Travis Norton

Sacramento, California
Travis Norton Expert Witness
Curriculum Vitae

Publications

Contact this Expert Witness

Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

General Specialties:

Law Enf & Criminal Justice and Police Practices & Procedures

Keywords/Search Terms:

Use of Force, Officer Involved Shootings, Tactical Operations, Crowd Control, Crowd Management, In-Custody Death, Excessive Use of Force, SWAT, Patrol Operations, Chemical Agents, Less Lethal, and Active Shooter.

Education:

Doctoral Candidate, University of Southern California; Master of Science Emergency Services Administration, CSU Long Beach; Computer Information Systems, CSU Stanislaus

Years in Practice:

25

Additional Information

Travis Norton is a retired 25-year law enforcement professional. He is an accomplished police lieutenant and SWAT Commander and has trained officers in police practices nationwide. Travis was the training division and professional standards unit lieutenant for a mid-size police agency and was responsible for the police academy, field training program, officer misconduct investigations, and use of force reviews and investigations. Travis has been an instructor for over 15 years in de-escalation, less-lethal weapons, tactical science, active shooter response, SWAT, critical incident response, chemical agents, and crowd management. He currently instructs for the National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA) and the California Association of Tactical Officers (CATO). Since 2020, he has been a guest lecturer in police practices and use of force at the University of Southern California (USC). Travis also serves as a policing fellow at the National Policing Institute (NPI) and the Future Policing Institute. Travis is the Strategy Development Chair for the NTOA and a committee member of the NTOA Tactical Response and Operations Standard for Law Enforcement Agencies. He was selected as an active shooter SME by NPI and Safe and Sound Schools for several active shooter reviews and leads a critical incident review team for CATO. These positions provide Travis the opportunity to review active shooter incidents and officer-involved shootings nationwide and abroad. He has written numerous peer reviewed articles and academic papers referencing swat operations, crowd control, less-lethal, use of force, and active shooter response. Travis has also been interviewed multiple times in the media, including the New York Times, The Atlantic, USA Today, and the LA Times. Over the past four years, Travis has provided consulting and expert witness services to several large metropolitan agencies in tactical operations, officer-involved shootings, use of force, crowd control, chemical agents, and less lethal. He also has experience working with agencies that are under federal consent decrees.