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EXPERT WITNESS & CONSULTING SERVICES

Expert Witness & Consulting Services

William “Mac” McKnight, Knights School’s Lead Instructor, is uniquely qualified to provide expert testimony and consulting service, building upon a military (19th Special Forces Group) use-of-force background, gaining a Juris Doctorate in Law (NW School of Law Lewis & Clark College 1986) and a decade of trial experience, with police academy training and police street experience, as well as half a decade of international security experience in the Middle East, to become not only the Pacific Northwest’s top Use of Force Instructor (Or DPSST Use of Force Instructor, Or DPSST Firearms Instructor, Washington CJT Pistol Instructor, WW Krav Maga Law Enforcement Defensive Tactics Instructor, ASP Baton & Handcuffing Instructor, Saber OC Instructor, Phazzer CEW Instructor) and a consultant on Use of Force to regional security providers; he also offers himself as an Expert Witness in both Criminal Trials and Civil Cases contesting liability for excessive force.
“Mr McKnight is an expert in use of force principles, firearms and [associated concepts] as an expert witness under [Rule of Evidence] 702.” The Honorable Robert Bain, Circuit Court Judge, Oregon Judicial Department, Josephine County Circuit Court.
Services include review and consultation on use-of-force policies, as well as expert witness in civil and criminal trials.

Education
Juris Doctor, NW School of Law Lewis & Clark
Instructor Certifications include:
    Use of Force Instructor Course, Oregon Dept. Public Safety Standards & Training   
    Firearms Instructor (PS), Or DPSST
    Pistol Instructor (PS, PI & BRA), Washington Criminal Justice Training Commission
    Pistol Instructor (PS, PIU & BRA), Washington DoL
    Law Enforcement Defensive Tactics Instructor, Worldwide Krav Maga
    Tactical baton Instructor, ASP
    Handcuffing Instructor, ASP
    OC (Pepper Spray) Instructor, Saber
    Conductive Electric Weapons Instructor, Phazzer
Authorship:
    Oregon DPSST PS Student Manual Chapter 2 (Legal Aspects)
    NAI Executive Protection Manual (Legal Aspects)
    Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Assoc. Conference Guest Speaker (Illegal Aliens in Criminal Court)
    Police One Magazine, Crime Trends Post Iraq


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Knights School provides DPSST and WSCJTC approved armed and unarmed security license training courses for Oregon and Washington State. Certification and licensing for private security professionals, security officers, and security guards is our specialty.

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