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Qualifications
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Marine accident investigator with over 26 years of experience
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Investigated over 625 Boating and PWC accidents
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Conducted Boating Safety analysis investigations
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Instructed Basic Boating Safety Enforcement and Marine Accident
Investigation to over 2700 law enforcement, marine
patrol officers and U. S. Coast Guard marine
investigators
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Court expert witness testimony
Education
1975-1976
Bachelor of Arts Degree University of San
Francisco- San Francisco, CA
1970-1974
Associate Arts Degree Diablo Valley
College-Pleasant Hill, CA
Employment
1999-Pres.
Consultant Self Employed Marine Accident
Investigation
Goodyear,
AZ
Boat and PWC
accident investigation and reconstruction
Court
preparation and expert witness testimony
Consult with
attorneys on marine accident and safety matters
Assessment of culpability and
liability
Represent plaintiff and defendant cases
1993- Pres.
Consultant/Instructor CA Department of Boating
and Waterways
Sacramento, CA
Instruct three forty hour POST
certified classes annually on Boat Accident
Investigation
Instruct one forty hour POST
certified class on Advanced Boating Accident
Investigation and
Reconstruction
1982-1999
Deputy Sheriff-Marine Patrol Officer Contra Costa
Co. Sheriff’s Department
Martinez, CA
Duties included patrolling over two hundred
miles of waterway
Enforced local, state and federal
laws and regulations
Primary duty was marine investigation and
reconstruction of boating accidents
Court testimony
Duties included scheduling, budgeting and grant writing
1968-1982 Deputy
Sheriff Contra Costa County
Sheriff’s Department
Martinez, CA
Detention Division 2 years
Detention Officer
Investigation Division 2 years
Detective
Civil Division 3 years
Civil Bureau
Patrol Division 7 years
County Patrol-Contract City
AWARDS
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California
Distinguished Public service Award 2007
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California
Distinguished Education Award 2003
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National
Water Congress Award of Merit 2001
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California
Officer of the Year 1993 (CBSOA)
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Officer of
the Year 1973 (Contra Costa County)
PROFESSIONAL
AFFILIATIONS
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California
Boating Safety Officers Association 1982 - Present
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Past
President 1993-Secretary / Treasurer 1994 – Present
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National
Association of Marine Investigators 1990 - Present
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Retired
Peace Officers Association of California 1999 - Present
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National
Safe Boating Council 2002 - Present
COMMITTEES
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I was assigned to a
Task Force to rewrite the California Department of
Boating and Waterways forty hour course on Basic
Boating Enforcement. This is a P.O.S.T. certified
course is currently taught to marine patrol officers
in California
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I was assigned to a
Task Force to rewrite the 40 hour course for the
National Association of State Boating Law
Administrators. This P.O.S.T. certified Marine
Accident Investigation course is currently taught to
marine patrol officers throughout the United States
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I was assigned to a
Task Force to rewrite the California Department of
Boating and Waterways Vessel Accident Report
Manual. The manual was published in April of
2002 and is currently used for
the instruction of writing vessel
accident reports in the State of California
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I was assigned to a
Task Force to develop the curriculum for a forty
hour advanced Marine Accident Investigation and
Reconstruction course. The course is POST approved
and a new class offered by the California Department
of Boating and Waterways. The first class was
taught in March 2007 and is offered once a year
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I was assigned to a task force to write an Advanced
Boating Accident Manual for the California Department of
Boating and Waterways. It was published in March
2009 and is presently being used by marine patrol
officers throughout the State of California.
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