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From the record $640,000 jury verdict, with the jury crediting the expert testimony. Hunter v. City of Federal Way, W.D. Wash.
Retention $9,000 flat fee · discovery review and the written report Full case history Washington casework · The deepest state record Florida practice · Based in Naples For Retaining Counsel The Library · Guides for counsel
The practice The team · Three experts, over 110 years Professor Gregory Gilbertson (Ret.) Sheriff Robert Snaza · Independent consultant FBI Special Agent Christopher Holland (Ret.) · Independent consultant Law enforcement expert witness · What the discipline covers
Agency Training · De-Escalation & Intervention

De-Escalation &
Duty to Intervene

Direct line: (239) 571-1840  ·  GregoryGilbertson@proton.me

For law-enforcement agencies

The cheapest force incident is the one that never happens, and the second cheapest is the one a fellow officer stopped. This training covers both disciplines with the case record to back them.

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The Scope

What this covers.

Within this engagement

  • De-escalation
  • Duty to intervene
  • Police misconduct prevention
  • Threat assessment
  • Vehicle-pursuit policy
How it is analyzed

Practice-grounded instruction drawing on real casework patterns: where escalation went wrong, where intervention was owed, and what policy and practice should have produced instead.

Engagement terms and the published fee schedule: For Retaining Counsel →

From the Library

Working references for this practice area.

Guides for retaining counsel, written from the same record this analysis reads.

De-EscalationDe-Escalation Standards: What They RequireRead the guideThe YardstickWhat Generally Accepted Police Practices MeansRead the guideTraining FilesWhat Police Training Records RevealRead the guideAsked OftenWhat Is CIT (Crisis Intervention Team) Training?Read the guideThe LexiconPolice Training and Certification: A LexiconRead the guide

The Library, in full

Questions

Before the record is sent.

Is this lecture or scenario-based?
Format is scoped with the agency: topic depth, duration and delivery are set per engagement, with policy and curriculum development available alongside.
What does retention cost?
A non-refundable $9,000 flat fee covering discovery review and the written expert report, with a bullet-point outline approved with counsel before writing begins. The full published schedule is on the For Counsel page.
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For law-enforcement agencies. Conflicts are checked before anything substantive, and you will hear about a conflict immediately.

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Programs are built from the agency's own policies and training records. Send no case-specific or personnel-confidential material with a first inquiry.

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