Police Shootings - Firearms - Ballistics - Toolmarks - Shooting Investigations & Reconstruction - Crime Scenes - Gunshot Distance - Trajectory - Police Procedures - Hunting & Firearms Safety - Expert Witness - Use of Force
Retired Commanding Officer of the Mass. State Police Ballistics Section, supervisedI two labs and seven forensic ballisticians with 1200-1700 cases annually conducting investigations and examinations for 350 cities/towns, all U.S. Military services, State/Federal agencies except FBI.
I have worked cases in the U.S., Iraq, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Canada, the Virgin Islands and testified approximately 265 times at all levels of the courts in numerous states. and provided consultation to Congressmen, authors and scholars; students, private individuals, families, crime lab personnel, inmates, and Innocence Projects. Training in gunshot wound ballistics by Dr. George Katsas; I have lectured at numerous EMT symposiums. Command positions have included Troop Shift Commander of 6 Barracks and GHQ Operations, Commander of 65-officer State Police Barracks, and as a Staff Inspector in the Office of the Superintendent. U.S. Army military service in the Ordnance Corps; in firearms, ammunition and ballistics testing at Aberdeen Proving Ground and Europe. Keywords: Accidental Shootings Expert Witness, Altered and Modified Firearms Expert Witness, Ballistics Expert Witness, Crime Scene Investigations Expert Witness, Fatal Shootings Expert Witness, Full Automatic Firearms Expert Witness; Firearms Expert Witness, Firearms Safey Expert Witness, Gunshot Distance Determination Expert Witness, Homicide Shooting Expert Witness, Hunter Safety Expert Witness, Hunting Accident Expert Witness, Police Shooting Expert Witness, Shooting Reconstruction Expert Witness, Toolmarks Expert Witness.
As a member of the State Police Firearms Review Board I investigated and evaluated officer involved shootings.
I sub-specialize in the reconstruction of police shootings, homicides, and all fatal and non-fatal shooting incidents.
Presentations have been made at local universitites and colleges, legal seminars, police academies, and civic organizations.
Member of the American Society of Forensic Sciences (AAFS), Association of Firearms and Toolmark Examiners (AFTE), International Association for Identification (IAI), American Society of Criminology (ASC).
Contact info: ronscott@azballistics.com or ronaldscott@azballistics.com
Telephone: 623-764-6371 or 623-465-0580