Accident Investigation/Reconstruction: Expertise in the reconstruction of traffic collision and Forensic Visual Perception. Seventeen years as a police officer investigating several thousand automobile collisions.  Six years teaching experience in accident reconstruction.  Published author in the field of accident reconstruction.  Qualified expert witness in the field of traffic accident investigation & reconstruction and Forensic Visual Perception, having testified in, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and the Federal Court for Middle District of Florida and Southern District of Georgia.

EXPERIENCE:

(1992 - PRESENT)  Founder and President.

KENNEDY, BYRD & ASSOCIATES Inc.

(March 1992 - August 1992)  President/Accident Reconstructionist

INSTITUTE OF POLICE TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA

FULL TIME FACULTY MEMBER (1986 - 1992)

Full time staff member of accident investigation & reconstruction training division. Assisted in developing the curriculum for the advanced traffic accident investigation and reconstruction courses, which are currently being presented by the institute. As a full time staff member, my duties included instructing over 3,000 members of the accident reconstruction community including ,police officers, engineers, attorneys, and doctors throughout the United States and several foreign countries.

 COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY VS. MAHONEY  (1988)      Consulting expert to the Kentucky Attorney General's Office. Provided expert technical advises in the investigation and reconstruction of the worst DUI Homicide case in the history of the United States.

JACKSONVILLE, FL. SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT (1969-1986)

 UNIFORM PATROL (1969 - 1979, 1982)

        Duties included all facets of police patrol responsibilities including investigation of automobile collisions with serious personal injury and fatality accidents

 TRAFFIC SQUAD (1979-1981)

Primary Duty was the investigation of all motor vehicle accident with emphasis on investigation and causative analysis of serious personal injury and fatal collisions.

NORTHEAST FLORIDA CRIMINAL JUSTICE TRAINING CENTER (1983 - 1986)

Member of training staff. Duties included the review of on-going accident investigations to determine causative factors of collisions.

UNITED STATES MILITARY - ARMY (1965 - 1968)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

 Society of Automotive Engineering – Grade of membership “MEMBER”

International Association of Accident Reconstructionist

National Association of Professional Accident Reconstruction Specialists

EDUCATION

High School Graduate (1965)

Andrew Jackson High School, Jacksonville, Florida

 Florida Junior College, Jacksonville, Florida

Associates of Arts, Criminal Justice (1975)

TECHNICAL TRAINING:

 NORTHEASTERN FLORIDA CRIMINAL JUSTICE TRAINING CENTER, JACKSONVILLE

Investigating Traffic Accidents (1969)

Traffic Accident Investigation (1980)

Radar Operator (1981)

Advanced Tactical Police Driving (1985)

NATIONAL ACADEMY FOR POLICE DRIVING, DALLAS TEXAS

  Tactical Police Driving Instructor Course (1983)

Advance Driving Techniques (1983)

 Emergency Vehicle Operation/Fire Apparatus (1983)

INSTITUTE OF POLICE TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA

At Scene Traffic Accident/Traffic Homicide Investigation (1984)

Advanced Traffic Accident Investigation (1985)

Traffic Accident Reconstruction (1985)

Computer Aided Accident Reconstruction (1987)

Investigation of Motorcycle Accidents (1988)

Investigation of Seat Belt / Child Restraint Injuries (1987)

Inspection of Commercial Vehicles (1991)

Investigation of Commercial Vehicle Accident (1991)

Forensic Animation of Traffic Crashes (1993)

 Concept of Night Visibility for Traffic Accident Investigators (1994)

 Pedestrian Accident Investigation and Human Factors (1995)

 Bus Accident Investigation (1996)

 Applied Physics For The Traffic Accident Investigator (1996)

CDR Download - User Certification Course (2004)

TEXAS  A&M UNIVERSITY, TEXAS ENGINEERING EXTENSION SERVICE, LAW ENFORCEMENT & SECURITY TRAINING DIVISION, COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS

 Analysis of Low Speed Collisions (1999)

INSTITUTE OF VEHICULAR SAFETY, COLUMBUS, OHIO

Instructor Course “ Training Traffic Accident Investigators on Concept of Day/Night Visibility” (1995)

Twelve years of experience/training in Forensic Visual Perception, conspicuity/vision relating to traffic crashes under Dr. Bernard Abrams, Director of Institute of Vehicular Safety.  Conducted over 125 headlight isocandles.  Conducted over 50 pedestrian visibility examinations.  Conducted over 25 examinations in tail light conspicuity. 

ATTENDED FOLLOWING SEMINARS

Illinois Association of Technical Accident Investigators,

University of Illinois (1989)

Canadian Association of Traffic Accident Investigators and Reconstructionist, British Columbia (1989)

 Society of Automotive Engineers, Detroit, Michigan (1988)

 Special Problems In Traffic Accident Reconstruction, Institute of Police Technology and Management, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida (yearly 1986 through 2008)

National Safety Counsel “Anatomy of Rail-Crossing Accident Seminar”, Atlanta, Georgia

AWARDS:          

MEDAL OF MERIT FOR BRAVERY  (1983)

Presented by Sheriff Dale Carson, Jacksonville Sheriff's

Office, Jacksonville, Florida

 OUTSTANDING PRESENTER (1989)

Special Problems In Traffic Accident Reconstruction Seminar,

Institute Of Police Technology and Management, University of

North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida

TEACHING CERTIFICATES:

FLORIDA JUNIOR COLLEGE, JACKSONVILLE

Law Enforcement

DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT'S, CRIMINAL JUSTICE STANDARDS AND TRAINING COMMISSION

Instructor Certificate

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

NORTHEAST FLORIDA CRIMINAL JUSTICE TRAINING CENTER, JACKSONVILLE

Traffic Accident Investigation

Tactical Police Driving Techniques

Advanced Driving Techniques

Emergency Vehicle Operation (Fire Apparatus)

INSTITUTE OF POLICE TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA

 At Scene Traffic Accident /Traffic Homicide Investigation

 Advanced Traffic Accident Investigation

Traffic Accident Reconstruction

Advance Traffic Accident Reconstruction With The Use of Microcomputers

Investigation of Commercial Vehicle Accidents

INSTITUTE OF VEHICULAR SAFETY, COLUMBUS

OHIO

 Concept of Day/Night Visibility for Traffic Accident Investigators

 LECTURER:

 Jacksonville Bar Association, “Trial Advocacy Program”, Amelia Island Plantation, 1998

Illinois Association of Technical Accident Investigators Seminar, University of Illinois (1988)

Special Problems in Traffic Accident Reconstruction, Institute of Police Technology & Management, University of North Florida (1988 and 1989. Received the Outstanding Presenter Award in 1989)

Kentucky State Police Advanced Accident Reconstruction Seminar (Concept of Day/Night Visibility in Traffic Accident Reconstruction), Frankfort, Kentucky (1995)

Understanding Accident Reconstruction and the Expert, A Seminar for Attorneys.  Institute of Police Technology and Management, University of North Florida (1994)

Twelfth National Seminar “Getting Tough On DWI: The Defense (The Difficult Case)”.  Sponsored by: The Minnesota Society for Criminal Justice in association with the National Jury Project (1997). 

 Anatomy of Rail-Crossing Accident Seminar.  Sponsored by the National Safety Council, Atlanta, Georgia (1997)

Jacksonville Association of Defense Counsels. (1996 and 1999)

Florida Prosecuting Attorneys Association.  DUI Manslaughter Training Seminar (1994 and 1996)

Contributions:

Authored book CONSERVATION OF LINEAR MOMENTUM USING VECTOR SUM ANALYSIS, published by the Institute of Police Technology & Management, University of North Florida

Authored book Impact Velocity From Conservation of Linear Momentum for the Traffic Accident Investigator and RECONSTRUCTIONIST, published by the Institute of Police Technology & Management, University of North Florida

Published articles appearing in LAW AND ORDER magazine, ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION JOURNAL and the ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION QUARTERLY.

ADVANCED TRAFFIC ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION USING MICROCOMPUTERS course for the Institute of Police Technology & Management, University of North Florida.

Wrote CONSERVATION OF LINEAR MOMENTUM AND VECTOR ANALYSIS and FORENSIC VISUAL PERCEPTION chapters in ADVANCED TRAFFIC ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION MANUAL, published 2005 by The Institute of Police Technology & Management, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida.

Published following articles in the ADVANCED TRAFFIC ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION MANUAL, published by The Institute of Police Technology & Management, University of North Florida (these articles appeared until 1998 at which time a new Advance Traffic Accident Investigation Manual was published):

      1. An Understanding of Acceleration Rates

      2. Traffic Accident Investigation, Vectors (Their Relationship to  

          Traffic Accident Investigation)

      3. Conservation of Linear Momentum, Solving for Impact Velocity 

         with Vector Sum Analysis            

      4. 360 Degree System for Solving Conservation of Linear Momentum 

      5. Impulse

Published following articles in the TRAFFIC ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION MANUAL, published by The Institute of Police Technology & Management, University of North Florida:

Traffic Accident Investigation, Vectors

 (Their Relationship to Traffic Accident Reconstructio)

Traffic Accident Reconstruction, Impulse and Conservation of Linear Momentum