Use of Force Expert Witnesses in Illinois

This expert been retained as an expert in more than one hundred (100) cases and has been qualified and testified at several civil trials in state and federal courts. This expert most frequently has been retained on cases regarding use of force, false arrest, police pursuits/emergency vehicle response but has also been retained in several other areas. He has conducted several Sensitive Internal Investigations as an independent investigator for numerous municipalities and other entities regarding allegations of Police Misconduct. He also serves as an assessor for the Commission for the Accreditation of Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) and have conducted assessments of over thirty (30) law enforcement agencies throughout the United States, including reviewing agency policies, practices and training.

This expert received his AS in Science from Lincoln Trail College and is an Accredited Traffic Accident Reconstructionist by the Accreditation Commission for Traffic Accident Reconstructionists. He has certifications in Bosch EDR, Level I Event Data Recorder Use in Traffic Crash Reconstruction, and is a Crash Reconstruction Specialist. He is an active member in the Illinois Association of Technical Accident Investigators and the Illinois Traffic Safety Leaders. Currently, he is a police officer and the Chief of Police at a police department in Illinois, as well as an owner and lead crash reconstruction investigator at a large accident reconstruction firm in Illinois.

Instructor for a regional training institution for police officers, providing training in Field Training and Evaluation Program, PPCT Defensive Tactics Instructor, PPCT Spontaneous Knife Defense Instructor and cadre member for the First Line Supervisory Skills course. Adjunct Faculty for a regional law enforcement academy. Providing export training in Instructor Development, Use of Force Instructor, Field Training and Evaluation Program (San Jose Model), FTO Update/Transition, FTO Supervisor. Defensive Tactics Instructor fora regional law enforcement academy. Guest Lecturer for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Use of Force, Below 100 and Field Training Officer Refresher Workshop. Author and edityor for a major law enforcement association journal. Training Courses: Field Training and Evaluation Program, The Adaptive FTO, FTO Supervisor, PPCT Defensive Tactics Instructor Trainer, PPCT Spontaneous Knife Defense Instructor Trainer, PPCT Threat Pattern Recognition Firearms Instructor Trainer, Use of Force Instructor. Instructor Development and Below 100 Instructor Trainer.

This highly qualified expert has a BS from the University of Illinois, a MPA from Governors State University, and a PhD from Walden University (residency performed at Indiana University). Dr. Henson is an independent drug and alcohol testing consultant, providing drug and alcohol testing evaluations, research, and expert testimony. He has been qualified as an expert in field sobriety testing, drug and alcohol testing, physiology, and pharmacology in criminal, civil, and employment law cases across the United States. Dr. Henson has served as a police officer, police administrator, a police academy instructor supervising the alcohol testing program at the University of Illinois, a college professor at multiple institutions, and as a Dean of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences. He has served on several advisory and research committees related to law enforcement and drug and alcohol testing using breath, blood, urine, saliva, and field sobriety testing. Clients have included fortune 500 companies, professional athletes (NBA & MLB), employee unions, and government entities.