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29991 Canyon Hills Road, Suite 1709, PMB160, Lake Elsinore, CA 92532
Curriculum
Vitae For
Michael G. Tolsdorf
EDUCATION:
The University of
Maryland, Schwabach, Germany
Administration of Justice
September 1979-December 1979
The University of
Texas, Schwabach, Germany
General Education
March 1978 - March 1979
Kirkland Community
College, Grayling, Michigan
General Education
March 1975 - September 1975
TRAINING:
Traffic Accident Investigation and Reconstruction, University
of California
- Tire Failure Analysis.
16 hour course 2003
- Vehicle Inspection
for Repair and Fraud. 8 hour course 2003
- Low-Speed Impacts:
Investigation, Reconstruction and Determination of Injury Mechanisms.
40 hour course 2003
- Crash and Crime-Scene
Forensic Mapping Using MapScenes. 24 hour course 2003
- Setup and Operation
of Total Station Survey Systems. 16 hour course 2003
- Occupant Kinematics
and Injury Mechanisms during Motor Vehicle Collisions. 24 hour course
2003
- Commercial Vehicle
Accident Investigation. 40 hour course 2003
Institute
of Police Technology and Management, University of North Florida
- Investigation of
Motorcycle Crashes. 40 hour course 2003
Ben Clark
Training Center, Riverside, California
- Occupant Kinematics.
8 hour course 2001
- Railroad Grade
Crossing Collision Training. 16 hour course. Instructed by the Burlington
Northern Santa Fe Railroad Emergency Response Team. 2000
California
Highway Patrol Academy, Sacramento, California
- Advanced Accident
Investigation Training. 80 hour course. 1998
Specialized
training:
- Insurance Fraud
- Determination from vehicle damage
- Lamp Analysis
- Vehicle Dynamics
- Determination from tire marks and damage
- Interviews and
Statements
- Physical Evidence
- Determination and causation factors
- Scene Diagraming
- Photography - Proper
camera angles and settings
- Documentation of
Physical Evidence
- Computer Software
- Occupant Kinematics
- Search Warrants
- Writing and obtaining from courts
California
Highway Patrol Academy, Sacramento, California
- Techniques of Accident
Investigation Training. 40 hour course. 1998
- Basic Accident
investigation Training. 56 hour course. 1981
Northwestern
University Traffic Institute, US Army Training Center, Germany
- Accident Reconstruction
Training / Speed from Skid Training. 40 hour course 1978
- Heave Truck and
Tracked Vehicle Collision Investigation. 40 hour course 1979 US Army
Military Police Academy, Fort McClellan, Alabama
- Basic Accident
Investigation Training. 40 hour course. 1977
RELATED COURSE
WORK:
Beginning Algebra
Intermediate Algebra
Introduction to Physics for Engineering and Science
- Conservation of momentum
- Rotational momentum
- Angular momentum
- Linear momentum
Tire Manufacturing and Construction - Goodyear Tire and Rubber
Tire Technology - Bridgestone Corp.
Understanding Tire Failures
Understanding Human Behavior
Understanding Restraint Systems
Understanding SDM and EDU technology
RELATED EXPERIENCE:
California Highway
patrol Officer - Jan 1981 to Dec 2002
21 years field experience to include:
Number of traffic
collisions investigated: approx 1750
Number of traffic collisions assisted: approx 1500
Number of investigations involving fatalities: approx 200
Number of investigations involving injuries: approx 1100
Number of investigations involving occupant ejections: approx 150
Number of restraint system examinations performed: approx 250
Number of tire examinations performed: approx 100
Number of vehicle damage analysis performed: 150
Number of traffic collisions investigated where mechanical defects were
a contributing factor: approx 275
1 year office duties
to include:
Reviewing traffic
collision reports
Preparing shift schedules
Officer-In-Charge duties
1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics Coordinator - Malibu Pepperdine University
Venue
CHP Inland Division
Multidiciplinary Accident Investigation Team - 3 years field experience
CHP Inland Division Honor Guard Detail Member - 1999 to 2000
CHP Officer of the Year - Riverside County - 1993
United Stated Army Military Academy - Honor Graduate - 1977 - 3 years
field experience
501st MP Company Advanced Accident Investigation Unit Team Leader
PRIOR DEPOSITIONS:
Number of prior depositions relating to traffic collision investigations:
approx 50
PRIOR COURT
TESTIMONY:
Number of court appearances relating to accident causation: approx 50
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