AELE Expert Witness/Litigation Consultant Listing

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Name: Alan C. Youngs

Current employment: Federal Monitor Puerto Rico, Attorney at Law / Law Enforcement and Security Consultant 
Address: 5552 W. Lakeridge Road, Lakewood, CO 80227 
Tel: 720-232-5812 
Fax: 303-922-8510 
E-mail: alyoun@aol.com 

Chief Alan C. Youngs retired after 33 years with the Lakewood Colorado Police Department, a suburb of Denver. He held command positions within every division of the department. He is also a graduate of the FBI National Academy, 166th Session. He has earned a bachelor’s degree in Political Science, a master’s degree in Public Administration and a Law degree. Chief Youngs is a practicing attorney, defending police officers,municipalities and counties, and is a law enforcement expert witness in police policies, procedures, use of force, training and police academies. He has reviewed case files and has in the past testified in numerous cases. He is a licensed member of the Washington D.C. Bar, the Nebraska and Colorado United States District Courts, International Trade Court, Court of Appeals for the District and U.S. Supreme Court. He is a member of the American Bar Association Rule of Law Committee, the American Immigration Lawyers Association, Federal Litigation Committee and is Vice President of the Americans for Effective Law Enforcement (AELE), certified Litigation Specialist and Vice President of AELE. He is also a graduate of the Police Executive Research Forum Senior Management Institute for Police. He has completed a Colorado Bar approved, 40-hour training course on Arbitration and Mediation.

 

Mr. Youngs has been a Police Advisor to the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S.A.I.D. and U.S. State Department. He has worked as a Police Advisor to the Program Director in El Salvador, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Paraguay and Peru. He has provided technical assistance with the development of curriculum, training courses, procedural manuals, anti-corruption training and best practices consistent withdemocratic principles of policing.

 

For the past 15 years, Mr. Youngs has been a police practice consultant providing court-appointed expertise in police agency Federal District Court Consent Decrees. Expert in applying Constitutional Standards, State Law, policy and practice to police incidents. He instructs courses on police use of force, internal affairs and discipline. He frequently performs police management assessments on staffing, operations, policy, auditing, investigations and training. His experience includes deposition and trial testimony. He is an expert witness

and has appeared for both the Plaintiff and Defense Bar. Areas of police practice expertise include:

 Police officer-involved shootings

 Use of force

 Excessive use of force

 Internal Affairs

 Supervision

 Effective police training, failure to train, inadequate training and other police training issues

 Police practice and policy

 Discipline

 Mental Health

 Auditing

Employment

The Youngs Group

Founder and Principal: 2004 to Present

United States Federal District Court—Appointed Monitor

 Appointed to the Federal U.S. District Court Consent Decree Monitoring Team of Puerto Rico.

 Work with a team of court-appointed professionals in assessing compliance with Consent Decree

requirements.

 Specific duties of monitoring team are a police practices expert with focus on police use of force,

police complaints, shootings, training, supervision, recruitment, police academy auditing and other

standards of Constitutional Policing practices and procedures.

Police Practice Consultant

 Police practice and policy consultant, expert witness and speaker on oversight of police practices.

 Specialized focus on assessment of police use of force, officer-involved shootings, conducting

investigations of police misconduct, policy review, analysis of data, audits of internal affairs and

police agency management, review of police reports.

 Training on reporting, investigating and review of police use of force. Provide organizational

management assessment for police departments relating to operational staffing analysis, 911

Centers, data management, investigations and support services.

Mr. Youngs has been a consultant for Dyn-Corp International. He conducted audits, inspections and due

diligence in Israel, Jordan and Palestine. His assignment included recommendations regarding the security

and base operations for the Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC), located in Muwaqqar, Jordan.

JIPTC trained the national police forces of Iraq, Jordan and Palestine.

Mr. Youngs has helped conduct management audits of 51 law enforcement agencies in the United States, the

Middle East, the Caribbean, and South and Central America as a consultant. He was a contract employee at

Fort Leavenworth, where he was an instructor, facilitator and role player involved in the democratic police

training of Human Terrain Teams, which were deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan.

Mr. Youngs has lectured for the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), the Dallas Crime

Commission, The Institute for Law Enforcement Administration, the FBI Academy, the World Future Society,

the Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Michigan and Northern California Chiefs of Police Associations, the

Dallas, Tulsa, Pennsylvania State Police and Mexico City Police Academies.

He is a Colorado Police Officer Standards and Training Instructor. He is an Adjunct Professor of Criminal

Justice at Rio Salado College and at Red Rocks Community College. He was the former Director of the Red

Rock Police Officers Standards and Training (POST), Certified Police Academy. In the past, he has been a

facilitator for Enlightened Leadership International, as well as an Adjunct Professor at the University of

Colorado, Ottawa University, Remington College, Metropolitan State College, the University of Phoenix and

Penn State University. He has also reviewed class materials for the University of Notre Dame, pertaining to

the future of law enforcement.

He is an associate with KRW, LLC, which conducts executive searches and management studies throughout

the United States. He is also a co-owner of The Law Enforcement Personality, LLC; and a partner with Crime

Center Software.

Mr. Youngs is a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Investigative Operations

Committee and the IACP Professional Standards Committee. He is a certified instructor for the recognition

of Excited Delirium and Agitated Chaotic episodes, by the Institute for the Prevention of In-Custody Deaths,

Inc. He is also certified in Fraud Prevention.

Publications

Mr. Youngs is a published author of 15 articles on law enforcement. These topics include: The Future of

Public/Private Partnerships; Trust and Transparency; Teamwork, an Innovative Approach; The Lakewood

Police Department Cross Cultural Training Program; and The Use of Process Mapping in the Investigation

of Domestic Violence.

Awards and Achievements

 United States Department of Justice International Criminal Investigation Training Assistance Program

Outstanding Commitment and Service Award.

 United States Department of Justice International Criminal Investigation Training Assistance Program

Instructors Award.

 Project Manager for the Public/Private Partnership program that won the Colorado Association of Chiefs

of Police Pioneer Policing Award.

 Mayor’s Award for Special Achievement in Promoting Cultural Diversity within the Community of

Lakewood.

 Project Manager of the Process Mapping project that won the Colorado Association of Chiefs of Police

Pioneer Policing Award. This same team won the Mayor’s Innovative Program and also the Denver

Regional Council of Governments Innovations Award.

 Commendation from Mayor and Lakewood City Council for Dedicated Service.

 Commendation from Jefferson County Community Corrections Board for Dedicated Service.

 Commendation from Police Athletic League (PAL) for Dedicated Service.

 Inducted into the Denver Post Hall of Fame.

 Inducted into the Lakewood Police Hall of Fame.

 Officer of the Month by the Green Mountain Kiwanis Club.

 Recipient of the Optimist International Law Enforcement Award.

 Awarded Colorado’s Top 20 Police Pistol Shooter status by Governor Richard Lamm.

 Chairman of the Board for the West Metro Drug Task Force.

 Past President of the Police Futurists International.

 Past President of the Metropolitan Law Enforcement Association.

 Past President of the Penn State Polex Class for Police Executives.

 Appointed to Leadership Denver Board of Directors.

 Coordinator of the Senior Management Institute for Police sponsored by Harvard, Kennedy School of

Government.

 U.S. International Police Association representative to the Country of Argentina.

 Chosen by IACP to attend instructor training for Leadership in Police Organizations held at the Maryland

State Police Academy.

 Chair of the American Society of Industrial Security (ASIS) Interpol Committee.

 Selected to be a Member of the FBI Task Force concerning Gangs, Terrorism and Weapons of Mass

Destruction (WMD).

 Assisted in the making of two training films on Juvenile Violence and Gangs by the California and Arizona

Police Officers Standards and Training (POST) Commissions.

   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.

[R] Administrative negligence {failure to direct, inadequate supervision} 
[T] Agency policies, practices and customs 
[T] Deadly force; shooting avoidance and alternatives 
[T] Employee dishonesty investigations 
[R] Failure to protect specific persons (domestic violence, witnesses, etc.) 
[R] Insufficient or inadequate training 
[R] Neck restraints and similar defensive tactics 
[R] Physical Fitness Standards and Training 
[R] Retention of a known unfit employee or negligent entrustment of a weapon 
[R] Security policies and procedures
[R] Sexual Offender Evaluations 
[T] Standards for discipline, internal affairs procedures, (in)adequate punishment 
[R] Vehicle pursuit & emergency response policies & techniques