SUMMARY

Mr. Knox reconstructs traffic accidents and crime scenes, particularly those involving

gunfire, and is an

expert in firearms, ballistics, crime scene reconstruction, shooting incidents,

bloodstain pattern analysis,

photogrammetry, evidence collection procedures, and traffic accident reconstruction. Mr.

Knox brings

with him over 15 years of law enforcement experience in patrol, DUI enforcement, crime

scene

investigations, and traffic homicide investigations. Combined with an education in

mechanical

engineering, he is capable of reconstructing virtually any type of crime scene or traffic

accident. He has

reconstructed traffic accidents and crime scenes in Florida, Georgia, Alabama,

Mississippi, Texas, Ohio,

Illinois, and New Jersey. He has provided law enforcement training in Florida, Georgia,

Missouri,

Connecticut, the United Arab Emirates, Peru, and the Republic of Georgia. Mr. Knox has

testified at trial

as an expert witness in state and federal courts in Florida, Alabama, Texas, and

Illinois.

EDUCATION

Master of Science, Forensic Science, University of Florida, 2012

Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, University of North Florida, 2010

Associate in Science, Criminal Justice Technology, Florida Community College at

Jacksonville, 2000

Michael A. Knox

ACCREDITATION & CERTIFICATION

Forensic Consultant

Certified Crime Scene Reconstructionist, IAI, 2011 Present

Accredited Traffic Accident Reconstructionist, ACTAR, 2001 Present

CURRICULUM VITAE

Certified Glock Armorer/Advanced Glock Armorer, Glock Perfection, Inc., 2011 Present

May 18, 2012

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Knox & Associates, LLCForensic Consultant/Owner, Knox & Associates, LLC, Jacksonville, FL, 2008Present

P. O. Box

8081

Detective/Police Officer, Jacksonville, Sheriff s Office, Jacksonville, FL, 1994 2010

Jacksonville, FL 32239

904-***-**** (Office)

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

904-***-**** (Fax)

Association for Crime Scene Reconstruction

904-***-**** (Cell)

International Association of Bloodstain Pattern Analysts

aboxt1@r.postjobfree.com

International Association for Identification

www.knoxforensics.com

International Crime Scene Investigators Association

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Society of Automotive Engineers

Areas of Specialty

National Association of Traffic Accident Reconstructionists & Investigators

Firearms, Ballistics & Shooting Incident

Reconstruction

Crime Scene Reconstruction AREAS OF STUDY & RESEARCH

Death Investigations & Equivocal Death Analysis

Computational Analysis in Traffic Accident Reconstruction

Bloodstain Pattern Analysis

Computational Analysis in Crime Scene Reconstruction

Traffic Accident Reconstruction

Biomechanics in Crime Scene Reconstruction

Human Factors in Shooting Incidents & Crime Scene Reconstruction

Summary of Qualifications

Fifteen Years of Law Enforcement Experience

Master of Science in Forensic Science COMPUTATIONAL SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Microsoft Windows & Linux Operating Systems

Investigated & Reconstructed Hundreds of Traffic

CAD/Drafting with Various Proprietary and Open Source CAD Packages

Crashes Including Over 100 Fatal & Life-

3D Modeling with Google Sketchup, Pro/E

Threatening Crashes

Handled 350+ Forensic Death Scene FEM/FEA with NX6-Ideas

Investigations

Programming with Python, MATLAB, C/C++, BASIC

Court-qualified Expert Witness in Firearms,

Web Development with HTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript

Shooting Reconstruction, Crime Scene

Image, Video & Audio Analysis & Enhancement Using Computational Tools

Reconstruction, Bloodstain Pattern Analysis,

Photogrammetry & Traffic Accident Specialize in Computational Analysis in Firearms, Crime

Scene Reconstruction & Traffic Accidents

Reconstruction

MECHANICAL SKILLS & ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE

Traffic Accident Reconstruction

Reconstruction of Firearms-Related Incidents

Analysis of Firearms Failures & Accidental Discharges

Mechanical Function of Motor Vehicles Involved in Traffic Crashes

Automotive Mechanical Failures

Analysis of Door Handle Failures

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PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Glock Advanced Armorer's Course, Glock Professional, Inc., 16 hours (Smyrna, GA, 2011)

Street Survival Seminar, Calibre Press, Inc., 16 hours (Myrtle Beach, SC, 2011)

Optics, Lighting, & Visibility for the Forensic Investigator, Clearly Visible

Presentations, 32 hours (West

Chester, OH, 2011)

Glock Armorer's Course, Glock Professional, Inc., 8 hours (Smyrna, GA, 2011)

Occupant Kinematics for the Traffic Crash Investigator, IPTM, 40 hours (Jacksonville, FL,

2010)

Investigation & Inspection of Commercial Vehicle Accidents, IPTM, 40 hours (Jacksonville,

FL, 2010)

Collision Reconstruction Using PhotoModeler, EOS Systems, Inc., 24 hours (Chicago, IL,

2009)

Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement, IPTM, 16 hours (Jacksonville, FL, 2008)

Traffic Engineering for Police, IPTM, 16 hours (Jacksonville, FL, 2007)

Methodology & Techniques of Crash Data Retrieval, IPTM, 24 hours (Jacksonville, FL, 2007)

Homicide Investigation, IPTM, 40 hours (Jacksonville, FL, 2006)

Advanced Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, IPTM, 40 hours (St. Petersburg, FL, 2006)

Crime Scene Reconstruction of Shooting Incidents, IPTM, 40 hours (Maitland, FL, 2006)

Firearms Instructior, NE Fla. Crim. Just. Training Ctr., 44 hours (Jacksonville, FL 2005)

Digital Photography for Law Enforcement, IPTM, 24 hours (Jacksonville, FL, 2005)

Vehicle Operations Instructor, NE Fla. Crim. Just. Training Ctr., 40 hours (Jacksonville,

FL, 2004)

Applied Physics for Traffic Accident Reconstruction, IPTM, 40 hours (Jacksonville, FL,

2004)

Field Training Officer, NE Fla. Crim. Just. Training Ctr., 40 hours (Jacksonville, FL

2003)

Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, IPTM, 40 hours (St. Petersburg, FL, 2003)

Crime Scene Reconstruction, IPTM, 40 hours (Jacksonville, FL, 2002)

Instructor Techniques, NE Fla. Crim. Just. Training Ctr., 80 hours (Jacksonville, FL,

2002)

Hazardous Materials/Weapons of Mass Destruction, Jacksonville Regional Fire-Rescue Trg.

Ctr., 40

hours (Jacksonville, FL, 2001)

Scene Mapping Using Speed Lasers, IPTM, 40 hours (Jacksonville, FL, 2001)

Light Energy Applications for Law Enforcement, IPTM, 24 hours (Jacksonville, FL, 2001)

DUI Instructor Update, IPTM, 16 hours (Jacksonville, FL, 2001)

Crime Scene Processing Workshop, IPTM, 40 hours (Jacksonville, FL, 2000)

Crime Scene Techniques for Buried Bodies & Surface Skeletons, IPTM, 40 hours

(Jacksonville, FL,

2000)

Interviewing Techniques for the Traffic Accident Investigator, IPTM, 24 hours

(Jacksonville, FL, 1999)

Police Traffic Radar Instructor, IPTM, 40 hours (Jacksonville, FL, 1999)

Traffic Accident Reconstruction, IPTM, 80 hours (Jacksonville, FL, 1999)

Motorcycle Accident Investigation, IPTM, 40 hours (Jacksonville, FL, 1998)

Pedestrian & Bicycle Accident Investigation, IPTM, 40 hours (Jacksonville, FL, 1998)

Investigation & Inspection of Commercial Vehicle Accidents, IPTM, 40 hours (Jacksonville,

FL, 1998)

Advanced Traffic Accident Investigation, IPTM, 80 hours (Jacksonville, FL, 1998)

Traffic Homicide Investigation, IPTM, 40 hours (Jacksonville, FL, 1998)

Traffic Enforcement's Role in Community Policing, IPTM, 8 hours (Orlando, FL, 1997)

Modile Videotaping Instructor Course, IPTM, 40 hours (Jacksonville, FL, 1997)

At-Scene Traffic Accident/Traffic Homicide Investigation, IPTM, 80 hours (Jacksonville,

FL, 1997)

Investigative Interview, NE Fla. Crim. Just. Training Ctr., 40 hours (Jacksonville, FL,

1997)

DUI Case Preparation & Courtroom Testimony, IPTM, 40 hours (Daytona Beach, FL, 1996)

DUI Instructor Course, IPTM, 40 hours (Jacksonville, FL, 1996)

In-Car Video Requirements for DUI Enforcement, IPTM, 8 hours (Jacksonville, FL, 1996)

Radar Speed Measurement, Northeast Florida Criminal Justice Training Center, 40 hours

(Jacksonville,

FL, 1996)

DUI Detection & Standardized Field Sobriety Testing, IPTM, 24 hours (Jacksonville, FL,

1996)

Criminal Patrol Drug Enforcement, IPTM, 40 hours (Jacksonville, FL, 1996)

Basic Evidence Technician, NE Fla. Crim. Just. Training Ctr., 40 hours (Jacksonville, FL,

1996)

Concealment Areas Within a Vehicle, IPTM, 16 hours (Jacksonville, FL, 1996)

Case Preparation & Courtroom Testimony, NE Fla. Crim. Just. Training Ctr., 40 hours

(Jacksonville, FL,

1995)

Advanced Report Writing & Review, NE Fla. Crim. Just. Training Ctr., 40 hours

(Jacksonville, FL, 1995)

Police Officer Indoctrination Training, NE Fla. Crim. Just. Training Ctr., 200 hours

(Jacksonville, FL,

1995)

Verbal Judo: Train the Trainer, IPTM, 40 hours (Jacksonville, FL, 1994)

Street Survival Seminar, Calibre Press, Inc., 24 hours (Myrtle Beach, SC, 1994)

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Street Gangs Identification & Investigation, IPTM, 40 hours (Jacksonville, FL, 1994)

Basic Law Enforcement, St. Augustine Crim. Just. Training Ctr., 762 hours (St. Augustine,

FL, 1994)

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Knox, Michael A. Multivariable Monte Carlo Analysis Methods in Traffic Accident

Reconstruction Using

Python. Proceedings of the ASME 2010 International Mechanical Engineering Congress &

Exposition. November 11-17, 2010, Denver, Colorado. New York: American Society of

Mechanical

Engineers, 2011.

Knox, Michael A. Forensic Engineering Applications in Crime Scene Reconstruction.

Proceedings of

the ASME 2010 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition. November 12-18,

2010, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. New York: American Society of Mechanical

Engineers,

2010.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Knox, Michael A. Crime Scene Reconstruction: Dynamics, Biomechanics & Engineering

Analysis.

Current textbook writing project under publication agreement with CRC Press. Expected

manuscript

completion September 2012.

LaForte, Michael F., and Knox, Michael A. Crime Scene Processing 2.0. Glen St. Mary, FL:

Eagle Crime

Scenes, Inc., 2008. Electronic media.

PRESENTATION, LECTURE & TEACHING EXPERIENCE

ContractForensic Technology Instructor with the Institute of Police Technology &

Management; Sirchie

Fingerprint Laboratories, Inc.; Professional Business Solutions, Inc.; Safariland; and

Eagle Crime

Scenes, Inc. (2004 Present).

Training Coordinator for the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office Crime Scene Unit (2003

2007).

Advisory Board Member for the Crime Scene Technology & Forensic Investigation Programs,

Keiser

University. (Jacksonville, FL, 2011 Present).

COURSES TAUGHT

Shots Fired!: Forensic Reconstruction of Police-Involved Shootings, Int. Mun. Lawyer s

Assoc., 1 hour

(Washington, DC, 2012)

Crime Scene Reconstruction of Shooting Incidents, IPTM, 40 hours (Jacksonville, FL, 2011)

Crime Scene Reconstruction: Evidence Collected v. Evidence Presented, Fla. Assoc. of

Public

Defenders, 6 hours (Destin, FL, 2011)

Cartridge Case Ejection Patterns: Determining a Shooter's Location, FDIAI/GDIAI Joint

Educational

Conference, 1 hour (Panama City Beach, FL, 2011)

Evaluating Accuracy, Precision & Uncertainty in Crime Scene Reconstruction, FDIAI/GDIAI

Joint

Educational Conference, 1 hour (Panama City Beach, FL, 2011)

Crime Scene Processing Workshop, IPTM, 40 hours (Jacksonville, FL, 2011)

Shooting Incidents: A Primer for Claims Professionals, Jacksonville Claims Assoc., 1 hour

(Jacksonville,

FL, 2011)

Photogrammetry & 3D Computer Modeling for Crime Scene Reconstruction, ASCR Annual Conf.,

1 hour

(Jacksonville, FL, 2011)

Crime Scene Reconstruction of Shooting Incidents, U.S. State Department/INL Under

Contract with

PBSI, 40 hours (Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, 2011)

Shooting Reconstruction Involving Vehicles, IPTM, 12 hours (National CSI Camp, Lake of

the Ozarks,

MO, 2010)

Basic Crime Scene & Evidence Procedures, Fla. Assoc. of Public Defenders, 6 hours

(Clearwater

Beach, FL, 2010)

Crime Scene Processing Workshop, IPTM, 40 hours (Jacksonville, FL, 2010)

Fundamentals of Crime Scene Technology, Sirchie, 40 hours (Public Ministry, Chiclayo,

Peru, 2010)

Crime Scene Technology, Sirchie, 3 hours (National Police, Lima, Peru, 2010)

Fundamentals of Crime Scene Technology, Sirchie, 40 hours (Public Ministry, Lima, Peru,

2010)

Fundamentals of Crime Scene Technology, Sirchie, 25 hours (Dubai Police, Dubai, UAE,

2010)

At-Scene Traffic Accident/Traffic Homicide Investigation, IPTM, 80 hours (Jacksonville,

FL, 2010)

Bloodstain Pattern Evidence at Crime Scenes, Eagle Crime Scenes, Inc., 40 hours (Orange

Park, FL,

2009)

Scenario-Based Crime Scene Processing Exercises, IPTM, 32 hours (Meriden, CT, 2009)

Crime Scene Reconstruction

of Shooting Incidents, IPTM, 4 hours (Am. Crim. Just. Assoc.

Nat. Conf.,

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Crime Scene Reconstruction of Shooting Incidents, Eagle Crime Scenes, Inc., 40 hours (NE

Fla. Crim.

Just. Trg. Ctr., Jacksonville, FL, 2007)

Bloodstain Pattern Evidence at Crime Scenes, Eagle Crime Scenes, Inc., 40 hours (NE Fla.

Crim. Just.

Trg. Ctr., Jacksonville, FL, 2005)

Bloodstain Pattern Evidence at Crime Scenes, Eagle Crime Scenes, Inc., 40 hours (NE Fla.

Crim. Just.

Trg. Ctr., Jacksonville, FL, 2005)

Crime Scene Photography, Eagle Crime Scenes, Inc., 40 hours (Valdosta, GA, 2005)

Basic Crime Scene Processing Techniques, Eagle Crime Scenes, Inc., 40 hours (NE Fla.

Crim. Just. Trg.

Ctr., Jacksonville, FL, 2004

)

Investigation & Reconstruction of Impaired Driving Collisions, IPTM, 3 hours

(Jacksonville, FL, 2000)

PUBLIC SERVICE APPEARANCES

Jane Velez-Mitchell, CNN Headline News. Appeared on live cable news broadcast as forensic

expert

regarding the February 2012 shooting of teenager Trayvon Martin by neighborhood watch

volunteer

George Zimmerman. Commented specifically on range of fire as noted in the autopsy report

and on

developing a timeline of the events.

Jane Velez-Mitchell, CNN Headline News. Appeared on live cable news broadcast as forensic

expert

regarding case of a woman and her three daughters that were possibly abducted.

(

Jacksonville, FL,

May 2012)

Keiser University. Guest speaker for forensic technology program. (Jacksonville, FL, Mar.

2012)

News4Jax. Interviewed about computer hacker case for evening news. (WJXT, Jacksonville,

FL, Oct.

2011)

The Morning Show. Appeared as live guest regarding computer hacker case. (WJXT,

Jacksonville, FL,

Oct. 2011)

The Morning Show. Appeared as live guest regarding deaths of police officers. (WJXT,

Jacksonville, FL,

Jan. 2011)

The Morning Show. Appeared as live guest regarding Ohio police-involved shooting. (WJXT,

Jacksonville, FL, Jan. 2011)

Keiser University. Guest speaker for forensic technology program. (Jacksonville, FL, Jul.

2010)

The Morning Show. Appeared as live guest discussing the Grim Sleeper serial killer case

and the use

of familial DNA to solve crimes.

(

WJXT, Jacksonville, FL, Jul. 2010

)

Action News. Interviewed for evening news broadcast regarding text message threats sent

to high

school students. (CBS 47, Jacksonville, FL, Jun. 2010)

Sisters In Crime. Presentation to crime writer's group.

(

Jacksonville, FL, Feb. 2010)

EXPERT TESTIMONY COURTROOM QUALIFICATIONS4th Judicial Circuit of Florida, Duval County, Jacksonville, Florida

4th Judicial Circuit of Florida, Nassau County, Yulee, Florida

7th Judicial Circuit of Florida, Volusia County, Daytona Beach, Florida

U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois

27th Judicial District of Texas, Bell County,

Belton, Texas

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Heart of MADD Award. Mothers Against Drunk Driving (Jacksonville, FL, 2008)

Heart of MADD Award. Mothers Against Drunk Driving (Jacksonville, FL, 2007

)

Police Officer of the Month. Jacksonville Sheriff's Office (Jacksonville, FL, 2006

)

Certificate of Commendation. Jacksonville Sheriff's Office (Jacksonville, FL, 2002)

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