Expert Services

As a former police officer, supervisor and manager, Ms. Powers-Marakis has been trained in all aspects of policing including the use of firearms and lethal force, pressure point control tactics (PPCT), TASERS, police pursuit driving, police motorcycle operation, riot control, the use of chemical agents, police batons and truncheon devices, hand to hand combat and arrest control tactics, handcuffing and other restrain devices, and the use of stop sticks.

Ms. Powers-Marakis is also trained in the investigation of homicides, and officer involved shooting investigations, use of force investigations, and internal affairs investigations, and the writing and revision of use of force police and procedures. Ms. Powers-Marakis has extensive expertise in how and why police officers are trained, what established police practices are, and how reasonably-trained and prudent police officers perform in the line of duty. Ms. Powers-Marakis has evaluated thousands of police incidents over my career in policing and as a police practices expert. Many of these incidents involved lethal force in officer-involved shootings resulting in serious bodily injuries and fatalities to citizens as well as police officers, and the use of less-lethal force which resulted in minor and serious bodily injuries to citizens and police officers.