Narcotics Expert Witnesses in Florida

This expert has 30 years of experience in law enforcement. He earned his BA in criminology from St. Leo University, his MPA from Troy State University, and his EdD in organizational leadership from Southeastern University. He is certified in law enforcement cross training and is a member of the International Homicide Investigator Association and the Florida Sexual Crimes Investigator Association. He previously served as a police officer in the uniform patrol division and as a sergeant in the special victims unit and violent crimes unit at Lakeland Police Department. This expert is currently a sergeant in the uniform patrol division at a police department in Florida and an adjunct professor of criminal justice at a state college in Florida.

This highly-qualified expert has over 25 years of experience in the law enforcement and private security industry. He earned his BS in political science and his MS in criminal justice from the University of Central Florida. He is a licensed security officer and security manager and stays active in his field as a member of the American Society for Industrial Security and the Gated Community Security Managers Association. Formerly, this expert held positions as a lieutenant and acting captain of criminal investigations, a patrol commander, and the staff director and chief of staff at the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. He has also served as the director of security at Isleworth Country Club & Isleworth Community Association as well as the director of public safety for Ocean Reef Public Safety Department. Currently, he is a security director for a university in Florida, a part-time contract investigator for a financial security services company based in Maryland, and the president of his own law enforcement and private security consultancy.

This qualified expert served for 31 years with the Miami Dade Police Department, the largest police department in the Southeastern US. He holds his MS in public management from St. Thomas University and is certified as a police firearms instructor, police defensive tactics instructor, and a crime prevention practitioner all in the state of Florida. This expert has been training police recruits and law enforcement officers in defensive tactics, firearms, patrol tactics, SWAT tactics, use of force and deadly force since 1988. He has trained thousands of law enforcement officers nationally. He remains active in his field as a member of the American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers and the International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association.

This highly qualified expert has over 10 years of experience as a forensic toxicologist. She earned her BS in chemistry at the University of Georgia before completing her PhD in analytical chemistry at the University of Arizona. She then completed an MS in forensic toxicology at the University of Florida. She is board certified and a fellow in forensic toxicology by the American Board of Forensic Toxicology, a certified toxicological chemist by the National Registry of Certified Chemists, and a licensed clinical laboratory director in the state of Florida. She is very active in her field as a member of several professional societies including the Society of Forensic Toxicologist, the American Academy of Forensic Science, and the International Association of Forensic Toxicologists. In addition, this expert has published over 50 peer-reviewed articles. Formerly, this expert was a toxicologist level II and III for the Miami-Dade Medical Examiner Department. She is not the director of the toxicology laboratory at a medical examiner's office in Florida.