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Name: William F. Naber

Current Employment: Naber Technical Enterprises

Address: 581 Sawka Drive, Suite B Auburn, CA 95603

Tel: (530) 887-0122

Fax: (530) 887-1092

Email: bnaber@nteusa.org

Internet website: http://www.jailexpert.com

(1) Relevant prior and part-time employment, with dates:

Jail, Police Practices, Law Enforcement Procedures Expert

Professional Work History

1984 to date: Owner, Naber Technical Enterprises, Auburn. CA.

• Corrections and police training developer and instructor.
• Law enforcement researcher and criminal justice consultant.
• Police jail policy manual developer.
• Police and correctional expert witness and trial consultant.
• Active contributor to corrections professionalism including laws, regulations, standards and organizational training.

2004 to Date: Principal, Mediation Services of Northern California,
     Alternative Dispute Resolution practitioners in collaborative law, arbitration, and mediation for private persons, groups, agencies, and organizations.

1984 to 1987 Assistant Court Compliance Officer and Auditor. Assistant to Thomas Lonergan, Special Court Master and Monitor

• State Court Actions, Santa Clara, Calif. Main Jail, Women's Facility, Compliance to Court Orders
• Federal, Federal District Court, San Francisco, Compliance of States and Counties to Federal Civil Rights Settlement Agreements,

1980 to 1984: Sonoma County California Sheriff's Department

• Detention Administrator, Sheriff's Captain, Command of all county adult correctional facilities
• Lead litigation negotiator in mediated settlement - Cherco v. Sonoma Sheriff.
• Grant and Technical Assistance Writer for and with Federal Department of Justice (FDOJ) and the National Institute of Corrections (NIC).
• Corrections training developer and instructor, nationally

1965 to 1980: Marin County California Sheriff's Department. Service Included:

• Deputy Sheriff, jail, patrol, bailiff, court security. (Part Time to Full Time)
• Sheriff's Sergeant, jail, patrol, detective. Special projects: Acting Corrections Programs Director, Santa Rosa Regional Training Center, Annual departmental budget writer.
• Sheriff's Lieutenant, jail, headquarters patrol commander, acting county communications director, CETA program manager and Sheriff's Administrative Aide commanding records, warrants, civil division, reserve officers, and office administration.

1965 to 1967 Safeway Corporation, North Bay District, Grocery Clerk

1962 to 1965 United States Army Security Agency,
     MOS 058 Intercept Operator U.S., Chitose, Japan

(2) Degrees and relevant special training:

Education:

• Incomplete Master's Degree in Criminal Justice Administration, 34 units Completed. Thesis and Doctoral Dissertation developed on Community Level
• Correctional Officer Standards for Entry Level and Apprenticeship Training (California, a Model Program).
• Bachelor of Arts: Criminal Justice Administration, 1976
• Associates Degree: Police Science. 1972
• Continuing Adult and Professional Education Annually

Professional Certificates and Licenses:

• California BAR Association, Mediator Certification (April 2004)
• California State Certified Training Provider of Standards and Training for Corrections (STC) and Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST)
• POST Executive, Mid-Manager, and Supervisory Certificates
• POST Advanced, Intermediate, and Basic Peace Officer Certificates
• Charter Member, American Jail Association (AJA), since 1981
• California Community College Life Time Vocational Instructor's Certificate, 1976
• Manual Morse Intercept Operator, MOS 058, Top Secret Crypto Security Clearance, U.S. Army Security Agency, Fort Devens, MA, Field Station, Chitose, Japan
• California Motor Vehicle Operators License

(3) Other professional activities:

-AJA Objective Classification Design, 24 hours, Reno, NV 2008
-Mediator Certification Program, California BAR Association, 25 Hours; Sacramento, CA. 2004
-University of California Davis Leadership Program, 40 Hours; Sacramento, CA, 2003
-Public Safety Instructor's Symposium, 24 Hours
- Burbank, CA, 2002, Concord, CA 2003
-AJA Objective Classification Seminar - 24 Hours; Burbank, CA, 2002
-Steven Covey Institute Leadership Series, 3 eight Hour Sessions, Sacramento, CA, 2002, 2001, 2000
-Webmaster School, Darin Gavin, 16 Hours; Sacramento, CA 2000
-International Association of Correctional Training Personnel (IACTP) National Conferences, 24 Hours; Orlando, FL., 1991, Memphis, TN, 1997, Long Beach, CA. 1998.
-National Expert Witness Symposium, 24 Hours; Hyannis Port, MA. 1996
-AJA National Conference, 24 Hours; Los Angeles, CA., 1987, Atlanta, GA, 1996,
-Langevin Learning Service - Designing Training Needs Analysis, 16 Hours; San Francisco, CA. 1990
-California Jail Managers Conferences, 24 hour sessions, Visalia, CA 1974 to 1988
-Art of Negotiation School, Chester Karrass Institute, 16 Hours; San Francisco, CA 1986
-Synergistic Training Instruments, 16 Hours; San Francisco, CA 1986
-Darrell Sink Training Design
     1. Introduction to Training Design, 16 Hours; San Francisco, CA. 1986
     2. Advanced Training Design and Test Development, 16 Hours; San Francisco, CA. 1987

(4) Retainer Information:

My ratio of plaintiff and defense work varies by year, but maintains a roughly 50/50 percentage.
As of this year my forensic work is 30% of my income, with teaching being 60% and other consulting at 10%.

(5) Names, address and telephone numbers of attorneys who may be contacted as references:

Mr. Chris Smith, Law Offices
119 North Peoria Street, Suite 3A
Chicago, IL. 60607
Office 312-850-2600
FAX 312-850-2704
Marlita Thomas (Mother) Norman L. Smith, Jr. V. Sheriff of Cook County, Il., et al.
U.S.D.C. No. District Illinois No. 04 C3563
Plaintiff Expert Jail Procedures and standards of conduct for inmate supervision. Young man allowed to die over a 6 day period of spinal meningitis through jail medical neglect.

Mr. Bruce Kilday, Esq.
Angelo, Kilday & Kilduff Law Offices
601 University Ave.,
Suite 150
Sacramento, CA. 95825
916-564-6100
916-564-6263
Falkenburg V. County of Yolo CIV S-01-1478 DFL GGH
Defense Expert - Suicide recognition and intervention Jail accidental Suicide

Mr. Michael Roush, Esq.
City of Pleasanton Attorney
123 Main St.
Pleasanton, CA 94566
925-931-5017 Office
925-931-5482 Fax
Merrill Clay Smith v. City of Pleasanton, Superior Court of California
Defense Expert - Police Personnel Procedures, Training and Evaluation. Probationary Termination of Police Officer

Full FRCP Rule 26 disclosures are available after our free 15 minute case assessment and preliminary case review for acceptance. Trial and deposition experience are list at http://www.nteusa.org/jailexpert/expertexperience.html

(6) Publications that contain your ads:

Forensic Expert Witness Association Directory
California Lawyer Magazine
Jurispro Witness Directory
SEAK Witness Directory

(7) Usual and customary fee:

I custom bid each case based on complexity, time commitment, and my teaching schedule. I require a retainer and retainer agreement before any work is performed

(8) Areas of Expertise and Experience:

Note - Letter codes used in front of the subject mean:
[ T ] Testified in court or at depositions on the subject;
[ R ] Retained as a consultant, but have not testified on the subject.
[ Q ] Qualified to testify or consult on the subject, but have not served as a paid consultant.

Recruitment, Hiring and Retention of Public Safety Personnel

[R] Recruitment


• Marketing and public information strategies for special recruitment of women, minorities and language specialists.
• Protection against institutional and political bias
• Applicant interests and organizational attractions
• Cost effectiveness of local, regional and national recruiting efforts.

[R] Hiring


• Validation of hiring processes
• Protection against bias in selection and screening procedures
• Importance of background and integrity verification.
• Timelines and drop-out rates/reasons - financial and organizational impact of vacancies and turnover
• Bonafide Occupational qualifications and "testing/qualification" validation

[R] Retention


• Organizational health and a stable workforce
• Non-economic employee satisfiers
• Contract and employee agreements and management prerogatives.
• Learning from terminations and exit-interviews.

Correctional and Detention Facilities Operations
[T] Standards of care, including deliberate indifference elements by adult and juvenile corrections officials.
[T] California state and national minimum standards for adult corrections facility operations.
[T] Minimum training standards for jail employees, supervisors, managers and administrators.
[T] Standards of operation for pre-arraignment booking and lockup facilities.
[T] Standards for design and operation of temporary and court holding facilities.
[T] Standards for detention of minors in adult detention and police facilities.
[T] Jail medical administrative standards in operations.
[T] Institutional mental health services contracts and levels of service.
[T] Totality of conditions and deprivation of services in adult and juvenile detention facilities related to overpopulation.
[T] Standard practices in inmate classification, objective classification systems
[T] Adult and juvenile classification procedures, intake through alternatives to incarceration.
[T] Objective classification procedures, instrument design, methodology and validation.
[T] Classification criteria for suicide recognition and special handling.
[T] Classification system auditing, procedures validation methods.
[T] Organized and sophisticated criminal control in classification procedures and special housing units (SHU's).
[T] Classification officer training, certification and proficiency maintenance.
[T] Supervision and management of classification units.
[T] Offender Suicide Potential Recognition, Intervention and Inmate Injury Prevention.
[R] Suicide Opinions Research Project, 1999 To Date
[T] Recognition, intervention and management of suicidal inmates.
[T] Studies and research on demographic elements of suicide potential.
[T] Death in custody investigations
[T] Adult and Juvenile Institutional Security, Precautions, And Procedures.
[T] Institutional security and safety functions, including security practices, search methods, contraband control policy and practices
[T] Strip searches and other types of clothed and unclothed personal searches
[T] Adult and juvenile institutional physical plant operations and management
[T] Jail emergency procedures, critical incident training, command, and control, after action incident debriefing.
[T] Jail violence control and response - alternatives to use-of-force, McMillan standards.

Correctional, Police, Public Safety Management and Administrative Practices
[T] Adult and Juvenile Institutional Management and Administration
[T] Detention facilities policies, procedures development, implementation and testing.
[T] Jail records, identification procedures, and administrative documentation practices.
[T] Jail overcrowding, population management and alternatives to incarceration
[T] Correctional institutional staffing, deployment, and span of supervision.
[T] Adult and juvenile institutional building operations and management
[T] Correctional Employment Practices: Recruitment, Hiring, Assignment, Promotion, and Progressive Discipline Including Rehabilitation Programs.
[R] Recruit and apprenticeship training and standards (FTO, JTO, CTO, DTO).
[T] Supervision and management in correctional institutions and corrections field assignments.
[T] Jail and institutional incident, homicide, suicide, death in custody, and internal affairs investigations.
[T] Use-of-force training, equipment, policies and procedures.
[T] Failure to train, supervise, manage and control corrections employees.
[T] Jail, adult and juvenile detention leadership development
[T] Assignment, promotion, discipline and termination.
[T] Law enforcement practices and procedures:
[T] Civil rights violations by police officials concerning prisoners
[T] Use-of-force by police officers (passive restraint to deadly force) within police and law enforcement facilities.
[T] Wrongful injury or death in police custody.
[T] Supervision, management and control of law enforcement employees.
[T] Police jail or lockup policy, procedures and practices review.
[T] Warrant service, rendition and extradition. & positive identification of arrestees
[R] Recruitment, hiring, discipline and termination of law enforcement staff.

{9} Types of cases you will not accept.

       Every case is weighed based on its merits during the free 15 minute case assessment discussion.

{10} Other information relevant in evaluating your services (publications, awards, achievements, special interests).

I currently have over 250 workbooks for state and federally certified law enforcement courses and 22 professional writings published. Please see http://www.nteusa.org/jailexpert/publications.html for the full disclosure.

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