Officers

Board of Directors Biographies

Kent E. Boots, President - Bio coming soon

Mick Capman, Vice-President - Bio coming soon

James A. "Jim" Moore, Secretary - Jim is a Charter Member of PSFM, holds a Masters Degree from Amber University in Human Relations and Business and a Bachelor of Science Degree from Sam Houston State University in Police Science and Administration. He served with the Dallas Police Department from 1974, until he retired in 1994. During his tenure, he was assigned to the Special Operations Division, Traffic Division/Section from 1981 to 1994, serving as a Senior Corporal of Police-Accident Investigator (A&I); A&I Field Training Officer; Fatality Accident Response Team Member, and Academy Instructor instructing collision investigation and reconstruction courses. He is the President of JAM/MVA Reconstruction Service (1985 to present) and serves as the President of Texas Association of Accident Reconstructionist Specialist (T.A.A.R.S.).

Arnold G. Wheat, Treasurer - Arnie has more than 30 years' experience in the field of Traffic Accident Investigation and Reconstruction. His background in law enforcement includes employment as a police officer with the Arvada (Colorado) Police Department and with the State of New York. He has received judicial approval to testify as an expert witness in the areas of Traffic Accident Investigation and Reconstruction in several U.S. District Courts, as well as in numerous judicial districts throughout Colorado, Hawaii, Kansas, Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Florida, Nebraska, Tennessee and Wyoming.

He is the author of the book, Accident Investigation Manual, co-author of two other instructional manuals, and has had approximately 20 articles published in various journals and publications. He has also taught courses in Accident Investigation and Reconstruction for many law enforcement and traffic safety organizations, including the American Trucking Association, the Rocky Mountain Institute for Transportation Safety, the Colorado Motor Carriers Association, the Institute of Police Technology and Management, the North American Transportation Management Institute and the Society of Accident Reconstructionists.

He is Past Chairman of the Accreditation Commission for Traffic Accident Reconstruction (ACTAR), and was a committee participant on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's task force on "Minimum Training Criteria for Police Traffic Accident Reconstructionists". As the current Chairman of the Society of Accident Reconstructonists (SOAR), he serves as an editor and frequent contributor to the quarterly magazine, SOARce.

Dennis Payne, Sergeant-at-Arms - Dennis is a founding member and past officer of PSFM. He works as a consultant for Accident Cause Analysis (1976 to present) and Forensic Arts (1998 to present). He holds a Master of Science Degree in Biomechanical Trauma. He retired from the Florida Highway Patrol in 1982 after serving as a Traffic Homicide Investigator and Field Supervisor. He has been an adjunct instructor for IPTM since 1982 and is active in several Accident Reconstruction associations.

Eino "Butch" Thompson, Director at Large - Bio coming soon

Chuck Veppert, Director at Large - Chuck served with the Ohio State Highway Patrol for almost 29 years before retiring in 2006 as the LCS Unit Commander at the Warren District Headquarters. He was a member of OSP's first IPTM Crash Reconstruction training class in 1989, and worked as a regional Crash Reconstructionist covering Northeast Ohio and the Ohio Turnpike. He was later trained on Sokkia and Leica total stations and has mapped numerous crash and crime scenes across Ohio. He is a charter member of PSFM, ACTAR accredited, certified in all levels as a Federal Motor Carrier Inspector, and holds an Associates degree from Kent State University in Criminal Justice. Chuck is now affiliated with Valley Technical Services of Columbia Station, Ohio.

Toby L. Wagner, Director at Large - Toby is a 22-year veteran of the Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) and a Charter Member of PSFM. He has been involved in forensic mapping for OSHP since 1994 while assigned to several posts across the state and as commander of the Crash Reconstruction and Analysis Unit. Toby is an adjunct instructor at the OSHP training academy and the Institute of Police Technology and Management (IPTM). He received his training in Vehicle Dynamics and Traffic Crash Reconstruction from IPTM in 1991. He has attended advanced courses such as Pedestrian Collisions, Commercial Vehicle Crash Reconstruction, Computer Aided Reconstruction, Computerized Collision Diagramming and Crash Data Retrieval, as well as numerous conferences and seminars. In addition to IPTM, he has trained at the Northwestern University Traffic Institute, Texas A&M and the Ohio State University. Toby recently completed a one-year appointment to a panel of experts with the National Cooperative Highway Research Program and the Transportation Research Board in Washington D.C.