Roger H. Schmedlen, a Michigan based security expert, who is board certified in security management, has served as an opinion expert on security/loss control negligence cases in the following states:

Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Wisconsin.

Security expert witness services are cost effective for attorneys anywhere in the United States as all out of state travel time is significantly discounted. (Please scroll to the end of this page to view travel time caps or see the map at Security Consulting Rates and Terms.)

Roger H. Schmedlen, is not a university professor or retired law enforcement official. He is a real world security practitioner and security expert with over thirty-five years field experience in as a private sector security consultant and international investigator. In addition to expert witness work, he handles security consulting projects and conducts comprehensive security surveys/risk analyses. (The litigation statistics above cover a period of over 25 years. Mr. Schmedlen only averages about 4 - 5 expert cases a year.)

It is generally accepted that to be considered a credible expert witness in security and loss control litigation, board certification as a CPP is necessary. Mr. Schmedlen was qualified to obtain his Certified Protection Professional credential by review at the inception of this program. However, rather than being grandfathered into this program, he elected to earn his certification by examination for increased credibility.

Mr. Schmedlen has authored many published articles covering security, loss prevention and investigation topics. He is employed with Loss Prevention Concepts, Ltd., a business which provides a variety of security and investigative related services ranging from security surveys, security consulting and electronic countermeasures to specialized investigation services.

An electronic version of his extensive curriculum vitae is available upon request. (Please see Curriculum Vitae Request.)

* Includes three criminal defense cases. ** Includes one habeas corpus case, two federal prosecution cases and one subrogation case. *** Denotes only Expert Witness depositions and court testimony. Mr. Schmedlen has additionally been deposed and provided court testimony on many civil, criminal and NLRB cases as a result of his field operations.

Security Expert Witness travel time is capped as follows on litigation cases:
3 hours round trip: Illinois (Northeast Illinois including Chicago IL), Indiana (North of Muncie IN), Michigan (All of Michigan except MI Upper Peninsula), Ohio (Columbus OH and Northern OH)
4 hours round trip: Delaware (All of DE), District of Columbia (Metropolitan Washington DC area), Florida (Orlando FL south including Florida keys), Illinois (All of IL except, Northeast Illinois, Chicago IL), Indiana (South of Muncie IN), Iowa (All of IA east of Council Bluffs IA), Kansas (Eastern KS area including Kansas City KS), Kentucky (All of KY), Maryland (All of MD), Michigan (Central and Eastern Upper Peninsula, MI), Minnesota (East of Detroit Lakes MN), Missouri (All of MO), New Jersey (All of NJ), New York (All of NY including NYC), North Carolina (West of Raleigh Durham NC metro area), Ohio (Southern OH, south of Columbus OH), Oregon (Coastal OR areas including Portland OR), Pennsylvania (All of PA), South Carolina (Greenville SC Spartanburg SC area), Tennessee (All of TN), Virginia (Western VA west of Richmond VA), Washington (Coastal WA cities), West Virginia (All of WV), Wisconsin (All of WI)
5 hours round trip: Alabama (All of AL), Arkansas (All of AK), Arizona (Southern half of AZ south of Prescott AZ to Nogales AZ and including the Phoenix AZ and Tucson AZ areas), Arizona (Northwest AZ including Lake Mead, AZ and Las Vegas, NV areas), California (Western CA coastal cities regions and Southern California including Los Angeles CA, Orange County CA and northwestern regions such as San Francisco CA), Colorado (Boulder CA and Denver CA areas), Connecticut (All of CT), Florida (North of Orlando FL metro area, Florida Panhandle and of of FL in Central Time Zone), Georgia (All of GA including Atlanta GA), Iowa (All of IA west of Council Bluffs IA), Kansas (Most of KS west of Kansas City KS), Louisiana (All of LA), Maine (All of ME), Massachusetts (All of MA), Michigan (Western Upper Peninsula MI), Minnesota (West of Detroit Lakes MN), Mississippi (All of MS), Nebraska (All of NE east of CO), Nevada (Extreme southern NV including Las Vegas NV region), New Hampshire (All of NH), North Carolina (Raleigh Durham NC east), North Dakota (East of Minot ND), Oklahoma (All of OK), Rhode Island (All off RI), South Carolina (All of SC except the Greenville SC Spartanburg SC area), South Dakota (East of Rapid City SD), Texas (Northeast TX including Dallas Fort Worth TX), Vermont (All of VT), Virginia (Eastern VA including Richmond VA)
6 hours round trip: Arizona (Northern half of AZ), California (Eastern CA north of Death Valley CA area), Colorado (All of CO except for Boulder CA and Denver CA areas), Idaho (All of ID), Montana (All of MT), Nebraska (Western NE), Nevada (All of NV except extreme south Las Vegas NV region), New Mexico (All of NM), North Dakota (Minot ND and west), Oregon (Eastern 3/4 of OR), South Dakota (Rapid City SD and west), Texas (Northeast TX including Dallas Fort Worth TX), Utah (All of UT), Washington (All of WA except coastal WA cities), Wyoming (All of WY)
Negotiable: Alaska, American Samoa, Guam, Hawaii, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands

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