Serving the Legal Community as an Expert Witness Since 2010
Credentials:
Rick Santoro - ASIS Certified Protection Professional
Managing Member Interbrief.Org LLC
Security Expertise:
Mr. Santoro is an A.S.I.S. Board Certified Protection Professional (CPP) with 30+ years experience in security, safety, investigations, and asset protection. Mr. Santoro is credited with developing security programs comprised of proprietary and contract guard forces, CCTV design/operation, physical security, compliance testing, claims/due diligence/criminal/background/ investigations, access control, ethics issues, target hardening, and armed/unarmed executive protection. Mr. Santoro specializes in private and public organization Litigation Support, Security Program Administration/ Management/Operation, Risk Management, Safety, Executive Protection, Major Crime, and Physical Security Analysis. He has experience with hospitality, casino gaming, nightclub, bar, healthcare, public housing, public sector, retail, convenience store, petroleum vendor, museum, and entertainment sector security litigation consulting. Santoro has consulted to clients regarding security operations, security program audit, litigated matters, control center operations, security standards, critical incident management, special event planning, high-value asset protection, specialized target hardening equipment, video evidence, parking garage, contracted security services, internal and external crime prevention, responsible gaming programs, cash-in-transit protection, cashin-transit program audit/compliance inspection, Active-Shooter Awareness, sudden violence, and workplace violence prevention.
Education:
Bachelor of Arts from Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck,
New Jersey, 2009
Professional Certification/Licenses:
ASIS International Certified Protection Professional Since 2007 (C.P.P.)
UNLV/DHS Soft Target Terrorism Awareness Instructor
NJ Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness-Regional Intelligence Academy Instructor
Advanced Tactical Deployment of O.C. (Pepper Spray) Instructor
Graduate of 2011 FBI’s Citizen’s Academy
Federal Secret Clearance 2008-2014
IHIA Homicide Investigator Training 2021
Areas of Expertise:
Richard M. Santoro CPP- Expertise and Premises Liability Litigation Overview American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS) International Board Certified Protection Professional (CPP) –Maintained continuously since 2007. The ASIS CPP is the Gold Standard for Security Certification, to qualify must have 7 years of private sector security management experience, possess a bachelor’s degree or higher, complete a 225-question assessment test covering security standards and practices topics including; security operations, emergency/crises management, investigations, risk management, asset protection, executive protection, information technology security, special event security, CCTV and electronic security systems. Recertification requirements including audited 60 CEU’s every three years. Member of International Association of Independent Security Consultants (IAPSC). Member of International Homicide Investigators Association. Thirty Years of Corporate Security Management in large Gaming Resorts in multiple jurisdictions, five years of experience overseeing Risk Management, Insurance and Claims function for 5 gaming/resort operations. 11 years experience as expert witness. Performed security and compliance audits on high liability operations. Provided premises liability expert witness litigation support and consulting for over 175 cases.
Experience with handling premises liability litigated matters involving security from the following sectors/settings/incident types:
Hospitality Higher Education-Residence Halls
Casino Gaming
Nightclubs/Bars Hotel/Motel
Healthcare
Industrial/Manufacturing
Public Housing
Pharmaceutical/Storage/Transport
Apartment Complex/Residential Communities
Public Transportation
Warehousing
Parking Lot/Facilities
Concert/Special Event
Contract Security
Pawn Shops/Gold Exchange
Armored Car/CIT/Cash Vaults
Homicide
Workplace Violence
Wrongful Death
Excessive Force
Aggravated Assault
Major Crime
Sexual Assault
Robbery/Armed Robbery Shootings/Stabbings
Active Assailant/Mass Shooting
Sudden Violence/Domestic Violence
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