On Liars, Mistletoe and Lack of Respect for Colleagues

摘要

I returned to my office on September 22, after testifying in North Carolina as an expert witness on behalf of a female officer who shot and killed a suspect that was trying to run her down with a vehicle. The week before, I testified in Louisiana as an expert witness against a female officer who shot and killed an unarmed suspect. I immediately began making preparations for my next two trips out of town—one to a western state to conduct an 8 hour training program for 60 police chiefs and sheriffs on the legal, professional and ethical standards regulating police officer use-of-force and another to the midwest to deliver a presentation to a defense lawyers' association on how to best use law enforcement experts in defending police use-of-force cases.