GILBERTSONInvestigations Inc. (239) 571-1840
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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 · Liability & Force Standards

Liability & Force
Standards Training

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

For law-enforcement agencies

Officers meet the use-of-force standard in a courtroom years after they meet it on the street. This training closes that gap: the liability landscape and the force standards, taught by the expert who testifies on both.

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The Scope

What this covers.

Within this engagement

  • Civil liability for law-enforcement officers
  • Use-of-force standards
  • Threat assessment
  • Resistance and proportionality
  • Unlawful detention and false arrest exposure
  • Searches and seizures
How it is analyzed

Built from thirty-eight years of casework and classroom instruction, and from the expert-witness chair where training failures become verdicts. Scoped agency by agency.

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.

The 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.

Who should attend?
Officers, supervisors and command staff. Content is scoped to the agency's size, role mix and the practices at issue.
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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Request liability and force-standards training.

For law-enforcement agencies. Conflicts are checked before anything substantive, and you will hear about a conflict immediately.

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For agency training coordinators and command staff.

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You will hear back directly. If the matter is urgent, call (239) 571-1840.

(239) 571-1840Direct line, Naples, Florida GregoryGilbertson@proton.meDirect email, prefilled for this program.
Nationwide practiceRetained in 42 states and D.C. · Based in Naples, FL

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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