Officers

Board of Directors Biographies

Ronald B. "Ron" Jack Axidentrecon@aol.com - Ron, President and founding member of PSFM, served with the Maine State Police from 1977 until he retired in 1999. During his career, Ron served as a Trooper from 1977 to 1983 and then transferred into the Traffic Division where he worked in the Motor Vehicle Inspection Program. Following his promotion to Sergeant in 1991, he was in charge of the Accident Records Program, the Accident Reconstruction Program and the Forensic Vehicle Inspection Program. During his career, he also served as an Academy Instructor, instructing accident investigation, accident reconstruction related courses and motor vehicle law and initiated the on-going Maine State Police Forensic Mapping Program in 1995. Ron is a member of several Accident Reconstruction associations and the President of Ron Jack & Associates.

Vice President of PSFM (OPEN)
 
James A. "Jim" Moore JimMoore@jammva.com - Jim, Secretary and 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 Vice President of T.A.A.R.S.

Toby L. Wagner tlwagner@columbus.rr.com - Toby, Treasurer of PSFM, 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.

Dennis Payne dpayne@tampabay.rr.com - Dennis, Sergeant-at-Arms, 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.

Mick Capman, Mapscenes@aol.com - At-Large Board member of PSFM, Mick is an established crash reconstruction expert in the southwest of Michigan (USA) who bought an electronic total station and associated equipment in 1991, envisioning its application solely for his private investigative business. With just 4 hours of the provided training, he quickly discovered that much more was needed to be known about the technology for the desired application. Mick is, for the most part, self-taught on the total station, data collector and software.  With his experience in public safety, it was easy for him to envision and apply the variety of uses that the total station process would offer. 

From his research in 1991, no other police-oriented individual had incorporated the use of total stations for crash or crime scene reconstruction purposes, and only one (1) public safety agency had been given a few, and was in the process of being trained on them. Since 1992, he has generously provided a simple “how to use” training program for our military forensic investigators, local police first-responders, and scene analysis at the federal, state, and county level.  He also has provided “forensic mapping system (FMS)” training for the Canadian R.C.M.P. and the Federal Police of Mexico. When not providing FMS training, he can be found at his home in Muskegon, MI, either polishing and/or riding his Harley, or helping his wife, Monica (a Det./Sgt., MPD) with diagramming a crash or crime scene locally. His passion is seeing the technology by which diagramming, and associated measurements, are brought into the 21st Century.  Mick has attended a HDS (high definition scanning) school in San Ramon, CA and clearly sees where HDS has a place in today’s crash & crime scene tool box.    Mick’s website:  www.forensicmapping.com

Chuck Veppert oshp367@aol.com - Chuck, At-Large Board member of PSFM, 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.