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Dr. John R. Black
Capt. Tuuli Messer-Bookman, Esq.
Professor
Gig Harbor, WA
Phone: (253) 649-3471
E-mail: captmesser@gmail .com
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USE OF FORCE Adam Bercovici
Titan National
Investigations and
Expert Consulting
Aragon National 19628 Poplar Street
915 SW Rimrock Way, STE Bend, OR 97702
201-403 Phone: (661) 607-4324
Redmond, OR 97756 E-mail: adam@titanncg .com
Phone: (503) 707-5107 Web: titannational .net
E-mail: johnblack@
aragonnational .com
Web: https://http://www .aragonnational .com Degrees/Licenses: California and Oregon
Licensed Private Investigator, B .A . English
Literature, Claremont McKenna
Degrees/Licenses: DBA, MA, MS (Post
doctoral), BS, Force Science Advanced Profile: Adam Bercovici is a retired LAPD
Specialist, Certified Systems Thinking Amped lieutenant with over 40 years of experience in
Five Video Analysis (Video & Authenticate), police and security best practices, including
Input Ace Video Analysis (Examiner & the use of force, shooting policy (deadly force),
Metrogical), AI&Ethics pursuit policy, active shooter, crowd control,
and related use of force .
Profile: Dr . Black is an internationally
recognized expert in decision-making analysis During his tenure with the LAPD, Adam was
and is uniquely qualified to offer unparalleled the officer in charge of Homicide Special,
insights when one decides to use force . His Robbery-Homicide . Division, The Special
doctoral work and degree (DBA) focused Investigation Section, and the FBI Violent
on visual information and decision-making, Crime Task Force Los Angeles . From 2010-
and his Postdoctoral Master’s in Psychology 2017 Adam was the owner of a major Security
focused on understanding the sensemaking- Company in the Los Angeles Area . Adam
decision making (SM-DM) dialectic of critical has testified as an expert in both police and
events . Dr . Black seamlessly integrates security matters in Federal and State Court .
forensic analysis with cognitive insights . His In 2022 he was retained as an expert in two
expertise and practical experience in cognitive of the nation’s biggest and most significant
interviewing allow Dr . Black to focus on and cases . Rule 26 writing examples provide on
understand the mindset and decision-making request .
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incidents, providing a nuanced understanding (Please see our resume on page 340 for further
that sets him apart . details.)
Dr . Black uncovers the underlying motivations
behind an actor’s choices using advanced Robert Grant
frameworks like systems thinking and Integrated Operational Policing,
sensemaking while blending qualitative and Inc (iOP)
quantitative methodologies, producing the Pasadena, CA
richest understanding available from the Phone: (626) 791-2929
evidence . He delves beyond surface-level E-mail: grantiii@code3lawyers .com
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and systemic influences, making him an (Please see our resume on page 362 for further
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courts with the clarity needed to make Phone: (402) 968-6940
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trusted figure in the field.
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Frequently presenting at international details.)
conferences, Dr . Black presents on the
latest trends in the practice of inquiry and Ron Martinelli, Ph.D., CMI-V
understanding and the importance of cognition
and thinking about our thinking . His dual Forensic Criminologist
expertise in academic research and practical Federal/State Courts Police
application allows him a unique perspective Practices & Premises Liability
that is crucially important in understanding use Expert
of force, especially the choice to use lethal
force . Martinelli & Associates, Justice &
Forensic Consultants, Inc.
For those seeking an expert who delivers Boerne, TX
comprehensive, ethical, and insightful Phone: (951) 719-1450
analysis, Dr . Black provides unmatched value . Alt . Phone: (909) 936-0694
E-mail: code3law@martinelliandassoc .com
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