Racial Profiling is a relatively new class of litigation, but because of recent media exposure and comments made by candidates during presidential debates, the volume of new racial profiling cases is expected to increase.

While Mr. Schmedlen has only functioned as a litigation consultant and opinion expert for the defense and plaintiffs on a few racial profiling cases, much was learned during the 150+ hours spent on one matter and his experience may well qualify him as one of the few people in the U.S. with any real expertise in this area.

Allegations of this type often relate to surveillance and plaintiffs may erroneously rely solely on videotape evidence as proof of the alleged racial profiling. Particularly in environments where there are banks of monitors in addition to recording units, videotape evidence alone proves little or nothing in this regard.

Although little has been written on this subject, an article by Mr. Schmedlen concerning the defense of racial profiling litigation was published in the May, 2000 edition of Security Management magazine. To view the article on the Mediaeater Web site click here on "Racial Profiling Article"

Please scroll down to view security expert witness case titles involving racial profiling.

* Includes one case involving claims of profiling of a protected class other than African-American

SECURITY EXPERT WITNESS LITIGATION CASE HISTORY
RACIAL PROFILING

Marcus Smith by his Next Friend Remell Smith v
J.C. Penney Company, Inc.
Racial profiling security expert witness for defendant
Oakland County, Michigan

John Garrett v
Tandy Corporation
Racial profiling security expert witness for defendant
United States District Court for the District of Maine

Cedric Causey, et al v
Union Planters Bank, et al
Racial profiling security expert witness for plaintiffs
Shelby County, Tennessee

Sergi Zader v
Home Depot USA, Inc. et al
Ethnic profiling security expert witness for defendant
Oakland County, Michigan

Additionally, Mr. Schmedlen served as an expert in one other case where there was an indication of racial profiling. However, after reviewing all the facts, Mr. Schmedlen rejected this premise and focused exclusively on the security guard/retail loss prevention negligence aspects of the case. This case was:

Fatten Tokko & Araf Sareini v
Crowley Milner & Company
Security expert witness for plaintiffs
Wayne County, Michigan

An attachment to Mr. Schmedlen's curriculum vitae identifies the clients in each of these matters and contains a recap of each of the cases.

Questions on this subject? Write Roger H. Schmedlen, CPP, CFE, CII, MIPI

Racial Profiling Expert Witness in Security and the Private Sector 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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