James A. Mulkey, ACTAR

Senior Consultant

Forensic Services

Fort Lauderdale

BACKGROUND:

Mr. James Mulkey is an accredited Accident Reconstructionist with the Accreditation Commission for Traffic Accident Reconstruction (ACTAR #2397) with over 29 years of accident investigation and reconstruction experience.

He worked in the law enforcement profession in both the United States Army (1987-1995) and with the Missouri State Highway Patrol (1996-2022). His duties consisted of general road patrol, accident investigation, and vehicle accident reconstruction.

Mr. Mulkey was an Assistant Zone Supervisor and Emergency Vehicle Operations Instructor for the Missouri State Highway Patrol. He was a member of the Missouri State Highway Patrol Major Crash Investigation Unit for over 12 years and conducted or assisted in thousands of crash investigations and reconstructions. Those crashes involved automobiles, motorcycles, pedestrians, bicycles, ATVs, UTVs, commercial motor vehicles, and farm machinery. Mr. Mulkey is certified in imaging, preserving, and analyzing data contained in a vehicle’s event data recorder.

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS:

• Criminal Justice Administration, B.A.: Columbia College, Columbia, Missouri (1996)

• Accredited Traffic Accident Reconstructionist: Accreditation Commission for Traffic Accident Reconstruction (ACTAR #2397)

• CDR System Technician/Data Analysis: Institute of Police Technology and Management (2011)

• FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot License

• Memberships: Illinois Association of Technical Accident Investigators (IATAI), Midwest Association of Technical Accident Investigators (MATAI)

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