As a result of a lawsuit, agency or organization counsel often calls upon subject matter experts' services to assist during litigation.
The contemporary environment of criminal justice and security requires a proactive approach to risk management through agency policies and practices.
Areas of expertise
Dr. Hough is available for expert witness services for plaintiff or defendant, consulting, and training, in the following areas:
· Use of force in criminal justice environments
· Law enforcement/police practices
· Jail and corrections practices; Dr. Hough is a Certified Correctional Health Professional (CCHP)
· Juvenile justice detention practices
· Bias-based policing; human and cultural diversity
· Training the human officer; human factors
Human resource issues; Dr. Hough is a Senior Certified Professional by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM-SCP)
· Community policing, Intelligence-Led Policing, predictive policing
· Policy development and implementation
· Commercial and retail business security and liability measures; Dr. Hough is a Certified Protection Professional (CPP)
services
• Expert witness case review and evaluation
· Written reports, Federal Rule 26, rebuttal
· Policy review and implementation guidance
· Training in select topics for officers, supervisors, and managers
· Drafting deposition questions and opposing expert analysis
· Deposition, hearing, and trial testimony
recent cases
+Use of force
- Lethal force, subject in vehicle
- Lethal force, man with meat cleaver.
- Lethal force, man with simulated firearm.
- Lethal force during buy-bust.
- Lethal force subject with a knife
- Lethal force subject with a gun shot in back after pursuit.
- Lethal force, tactical team entry.
- K9 apprehension of juvenile arrestee.
- K9 apprehension of burglar
- K9 apprehension of man on highway
- Tactical team use in suicide circumstances
- TASER© use across multiple cases
+ Investigation
- Internet crime investigation
- Homicide investigation
- Traffic stop/investigative detention
- Driver’s Privacy Protection Act of 1994 (“DPPA”) and its application to law enforcement agencies and their employees
- Arrest of juvenile for bullying and subsequent suicide of another juvenile
- Arrest of subject for check fraud
- Human trafficking
- Massage/spa solicitation/prostitution
- Drug investigation through carrier service arrest
- False arrest computer solicitation of a minor
- Search warrant; sneak and peek
+ Police practices
- Security interaction; arrest of intoxicated theme park customer
- Arrest of intoxicated subject at residence for intimate partner violence call
- Arrest of subject on roadside for intimate partner violence call
- Arrest of subject at residence for intimate partner violence call
- Arrest of subject at residence noise call
- Drug takedown arrest
+ Training and agency policy
- Opioid medications and contraband.
- Use of Force
- Vehicle pursuit
- Suicide, juvenile inmate suicide.
- Inmate death.
- Security practices, asset protection policy and practice.
- Correctional practices, inmate on inmate assault.
+ Jail Practices
- Suicide in jail
- Jail classification issues; inmate assault
- Jail and Correctional practices; inmate on inmate assault
- Sufficiency of medical care; deliberate indifference
- Spontaneous assault; jail
- Opioid medication program and contraband
- Suicide in transport vehicle
+ JUVENILE DETENTION PRACTICES
- Suicide in juvenile detention
- Conditions of confinement; juvenile detention
- Use of force; juvenile detention
- Pepper spray; juvenile detention
- Behavioral confinement; juvenile detention
- Spontaneous assault; juvenile detention
Dr. Hough assesses and provides input for agency services and performance areas before or after significant challenges are encountered.
