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PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT (NORTH)

Accident Investigator and Vehicle Examiner
Michael Irwin MITAI. AMIRTE. AMSOE. (Newcastle Upon Tyne)

Michael Irwin is a Consultant Traffic Accident Investigator, residing in Newcastle upon Tyne, an Associate in Wayman Consultancy Ltd.  He is a full Member of the Institute of Traffic Accident Investigators, (MITAI), an Associate Member of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers (AMIRTE) and an Associate Member of the Society of Operations Engineers (AMSOE).

Michael served for 30 years with the Northumbria Police, 25 years as a Road Traffic Officer and 14 years as a specialist accident investigator. Forensic accident investigation training and application over a period of 14 years has enhanced his skills and experience.

Michael has practised as a Traffic Accident Investigator since his retirement from the Police Force. His civil and criminal court expert witness experience in respect of Forensic Accident Investigation extends from 1990.

Qualifications & Experience

• Traffic Accident Analysis and Reconstruction

• Police Advanced Car Driver

• Holder of Heavy Goods Vehicle Drivers Licence

• City & Guilds Institute Traffic Accident Investigation

• Advanced Accident Investigation

• Tachograph Analysis

• Hand Held Radar operator

• Vascar Operators operator

• Accident Vehicle Damage Analysis Operator

• Transportation of Dangerous Goods trained

• Motorcycle Appreciation trained

• Sokkia "Cars" Operator

• Tachograph Calibration and Law trained

• ABS Diagnostic Course attended

• Tactical Pursuit & Containment Course trained (TPAC)

• Seat Belt and Air Bag Course attended

• Basic Electronic Course attended

• Handling and Dynamics Course attended

PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT (SOUTH)

Accident Investigator & Vehicle Examiner
Dave Burgess LCGI. MITAI. RFP.

ASSOCIATE CONSULTANTS

Accident Investigator and Vehicle Examiner
Brendan Shardlow M.I.T.A.I.  (London)

Before joining the Police Service Brendan Shardlow spent almost 2 years employed by Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Co. Ltd. as an Area Sales representative. He served with the Metropolitan Police, London between January 1972 and October 2001, joining the Traffic Division in August 1975. In September 1988, he became a full time Accident Investigator. He is a full Member of the Institute of Traffic Accident Investigators.
He has presented evidence in the Central Criminal Court and other Crown Courts and has also presented evidence in many different Coroners and Magistrates Courts as well as at the Royal Courts of Justice and County Courts in Appeal and civil litigation cases.
From September 2000 until October 2001I Brendan was the Senior Collision Investigator for the North West area of London.

Qualifications

• Advanced Driver, Class 1

• Standard Motorcyclist

• L.G.V. and P.C.V. Licence (C+E, D+E)

• Advanced Vehicle Examiner

• Tachograph Examiner and Calibrator (Level 3)

• Advanced Accident Investigator

• City and Guilds Certificate for Police Accident Investigation and Reconstruction

• Authorised to issue PG.9, Vehicle Prohibition Notices

• 'Police Pilot' and 'Vascar' speed detection equipment user

• Attended courses in 'ABS' systems and Vehicle Dynamics.

• National and International Certificate of Professional Competence (LGV)

Vehicle Examiner
Ian Soulsby  (Wiltshire)

Ian Soulsby is a vehicle examiner residing in Melksham Wiltshire. Ian initially trained as a Master Shipwright and Engineering Draughtsman. He worked for the Ministry of Defence at both Portsmouth and Bath. He worked on both surface ships and submarines in the areas of radar, sonar, countermeasures and weapons systems before leaving to become a Director of a Plant Hire company. He later joined the Wiltshire Constabulary serving as a Traffic Patrol officer and qualified Vehicle Examiner. He holds the BTEC Higher National Certificate in Forensic Vehicle Examination in addition to several City and Guilds qualifications. He is qualified in the operation of all types of mechanical excavators, construction and agricultural machinery with some 37 years of Mechanical Engineering and driving experience.

Qualifications

• Shipwright Craftsman, HM Dockyard Portsmouth

• Draughtsman (PTO4) Mod(N) Bath, (Frigates)

• Draughtsman (PTO4) Mod(N) Bath, (Submarines, fluid systems)

• Leading Draughtsman (PTO3) MOD (Navy) (Submarine, weapons)

• City & Guilds Shipbuilding Craft - Intermediate

• City & Guilds Shipbuilding Craft - Advanced, (credit)

• City & Guilds Shipbuilding Technicians - Part one certificate

• City & Guilds Shipbuilding Technicians - Part two certificate (equivalent to ONC)

• Police Advanced Driver's Certificate (No. 6 Region Police Driving School, Devizes)

• HNC / BTEC in Forensic Vehicle Examination

Accident Investigator & Vehicle Examiner
Mike Fell MITAI. LCGI  (Dorset)

Mike Fell is a Consultant Traffic Accident Investigator, residing in Dorset, an Associate in Wayman Consultancy and AC Consulting. He is a full Member of the Institute of Traffic Accident Investigators, (MITAI), and a Licentiate of the City and Guilds Institute (LCGI).
Mike served for 30 years with the Dorset Police. Between 1988 and 1995 he instructed on the Police City & Guilds Accident Investigation training courses at No. 6 Region Police driving school Wiltshire, becoming the senior instructor between 1991 and 1995.

Mike has practised as an Accident Investigation trainer / consultant in both the United Kingdom and overseas since 1995. His civil and criminal court expert witness experience in respect of Forensic Accident Investigation extends from 1987.

Qualifications & Experience

• Traffic Accident Analysis and Reconstruction

• City & Guilds of London Institute Traffic Accident Investigation.

• Computer Analysis of Impact Damage Course.

• Advanced training in damage analysis and assessment of speeds from vehicle damage.

• Authorised instructor on behalf of City & Guilds of London Institute in Accident investigation and reconstruction.

• Authorised instructor on behalf of City & Guilds of London Institute in Tachograph recording equipment.

• Tyre Examination Methods for Police Accident Investigators.

• Examination and Calibration of Tachograph Recording Equipment.

• Analysis of Tachograph Charts and Detection of Falsification.

• Lion Intoximeter Breath Sample Analysing Equipment Operation.

• Speed Detection Equipment Operation Course.

• D32. D33 Assessors Qualification.

• Police Advanced car and motorcycle

• Holder of Heavy Goods Vehicle Drivers Licence

Accident Investigator and Vehicle Examiner
Kelvin Harper M.I.T.A.I.  (South Wales)

Kelvin served with the Surrey Police, for over 31 years, joining the Traffic Department in April 1976. In 1984 he started work as an accident investigator. He holds the City and Guilds Accident Investigation Certificate for Police Officers and the BTEC Higher National Certificate in Forensic Vehicle Examination along with many other technical qualifications in related fields. He is a full Member of the Institute of Traffic Accident Investigators (MITAI).

He has presented evidence in the Central Criminal Court and other Crown Courts, he has also presented evidence in many different Coroners and Magistrates Courts as well as at the Royal Courts of Justice and County Courts in Appeal and civil litigation cases.

• He was the first officer from a traffic background to obtain an advanced investigative interviewing certificate issued by the National Crime Faculty

• He was a founder member of the Surrey Police accident investigation unit where part of his role was to give practical on the job training to new investigators.

Qualifications and training

• Advanced Driver, Class 1.

• L.G.V. (C+E) (formally H.G.V Class1).

• Standard Accident Investigation.

• Advanced Accident Investigator.

• City and Guilds Accident Investigation and Reconstruction.

• Member of the institute of Traffic Accident Investigators.

• Advanced Vehicle Examination.

• The E.D.C.R.A.S.H Programme (Computer Analysis of Impact Damage).

• HNC/BTEC in Forensic Vehicle Examination.

• Authorised to issue PG.9, Vehicle Prohibition Notices.

• Special Brake Training for Police Vehicle Examiners.

• Standard and Advanced Investigative Interviewing techniques.

• Attended courses in Vehicle Dynamics.

• Tyre Examination Methods for Police Accident investigators.

• Tachograph Examiner and Calibrator (Level 3).

• City and Guilds Tachograph Analysis and Falsification.

• City and Guilds Tachograph Examination and Calibration.

• Sokkia ‘CARS’ Operation.

• Electronic Total Station Surveying of scenes both Sokkia and Geodimeter.

• Vascar speed detection equipment operation.

• Mobil Radar device operation.

• Stinger Operation (Hollow Point Tyre Deflation Device).

Crash Investigator and Vehicle Examiner
Derek Hance, M.A. (Dist.), M.I.T.A.I., M.S.O.E., M.I.R.T.E., R.F.P.  (London)

Derek Hance is an Accident Investigator & Vehicle Examiner residing in South East London, near the Kent Border. He served over 30 years with the Metropolitan Police Service, more than half of which was as a Traffic Patrol Officer. From 1991 to his retirement in 2003 Derek was a full time Accident Investigator for the Metropolitan Police South East Area. In his last two years he was promoted to Senior Accident Investigator, in charge of a team of six full time Accident Investigators and responsible for the quality control of expert reports.

During his Police Service Derek became a class one advanced police driver, police motorcyclist and was trained to drive all classes of heavy goods and passenger carrying vehicles. Throughout his service he undertook numerous training courses in or allied to Accident Investigation and Vehicle Examination and has been considered an expert in these fields for many years. He has extensive experience in: the scientific examination of road accident scenes; the examination of crash vehicles and analysis of damage; the preparation of detailed reports; and the delivery of expert testimony to Courts and other Tribunals.

In July 1996 Derek gained his postgraduate degree at the Middlesex University, Master of Arts (with Distinction) in Accident Investigation (Work Based Learning Studies).

Since retirement Derek has worked as an Independent Consultant in Accident Investigation. He also assists with the training of police officers in Accident Investigation at the Technical Training Wing of the Metropolitan Police College at Hendon.

Qualifications & Experience

• Advanced Police Driver, Class1

• Police Motorcyclist

• Standard & Advanced Police Certificates Traffic Patrol Vehicle Examiner

• City & Guilds Certificate – Advanced Vehicle Examination Techniques

• City & Guilds Certificate – Road Accident Investigation

• City & Guilds Certificates (levels 2 & 3) - Drivers Hours Recording Equipment, Examination & Calibration Techniques (tachographs)

• Damage Analysis (Edcrash / Ai Damage)

• UDScience – analysis of data from Police Vehicle Incident Data Recorders.

• Tyre Technology, Defects and Failures. Michelin Tyres

• Full Member of the Institute of Traffic Accident Investigators

• Full Member of the Society of Operations Engineers (Institute of Road Transport Engineers Professional Sector)

• Registered Forensic Practitioner with the Council for the Registration of Forensic Practitioners

• Master of Arts (with Distinction) in Accident Investigation (Work Based Learning Studies)

Accident Investigator and Vehicle Examiner
Simon Tutton L.C.G.I., M.I.T.A.I.

Based in Warwickshire, Simon Tutton served with the West Midlands Police, between October 1982 and September 2000, being retired on medical grounds having sustained very serious injuries whilst on duty, he joined the Traffic Department in 1990. He was trained in the operation of weighbridges and was authorised to weigh vehicles and trailers, he was also trained in the use all of the speed detection devices as used by the West Midlands Police at that time. In 1991, he was trained to become a Vehicle Examiner. In 1992 he was trained and became an Accident Investigator, in 1994 he passed the Advanced City and Guilds examinations in Road Accident Investigation; in 1997 he passed the advanced City and Guilds examinations in Motor Vehicle Examination. He is a full Member of the Institute of Traffic Accident Investigators. In 2002 he was awarded Licentiateship to the City and Guilds Institute of London in the Field of Traffic Accident Investigation.
He has presented expert evidence in Crown Court as well as many different Coroners and Magistrates Courts in Criminal, Appeal and civil litigation cases.
 

Qualifications

• Advanced Police Driver, Class 1

• Advanced Police Motorcyclist, Class 1

• Advanced Accident Investigation for Police Officers

• Advanced Vehicle Examination for Police Officers (City & Guilds)

• City and Guilds Certificate for Police Accident Investigation and Reconstruction

• 'Vascar', ‘Prolazer’, and radar speed detection equipment user

• Full Member of the Institute of Traffic Accident Investigators.

• Licentiateship to the City and Guilds Institute of London in the Field of Traffic Accident Investigation.

Accident  Investigator
Phil Purvis MITAI LCGI RFP Cert Ed   (Dorset)

Phil is a Consultant Collision Investigator residing in Dorset, an Associate Consultant to Wayman Consultancy. He is a full member of the Institute of Traffic Accident Investigators,(MITAI)  a Licentiate of the City & Guilds Institute, (LCGI) a Registered Forensic Practitioner (RFP) and he holds training qualification (Cert .Ed.)

Phil served 30 years Police service in Dorset, 27 years as a traffic specialist and qualified as a Collision Investigation specialist in 1985. He served fifteen years as a member of Dorset Police Collision Investigation Unit.

Since his retirement from Police Service in 2007 he has practised as an independent Collision Investigation Consultant, and he continues exercise his training qualification, training ambulance authority personnel. Phil ‘s expert Collision Investigation experience giving evidence in criminal and civil Courts , extends over more than twenty years.  

Qualifications and Experience. 

·         DVLA Licensing for car, minibus, motor cycle, heavy goods vehicles including articulated vehicles
·         ADR vocational Training – Driving Vehicles carrying Dangerous Goods
·         City & Guilds Certificate (Advanced) Police Accident Investigation
·         City & Guilds Certificate – Drivers Hours – Recording Equipment & Legislation
·         City & Guild Certificate in Tachograph Calibration
·         Land Survey Techniques – Total Station surveying  and Computer generated plans
·         Collision Damage Analysis -  “AI Damage”  Standard and Advanced Level
·         Analysis of Tachograph Record Sheets – the T.O.P.A.S System
·         Police Technical Tyre Course – Michelin Tyre Co.
·         City & Guild Certificate – Tyre fitting
·         Investigation of causes of vehicle fires
·         Hand Held Radar Speed Detection Devices
·         Hand Held laser speed detection devices
·         Vascar , Provida, Police Pilot, Speed Marshall operation
·         Provida in car video systems
·         Lion Roadside breath test machines
·         Drug Recognition Training – Field Impairment testing
·         Tintman Photoptic light meters