statement measuring the written policies the agency's accreditation certifies against its own public records production and sworn command-staff deposition testimony.
Pending · Expert report and supplement submitted
Additional cases currently in progress.
Leadership Consulting, Training & Speaking
Provided executive leadership training seminars, keynote speaking, and consulting for mid-level managers and executives across law enforcement, government, and private-sector organizations. Trained more than 1,800 managers and executives. Sought after for guest appearances on leadership podcasts across the United States and internationally.
Provides customized leadership training and consultation for law enforcement agencies, fire departments, and organizations, as well as expert witness testimony services and artificial intelligence consultations.
Taught the 40-hour Middle Management certification course (five times per year) and Executive Leadership curriculum at the state police academy.
Served on the Board of Directors for the Northwest Chapter of the National Speakers Association.