Our Partners

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Anthony Barnes is a retired Sergeant from the North Carolina Highway Patrol.  During his 28 years of service with the NCHP, he served as a collision reconstructionist and a CVSA inspector and investigated over 2000 collisions.

Anthony specializes in the field of Event Data Recorders in both passenger and heavy trucks and has testified as an expert in both State and Federal court.   

He has also assisted in over 80 live crash tests validating EDR data for conferences and classes.

Anthony earned a Associate Degree in Criminal Justice from Robeson Community College.  

John has over 34 years of law enforcement experience, serving with the Michigan State Police since 1987.  He was a full time crash reconstructionist and held the rank of Spl/Sgt with the Traffic Crash Reconstruction unit.  His work has been recognized by Governors Traffic Safety Advisory Commission with a Lifetime Achievement Award in Traffic Safety.  

He has an Associate’s degree in Criminal Justice from Northern Michigan University and is certified by the Accreditation Commission for Traffic Accident Reconstructionists (ACTAR).  He formerly served on the ACTAR Governing Board of Directors and is the past chairperson for the Theory Test Committee. He also serves on the Michigan Association of Traffic Accident Investigators (MATAI) Board of Directors.    

Marc Edgcombe was first introduced to Accident Investigation and Reconstruction in 2009 when he assisted in the design and construction of a remote-controlled S-10 pickup truck for a Michigan Association of Traffic Accident Investigators (MATAI) Conference crash test. During that conference, he remotely operated that S-10 pickup at 55 miles per hour for a live crash test. He then went on to attend and complete Michigan State University's Accident Investigation and Reconstruction program and other training courses.

Mr. Edgcombe started working as a Crash Reconstructionist in 2014 with Traffic Reconstruction and Transportation Compliance (TRTC) in Byron Center, MI, working both plaintiff and defense cases as well as criminal defense and insurance cases. He is accredited through the Accreditation Commission for Traffic Accident Reconstructionists (ACTAR). 

Mr. Edgcombe has been qualified in court as an expert in Crash Reconstruction and currently handles cases all over the United States, including Alaska and the US Virgin Islands. He specializes in crashes involving commercial vehicles, but also handles pedestrian, motorcycle, and passenger vehicle crashes. 

He is also a licensed CDL driver and has driven tractor trailer professionally and is a certified CDL Trainer in the State of Michigan    

Brian is a Master Sergeant with over 28 years of accident investigation experience with the Oklahoma City Police Department. He is currently assigned to the Signal 30 Unit reconstructing fatal traffic collisions. 

Brian also provides consulting services in accident reconstruction through Collision Dynamics, LLC. He has investigated in excess of 2,500 traffic collisions, and has been active in accident reconstruction training, as well as curriculum development, since 2006.

Brian holds an Associate’s Degree in Police Science from Oklahoma State University, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Central Oklahoma. He is accredited by the Accreditation Commission on Traffic Accident Reconstruction (ACTAR), and has achieved the Certificate in Accident Reconstruction from the Society of Automotive Engineers. Brian has served on the Board of

Directors for the National Association of Professional Accident Reconstruction Specialists {NAPARS) since 2021.

Greg retired as a Sergeant from the St. Paul, MN Police Department after a 26 year career in law enforcement.  He is currently the principal crash reconstructionist for Northwest Crash Analysis, LLC. located in St Croix Falls, WI.

He  earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Wisconsin, Platteville in 1989 and has held full accreditation from ACTAR as a Traffic Accident Reconstructionist since 1994.  He is also a member of several crash reconstruction associations and  has successfully completed specialized training in numerous areas related to crash investigation and reconstruction.  He specializes in  crash investigation, pedestrian-bicycle crash reconstruction, computer simulation and animation, 3D scanning and forensic mapping, forensic diagramming, and using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

Michael Kerley began his career in the U.S. Army as a Military Police Officer. Michael joined the Denver Police Department and was assigned to the Accident/DUI unit. During the following years, Mr. Kerley worked at the Phoenix Police Department, Colorado State Police and Garden City Police Department in Kansas. During his career, Michael served as an accident reconstructionist, DUI enforcement officer, completing certification to inspect and enforce FMCSA rules and regulations. Mr. Kerley also oversaw the Motorcycle/Traffic Unit and served as a Drug Recognition Expert Instructor and Police Motorcycle Instructor.

Michael also worked as a professor for the National American University teaching criminal

justice and business courses. 

Mr. Kerley has a AS degree in Agricultural Business from Garden City community College, a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from Central Christian College in Kansas, a Master’s in Business Administration and a Masters in Management from National American University. During all Michael’s free time, he is currently working on completing his Ph.D with Waldon University focusing on the causation of marijuana effects on traffic accident fatalities.

Mr. Kerley is also ACTAR accredited.

Tyson Kropp completed 20 years with the Abilene Police Department where he worked as a collision reconstructionist. During this career, Mr. Kropp completed the 80-hour Northwestern

and Harley Davidson Police Operator course along with the 120-hour Northwestern and Harley Davidson Police Motorcycle Instructor course. During his riding career, Tyson competed in numerous competitions finishing near the top of the competitors. Mr. Kropp became the primary instructor for the Abilene Police Department’s motorcycle training program.

Tyson is currently on the Board of Directors for the Texas Association of Accident

Reconstruction Specialists (TAARS), holding the position of Treasurer. 

Mr, Kropp is ACTAR accredited and started his own company, Scientific Collision and Reconstruction Services where he is an accident reconstructionist.

William Messerschmidt is a former police officer and traffic homicide investigator. After serving the City of Auburn with distinction for 8 years, Mr. Messerschmidt left government service to work with the late Dr. Edward L. Robinson where his work was focused on the investigation and analysis of commercial and heavy vehicle crashes. While working alongside the physicists and engineers at Robinson & Associates, Bill was introduced to Dr. Jeffery Muttart and almost immediately went back to school for the study of Human Factors Psychology and Engineering.

Since that time, Bill has studied Human Factors, focusing on transportation and industrial safety, at the University of Idaho, Emory-Riddell Aeronautical University, and The University of Aberdeen.

Today, Bill’s Accident Reconstruction work is primarily focused on applying Human Factors science to the analysis of traffic crashes and industrial accidents.  

Bill's professional affiliations include Accreditation Commission for Traffic Accident Reconstruction (ACTAR) #1372, National Association of Professional Accident Reconstruction Specialists, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, and the Society of Automotive Engineers 

Mike Reade retired in 2000 after 26 years of service with the Royal Canadian Mounted

Police (RCMP). During that time, Mike investigated 1000’s of collisions and was in 

charge of full-time reconstruction duties (1991-2000) for Eastern New Brunswick.

As principal & owner of Forensic Reconstruction Specialists Inc. (FRSI), located in Riverview, New Brunswick, Mike provides consulting services, specializing in several collision disciplines (crash reconstruction, forensic drawing, and simulation (Virtual CRASH).  He has been involved in pedestrian/cyclist testing, research, and training since 2000.

During his time (1993-2022) as an adjunct instructor with the University of North Florida - Training Services (IPTM), Mike co-developed the Advanced Pedestrian/Bicycle Crash Investigation Course as well as co-authored the Fundamentals of Pedestrian/Cyclist Traffic Crash Reconstruction publication with Tony Becker,  which has become a top seller amongst reconstructionists in the field. 

Mike’s software (PEDBIKE© & IMPACT©) is also widely used as part of many

reconstructionist’ s toolboxes. 

Jason Riddle retired from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol with 23 years of experience. During this time, he has been actively involved in the field of traffic crash reconstruction.

Jason has reconstructed more than 300 traffic collisions and has provided training to law enforcement officers in the field of traffic crash reconstruction.

He specializes in the field of event data recorders in both passenger cars and heavy trucks.  He has testified as an expert in court and frequently assists police officers and state troopers.

Jason is accredited by the Accreditation Committee for Traffic Accident Reconstruction.