AELE Expert Witness/Litigation Consultant Listing

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Note: This expert is an AELE Certified Litigation Specialist

Name: John G. Peters, Jr., M.B.A., Ph.D., CLS

Current employer or professional affiliation:

     John G. Peters, Jr. & Associates

Address: 209 South Stephanie Street, Suite B-249, Henderson, Nevada 89012

Tel: 717.538.5940 (cell)

Fax: 702.361.0098

E-mail: drp1951@gmail.com

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

• President, Chief Learning Officer, Institute for the Prevention of In-Custody Deaths, Inc., 2005- present.
• Senior Associate, Institute for Liability Management, Gallagher-Bassett Services, 1992-1994.
• Principal, John G. Peters, Jr. and Associates, 1982-present.
• President, Senior Trainer, Defensive Tactics Institute, Inc., 1979-present.
• Senior Researcher, Public Systems Evaluation, Inc., 1978-1979.
• Staff Executive (civilian equivalent of Deputy Chief), medium-sized Massachusetts Police Department, 1977-1978.
• Deputy Sheriff, Pennsylvania sheriff's department, 1973-1977.
• Police Officer, two Pennsylvania police agencies, 1972-1973; 1973-1975.

(2) Degrees and relevant special training:

• Doctor of Philosophy (Applied Management & Decision Sciences), Walden University, Minneapolis, MN, 1999. (Accredited by North Central Association of Colleges).
• Dissertation: The Patterns, Practices, and Managerial Impact of Sexual Harassment in a Southern Sheriff's Department with a Comparative Analysis to the United States Merit Systems Protection Board Findings.

        Post-doctoral Master of Arts: Education (Career & Technical)

        California CLEAR Teaching Credential: Public Safety

• Master of Business Administration (Marketing/Management), With Distinction, Graduate School of Management, Babson College, Wellesley, MA, 1978. (Accreditation by New England Association of Colleges.)
• Master of Science (Public Relations), School of Public Communication, Boston University, Boston, MA, 1976. (Accredited by New England Association of Colleges.)
• Bachelor of Science (Criminal Justice), Summa Cum Laude, University of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, 1975. (Accredited by Middle Atlantic Association of Colleges.)
• Associate in Applied Science (Police Science), Cum Laude; Certificate in Corrections, Cum Laude, Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale, VA, 1972. (Accredited by Southern States Association of Colleges.)
• Certified Litigation Specialist (AELE): Police Liability; Corrections Liability; Public Employment Liability
• Post-Graduate Courses & Seminars: Several in the areas of criminal justice liability, workplace violence, sudden death, etc.
• InstructorTrainer: defensive tactics; handcuffing; restraints; batons (side-handle, straight, expandable); restraint tools; "excited delirium"; flashlights(heavy-duty and mini-flashlights); use-of-force; sexual harassment; suicide by cop; jail suicide; pepper spray and chemical agents; electronic restraints; neck restraints

(3) Other professional activities:

• Faculty member: Americans for Effective Law Enforcement Seminars
  Police Civil Liability
  Legal, psychological and biomechanical aspects of officer-involved lethal and less lethal force
• Member: International Association of Chiefs of Police; International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association; Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.
• Former adjunct faculty member at public and private colleges and universities.
• Certified Online Instructor

(4) Retainer information:

Depending upon the timeframe the percentage of plaintiff work varies from 20% to 70%.
Depending upon the timeframe, the percentage of defense work varies from 80% to 30%.

During the past 20+ years, the average percentage of plaintiff to defense is approximately 60%-40%.

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

I have testified in Federal, State, and International courts in several states, plus China. A list of attorney references will be provided upon request.

(6) Publications that contain your paid advertisements (since 1996): None

(7) Usual and customary fee:

Option I: Case Development Flat Fee: $5000 (no report).

Option II: Case Development Flat Fee with Expert Report: $7500.

Option III: Hourly Rate: $300 per hour; $3000 retainer, Data entry billed separately at $100 per hour.

Deposition, testimony, on-site visits, inspections, and/or re-enactments: $2000 per day at my location or $3000 per day outside of the Las Vegas area, plus actual expenses incurred, as described in the "Fee Schedule". There is no cost for travel time to and from my location.

(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.

[T] Agency policies, practices and customs
[T] Batons, flashlights and other impact weapons
[Q] Campus rapes and assaults
[T] Chemical irritants & electrical weapons
[T] Deadly force; shooting avoidance and alternatives
[T] Employment discrimination (hiring/promotions)
[T] Failure to protect specific persons (domestic violence, witnesses, etc.)
[T] Handicap/Disability Discrimination
[T] In-custody inmate/prisoner suicides (and prevention methods)
[Q ] Inadequate premises security (guards, CCTV, locks, lighting, etc.)
[T] Injuries to / physical or sexual assaults on inmates and prisoners
[T] Insufficient or inadequate training
[T] Neck restraints and similar defensive tactics
[T] Physical Fitness Standards and Training
[Q] Poor or inadequate conditions in jails and correctional facilities
[T] Positional restraint asphyxia
[T] Prisoner transport, restraints, handcuffing and hog-tying
[T] Retention of a known unfit employee or negligent entrustment of a weapon
[T] Search and Seizure
[T] Sexual harassment
[T] Standards for discipline, internal affairs procedures, (in)adequate punishment
[Q] Use of Force Statistical Analysis
[T] Vehicle pursuit & emergency response policies & techniques

(9) Types of cases you will not accept:

     Cases where I am at odds with the plaintiff or defense theory will not be accepted, or those cases where there is a conflict of interest.

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

     Publications:

• Books: 9, including Defensive Tactics With Flashlights; Tactical Handcuffing for Hinged and Chain-Style Handcuffs; Official Kubotan Techniques; Realistic Defensive Tactics.
• Articles, Newsletters, Lesson Guides: 250, including, "Force continuums: Are they still needed"; "Operationalizing Theory Into Practice: Sudden and In-Custody Death"; "Suicide by Cop: Liability, Training, and Municipal Concerns".
• Scripts: 38, including, Prevention and Management of In-Custody Death; Response to Sexual Harassment: Organizational Victory or Checkmate?; Realistic Firearm Disarming.
• Cassette Recordings, 3: Officer Safety Update; Lesson Guides and Performance-based Testing; Prevention and Management of Sudden In-Custody Death.
• Online Course Development: 7, including Police Organizational Culture; Master Syllabus Emergency Management.

     Martial Arts: Third-degree black belt, Jiu-Jitsu; First-degree black belt, Kodokan Judo.

     Certificates of Appreciation and Letters of Commendation: Several have been received from federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies.

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