Prevent the Lawsuit,
Not Just Defend It
Direct line: (239) 571-1840 · GregoryGilbertson@proton.me
For law-enforcement agencies
Liability · Standards · Policy · Curriculum
Police-liability training built from thirty-eight years of casework and classroom instruction, and from the expert-witness chair where training failures become verdicts. For agencies that would rather fix the practice than litigate it.
Three experts. Over 110 years.
Professor Gregory Gilbertson (Ret.), FBI Special Agent Christopher Holland (Ret.), and Sheriff Robert Snaza consult with attorneys nationwide regarding police practices and procedures, use of force, false arrest, police misconduct, criminal, and self-defense casework.
CEO & OwnerThirty-eight years in four uniforms: street cop, soldier, professor, investigator. More than 220 matters in 42 states and D.C. since 2014, with testimony that has not been excluded at trial in any state or federal court.
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ConsultantMore than thirty-five years in public safety: twelve years and three terms as the elected Sheriff of Lewis County, Washington, and six years a commissioner of the state board that sets peace-officer training standards.
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ConsultantForty years of investigative casework, from patrolman in St. Louis County to the FBI in Chicago, and on to task forces in Afghanistan and Liberia. His work on the Idaho student murders is examined in Broken Plea, the New York Times bestseller by Christopher Whitcomb.
Full profileNever excluded. Professor Gilbertson’s testimony has not been excluded at trial in any state or federal court.
The Hon. Richard A. Jones United States District Judge“Mr. Gilbertson’s qualifications demonstrate extensive experience in policing. His expansive work as a police officer in Georgia, with assignments as a SWAT team officer, juvenile court investigator, school resource officer, stakeout squad officer, senior patrolman, and patrolman; then a career as a tenured college professor and university lecturer teaching criminal justice courses to degree-seeking students at colleges and universities, and as a licensed private investigator conducting felony pretrial investigations for attorneys in Washington State in dozens of criminal cases, makes him unique in the field of police expert witnesses. The Court finds that, based on his experience, Mr. Gilbertson’s testimony can be expected to have a reliable basis in knowledge and experience of police practices.”
The facts counsel cite.
- Professor Gregory Gilbertson (Ret.): thirty-eight years across policing, the Army, the classroom, and investigative casework. Independent consultants are retained case-by-case where the record calls for a second discipline.
- Retained in more than 220 civil rights and criminal cases across 42 states and the District of Columbia; expert practice since 2014.
- Professor Gilbertson’s testimony has not been excluded at trial in any state or federal court.
- Retained by plaintiff’s counsel and by the defense alike, in civil and criminal matters.
- Fees are published: a $9,000 flat fee covering discovery review and the written expert report; the full schedule is on For Retaining Counsel.
- Attorney and law-firm inquiries only; conflicts are checked before any substantive discussion. (239) 571-1840.
What the analysis covers.
Individual engagements are scoped with counsel. Go deeper: Liability & Force Standards · De-Escalation & Intervention · Policy & Curriculum.
Training topics
- Civil liability for law-enforcement officers
- Unlawful detention and false arrest
- Searches and seizures
- Use-of-force standards
- Threat assessment, resistance and proportionality
- De-escalation
- Vehicle-pursuit policy
- Police misconduct
- Duty to intervene
Development work
- Policy development
- Curriculum development
Training engagements are scoped agency by agency; contact for availability and format.
Same discipline, every case.
Conflict check and a written scope with retaining counsel before substantive discussion.
A non-refundable $9,000 flat fee covering discovery review and the written expert report.
The complete record against national standards; most reports finish within the retainer.
Deposition, hearings and trial, nationwide from RSW.
Full fee schedule and counsel FAQ: For Retaining Counsel →
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