Daniel B. Kennedy, Ph.D., C.P.P., C.S.P.
Security and Safety Expert

Mr. Kennedy has more than 30 years experience involving security and safety issues including planning, implementation, training, and evaluation.  His expertise includes forseeability; standards of care; pursuits, use of force, and confinements; correctional reform; loss prevention; home and workplace violence; profiling; crowd control; lodging security; and victimization.

Dan's professional memberships include: the Academy of Behavioral Profiling (Chair of Ethics Committee); the American Society for Industrial Security; the International Society of Crime Prevention Practitioners;  the International Council of Shopping Centers; the American Hotel and Motel Association; the Sociological Practice Association;  the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences; the American Society of Criminology;  the International Association of Chiefs of Police;  the American Correctional Association; the American Jail Association; the Institute for Criminal Justice Ethics; the American Association of Suicidology (Co-Chair, Jail Suicide Task Force); the National Crime Victim Bar Association; and the International CPTED Association.

Mr. Lewis has more than 25 years experience involving vehicle crashes, traffic safety, and private investigations, including auto, truck, tractor-trailer, bus, motorcycle, train, boat, and bicycle incidents; highway and traffic design, including pedestrian injury; driver perception and response; human factors and vision; vehicle “black box” analysis; seat belts and air bags; biomechanics of occupants; skip tracing-missing persons; and serving legal documents.                                                        

Terry is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers and the National Association of Professional Accident Reconstruction Specialists.  He is a Security and Private Investigator, and is a court accepted expert in traffic accident reconstruction in Ohio and Michigan.  He is also trained as a police officer, a semi tractor-trailer driver, and in traffic accident investigations and event data recorders (vehicle black boxes).

Mr. Mullins has more than 24 years experience in security and investigations, including background checks, witness locating and interviewing; missing persons searches; reference checks; insurance claim work; video and photography evidence gathering; theft, drug abuse and fire investigations.

Michael has experience in multiple areas of law enforcement, working his way up from a Patrolman to Chief of Police.  He has completed a Certified Safety Fire Inspectors Course as well.

Mr. Nixon has nearly 20 years experience involving firearms and ballistics including guns and ammunitions technology, design, manufacturing, usage, safety, supervision and failures.  His expertise includes weapons training, wound ballistics, non-destructive testing and ballistics "fingerprinting."

John's professional memberships include:  the National Society of Professional Engineers; the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; the Institution of Mechanical Engineers; the Expert Witness Institute; the Institute of Management; the Institute of Materials; the British Engineering Council of Professional Engineers; the UK Explosives, Safety, Performance, and Compatibility Committee; the National Rifle Association, and the Izaak Walton League of America.

Mr. Putney has more than 30 years experience conducting police and criminal investigations.  His experience includes: security systems and procedures; crowd control; major event security issues; building break-ins; evidence procurement and safeguarding; and safety/emergency procedures.

Richard is a member of the American Arbitration Association, the Society of Human Resources Management, and the Industrial Relations Research Association.  Richard’s Client list includes Pickerington Security; Detroit Public Schools; Michigan Department of Labor; Henry Ford Hospital; 38^th Judicial Circuit Court; Michigan State Police; Michigan Department of Corrections; Michigan Department of Consumer Services; and the Jackson National Life Insurance Co.