Experience: Mr. Brown has the personal experience of attending On-Scene in excess of 3,000 motor vehicle collision scenes. In the past seventeen years he has personally reconstructed and assisted in the reconstruction of approximately 700 collisions. He has lectured across Canada and continues to take relevant courses and seminars involving collision reconstruction in Canada and the United States. To date he has attained in excess of 2,600 hours of collision specific training. He has conducted research in various collision specific areas such as staged collisions, speed analysis, evidence identification and interpretation, visibility, perception and reaction. He has also authored 14 publications in the collision reconstruction field. He has been recognized and qualified as an expert in the field of Accident Reconstruction, Human Factors, Collision Analysis and Interpretation and has been allowed to give opinion evidence on 35 separate occasions. As a member of the Ontario Provincial Police he was designated and held the position as the Lead Collision Reconstructionist for Eastern Ontario for three years and for North Eastern Ontario for seven years as well as being the Unit Commander for the North East Region Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Unit.

He is fully accredited as a collision reconstructionist with the Accreditation Commission for Traffic Accident Reconstruction and is a member of several professional national and international organizations including the Canadian Society of Forensic Science. He has provided investigative expertise and support to various police agencies and investigators across Canada and he has been commended on numerous occasions for his work on collision investigations.

Accreditations and Affiliations:

• Full Certification as a Traffic Accident Reconstructionist by the Accident Commission for Traffic Accident Reconstruction
  ACTAR # 1378, since August 2003.
• Full member of the Canadian Society of Forensic Science (November 2000 to present) - Section Chair Engineering since 2008.
• Charter member of the Canadian Association of Traffic Accident Investigators and Reconstructionists. - C.A.T.A.I.R. (1990 - present) and Director Ontario Region (2005 to 2010)
• Charter member of the National Association of Professional Accident Reconstruction Specialists (United States 1991 to present)
• Charter member of the Canadian Association of Road Safety Professionals. (1998 to 2008)
• Charter member of the Professional Society of Forensic Mapping (1998 to present)
• Member / Director of the Eastern Ontario Traffic Investigators Society (1990 to 1994) (1999 - 2007)
• Contributor of the Eastern Ontario Traffic Investigators Society Quarterly Newsletter. (1993 to 1994)
• Editor- Eastern Ontario Traffic Investigators Society Newsletter- Quarterly – (March 2003 to December 2006)
  

Subscriptions:

• Accident Reconstruction Journal
• Accident Investigation Quarterly
• IMPACT. Institute of Traffic Accident Investigators. United Kingdom.
• Collision Magazine

Review Committees:

• Member of the Scientific Review Committee for CMDRSC XVII (2007)
• Member of the Scientific Review Committee for CMDRSC XV (2005)
• Member of the Scientific Review Committee for CMDRSC XIV (2004)
• Member of the Scientific Review Committee for CMDRSC XII (2001)
• Subject Matter Expert – Collision Reconstruction, Traffic Safety
• Canadian Association of Road Safety Professionals

Publications:

Mr. Brown has published 14 technical papers, manuals and articles dealing exclusively with collision reconstruction. These have been published in regional, provincial and international publications.

Technical Papers:

• “Illumination of an Object -Testing a Drivers Perception and Reaction to a Stimuli” Eastern Ontario Traffic Investigators Society Newsletter, June 2005, Vol: 3, No. 2
• “Critical Speed, Yaw Marks - A Comparison of Methodologies, Documentation and Related Issues” Canadian Multi - Disciplinary Road Safety Conference XIV, CD-ROM. Ottawa, Ontario. 29 June 2004.
• “Motorized Snow Vehicle Data Testing for Use in the Reconstruction of Collisions Involving Motorized Snow Vehicles”. Eastern Ontario Traffic Investigators Society Newsletter – Quarterly – March 2003
• “Airborne Equation Testing Results from Eastern Region T.T.C.I. Seminar” Eastern Region Collision Unit. 1998
• “Testing and Analysis of In-Line Skating in Relation to Motor Vehicular Traffic”

  Canadian Multi - Disciplinary Road Safety Conference XI, CD-ROM.
  Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. 12 May 1999.
  Accident Reconstruction Journal, Jan/Feb. 2000, Vol.:11, No.1
  Canadian Police College Library, Ottawa, Ontario. Jan 1999.
  Ontario Provincial Police Library General Headquarters. Nov 1998.
• “ Motorized Snow Vehicle Skid Testing”
  Accident Reconstruction Journal, Jan / Feb. 1993, Vol.: 5, No. 1
  Eastern Ontario Traffic Investigators Society Newsletter, June 1993, Vol: 2, No. 2
• “The Drag Sled” “ Eastern Ontario Traffic Investigators Society Newsletter,
  Dec 1991, Vol: 1, No. 2.

Technical Manuals:

• “Forensic Mapping Handbook II” / (Sokkia Set 530R3)
• “Forensic Mapping Exercise Book “O.P.P. North East Region Forensic Units Oct 2006
• “Auto Sketch v 8.0 – Training Manual” Atlantic Police Academy / Justice Institute P.E.I.
• “Forensic Mapping Handbook” / (Leica TC 1610 / Sokkia 6E)
• “Forensic Mapping Exercise Book” O.P.P. North East Region Forensic Units
• “AutoSketch v7.0 – A Training Manual”, Payne, Brown, Walker. Mar.2002 O.P.P. North East Region TTCI and Forensic Identification Units.
• “Technical Traffic Collision Formulae for Level Three Investigators” A Compilation and Updating of Formulae, Ontario Provincial Police.
• “Technical Traffic Terms and Definitions” Canadian Police College, O.P.P.
• Level III Advanced Collision Analysis Courses – Canadian Police College – O.P.P.
  
  Other:

• “Collision Reconstructionist – Why Would Anyone Want To Be One”
  Beyond the Badge Yearbook, Volume 8, No. 10.