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Richard Lichten (Lieutenant Retired) - Expert Consultant

Richard Lichten brings 30 years of front-line law enforcement experience to a wide range of police and jail topics.  Twenty of his 30 years on the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department were in supervisory and command positions. Click here for profile.

Primary areas of expertise:

• Use of force in patrol and in jails
• Vehicle and foot pursuits
• Officer-involved shootings
• General patrol tactics and police practices
• Use of TASER
• Jail/prison inmate culture, including possession/use of jail-made weapons (shanks)

Mr. Lichten has been the on-scene commander in over 100 major inmate disturbances/riots involving a few inmates to over 2000 inmates, and has lectured in several states about this topic.

He supervised the safe removal of many barricaded hostile and violent inmates in the jails.

Services:

• Case review and consultation
• Determine whether the officer’s actions were in line with the policy and procedures of his/her agency
• Determine whether the agency’s policy and procedures were in line with generally accepted practices
• Expert witness testimony

Attorney Client Comments:

“So the verdict came in...NOT GUILTY on count 2 (the third strike charge)! My client was so happy. I literally hugged him right on the spot! I can't thank you enough, on behalf of both myself and the defendant. You were key to helping us get this verdict. I can promise you that we will be working on many more cases in the future and that I will sing your praise to everyone in my office. i just can't thank you enough.”

“My firm had the pleasure of speaking to Richard Lichten regarding jail and prison practices. I was very impressed by the depth and extensiveness of his knowledge. His assistance helped direct our discovery inquiries and allowed us to both obtain and analyze information critical to our case. If you plan to retain an expert in the fields of police and jail practices and procedures, look no further than Richard Lichten.”

“My firm was recently involved in an unprovoked peace officer excessive use of force litigation wherein our client suffered permanent nerve damage. Our burden was to show the force used was excessive and beyond the “reasonable peace officer’ standard. We were fortunate to find Richard Lichten of Police and Jail Procedures. Richard was professional, informed and very, no, make that extremely thorough in his investigation. My firm is constantly bombarded with experts’ resumes, but if any come in for a police use of force expert they go right in the trash. There is ONLY one such expert this firm will ever use in the future. I cannot recommend Richard enough.”

"My client was charged with two counts of felony assault on police officers. I retained Rick Lichten to provide consultation. I was pleased to find that Mr. Lichten is the most knowledgeable and efficient police practices expert I have ever had on a case. His knowledge and preparation is beyond anything I have ever encountered in my practice since 1974. Please hire Mr. Lichten for any police procedures case. You will be hiring the best."

Call for a consultation -

26504 Bouquet Canyon Road, Suite 110
Santa Clarita, California, 91350
661-406-7258  Fax: 661-296-6171