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Key Associates Expert Witness & Consultation Group
Swoope, Virginia
64 Rippetoe Lane, 24479


Contact:  Charles J Key
www.onlinepoliceexperts.com
540-337-6501 Or Toll Free
joekey@rockbridge.net
Expert Witness & Consultation Group
64 Rippetoe Lane
Swoope, Virginia 24479

Contact:  Charles J Key
www.onlinepoliceexperts.com
540-337-6501
joekey@rockbridge.net
Key Associates is a group of highly competent men and women whose professional experience encompasses the entire spectrum of police related subjects.

Some of their areas of expertise include:
police training, practices, and policies; narcotics investigations; homicide investigation and training; police involved shooting investigation and training; domestic violence; police and civilian use of force; police canine training and operations; crowd control/civil disturbance; and SWAT training and operations.

Charles J. Key has nearly twenty-six years experience with the Baltimore Police Department, ascending to the rank of Lieutenant. During his career, Mr. Key was assigned as a detective to the Intelligence Unit, where he investigated police corruption, terrorist activities, and organized crime. He also served as a squad sergeant and Training Coordinator/Supervisor for the Special Weapons and Tactics Unit. In his last ten years, he served as the Commanding Officer of the Firearms Training Unit. In that capacity he analyzed over five hundred police involved shootings and responded to the scene of more than one hundred. Mr. Key wrote the department’s policy on use of lethal force and the resolution of sniper, barricade, and hostage situations.

He has lectured at various universities and taught police use of force to thousands of federal, state, local police officers, and hundreds of civilians in numerous states. Since retiring from the Baltimore Police Department, Mr. Key has consulted in thousands of use of force incidents and other police practices cases, including programs for Fox News, NPR, and Dateline NBC, the Ruby Ridge Incident, the Amadou Diallo Case, and with the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division in numerous cases including the Hurricane Katrina police shootings in New Orleans.
Information:  
Ballistics,  Domestic Violence,  Firearms,  Law Enforcement,  Police Ethics,  Police Procedures,  Self Defense,  Use of Excessive Force, 


Key Associates is a group of highly competent men and women whose professional experience encompasses the entire spectrum of police related subjects.

Some of their areas of expertise include:
police training, practices, and policies; narcotics investigations; homicide investigation and training; police involved shooting investigation and training; domestic violence; police and civilian use of force; police canine training and operations; crowd control/civil disturbance; and SWAT training and operations.

Charles J. Key has nearly twenty-six years experience with the Baltimore Police Department, ascending to the rank of Lieutenant. During his career, Mr. Key was assigned as a detective to the Intelligence Unit, where he investigated police corruption, terrorist activities, and organized crime. He also served as a squad sergeant and Training Coordinator/Supervisor for the Special Weapons and Tactics Unit. In his last ten years, he served as the Commanding Officer of the Firearms Training Unit. In that capacity he analyzed over five hundred police involved shootings and responded to the scene of more than one hundred. Mr. Key wrote the department’s policy on use of lethal force and the resolution of sniper, barricade, and hostage situations.

He has lectured at various universities and taught police use of force to thousands of federal, state, local police officers, and hundreds of civilians in numerous states. Since retiring from the Baltimore Police Department, Mr. Key has consulted in thousands of use of force incidents and other police practices cases, including programs for Fox News, NPR, and Dateline NBC, the Ruby Ridge Incident, the Amadou Diallo Case, and with the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division in numerous cases including the Hurricane Katrina police shootings in New Orleans.

Advantage Training and Consulting, LLC
Cibolo, Texas
553 Torrey Pines, 78108


Contact:  Dennis J. Fivecoat
www.advantagetac.com
210-557-5790 Or Toll Free

553 Torrey Pines
Cibolo, Texas 78108

Contact:  Dennis J. Fivecoat
www.advantagetac.com
210-557-5790

Dennis Fivecoat has over 25 years of Use of Force and Firearm experience in the Military (20 years, retired) and private sector including significant training in the area of Civilian Law Enforcement. He has attended numerous firearm and use of force related training courses including instructor development with local and federal law enforcement agencies, tactical firearm, close quarters battle, concealed carry, force-on-force training, use-of-force, and legal updates.

Litigation Support - As an instructor-trainer (Master Instructor) in firearms and less lethal devices (pepper spray, expandable baton, defensive tactics, handcuffing), Mr. Fivecoat has a practical and academic basis in the use of deadly and less-lethal use of force by civilians. His experience teaching firearm use, defensive tactics, and use-of-force allow him to provide opinion on not only proper use of the tool or tactic utilized, but whether the actions were reasonable under the circumstances of the incident.
Information:  
Accident Investigations,  Ballistics,  False Accusations,  Firearms,  Firearms Safety,  Self Defense,  Use of Excessive Force, 


Dennis Fivecoat has over 25 years of Use of Force and Firearm experience in the Military (20 years, retired) and private sector including significant training in the area of Civilian Law Enforcement. He has attended numerous firearm and use of force related training courses including instructor development with local and federal law enforcement agencies, tactical firearm, close quarters battle, concealed carry, force-on-force training, use-of-force, and legal updates.

Litigation Support - As an instructor-trainer (Master Instructor) in firearms and less lethal devices (pepper spray, expandable baton, defensive tactics, handcuffing), Mr. Fivecoat has a practical and academic basis in the use of deadly and less-lethal use of force by civilians. His experience teaching firearm use, defensive tactics, and use-of-force allow him to provide opinion on not only proper use of the tool or tactic utilized, but whether the actions were reasonable under the circumstances of the incident.