FORENSICS

CRT LL provides consulting, scientific analysis, reporting and court testimony related to the deployment of less-lethal tools/systems, forensic ballistics, and crime scene reconstruction.

Members of CRT LL have been court qualified as experts in several areas including Electronic Control Device-ECD (TASER) forensic analysis, in custody death (excited delirium), less lethal impact munitions, crowd control, firearm and tool identification, bullet trajectory analysis, crime scene reconstruction, gunshot residue distance determination, wound analysis, and use of force.

Since 2001, several of our studies have been published in peer reviewed scientific journals and the information has been presented in training programs to agencies and organizations all over the United States and abroad. CRT LL has established testing protocols and analysis (probe-knot junction)methods that have been adopted by other scientists and has been scientifically accepted. In June 2010, Wyant helped establish criteria suitable to establish foundation for the admissibility of forensic TASER evidence under the FRYE standard.  See PDF of ruling

ECD/TASER Unit Examination and Analysis-           Examination of TASER Probes
● Function, Spark Testing
● Data Download Interpretation
● Power Output
● Waveform Comparison
ECD/TASER Evidence Examination and Analysis-
● Probes/Wire/Cartidges
● Stereoscopic Microscopy
● Scanning Electron Microscopy
● Trace Evidence Analysis
● Blast doors / Identifier Tags (AFIDS)
● Clothing and Wounds

Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)

Reconstruction of Events-

We apply our field experience, forensic testing, and knowledge gained from human volunteer testing to accurately interpret and analyze incidents.  This data can used in event reconstruction for presention to a jury.

CRT LL has developed a checklist to assist in the collection of potential evidence related to an Electronic Control Device (ECD) deployment:

Download the checklist and Fee Schedule (PDF)

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