Professional Background

About Ronnie Redding

Experience, training, and integrity — the expert analysis you expect.

For almost 3 decades, Ronnie Redding has been investigating and reconstructing crashes. As a retired State Trooper, Ronnie's hands-on experience with on-scene and site investigations is unmatched.

As a retired Trooper, Ronnie knows the protocol followed by law enforcement when documenting an accident. He uses this inside knowledge to search for additional evidence in your case and recover it so that you can get what you need from all these pieces together — answers.

Work Experience

2008 – 2021

Alabama Department of Public Safety Mobile, AL

Alabama State Trooper — Traffic Homicide Investigation

Crash investigation, crash prevention, and traffic control.

2003 – 2008

ASI Investigations, Inc. Hattiesburg, MS

Crash Reconstruction

Review and analyze standard crash reports and non-standard documents; inspect and photograph roadway and vehicles for evidence; interview reporting officers, witnesses and participants; prepare written reports; give depositions and court testimony.

1994 – 2005

Gulfport Police Department Gulfport, MS

Patrolman / Patrol Sgt. / Patrol Lt. — Crash Reconstruction

Responding to various types of incidents; supervised patrol officers and supervisors; assisted in coordinating all fatality crash investigations. Promoted to Sgt. in 1998; Lieutenant in 2000.

1994

Prichard Police Department Prichard, AL

Patrolman

Responding, reporting and deterring criminal activity.

Education

1989 – 1992

Spring Hill College Mobile, AL

Bachelor of Science in Sociology

1987 – 1989

Marion Military Institute Marion, AL

Associate of Arts in Criminal Justice

Special Training & Experience

2024 Pedestrian/Bicycle Crash Investigation
2022 Pix4D Software Essentials
2021 FARO Drones and Scanners; FARO Webinar w/ Merge Project
2020 FARO Zone 3D Software; FARO Webinar
2019 Commercial Vehicle Crash Reconstruction Level 1 & 2 — Inst. of Police Technology and Management, Jacksonville, FL
2019 Tennessee Highway Patrol Crash Conference, Nashville, TN — Crash Testing, EDR Update, Tire Analysis, LEO Crashes & Media Relations, Pedestrian & Bicyclists Crash Analysis
2019 Heavy Vehicle Event Data Recorder Retrieval & Analysis, Hattiesburg, MS; Forensic Link Adapter
2018 Crash Data Retrieval Analyst Course — Collision Safety Institute, Garland, TX
2017 Symposium on Traffic Safety, Orlando, FL — Video Analysis, Modern Motorcycle Technology & Recon, Event Data Recording, Tire Forensics, Occupant Kinematics, Court Testimony, Daubert & DRE
2015 Drug Evaluation Classification Program (Phases I & II) — Alabama Criminal Justice Training Center, Selma, AL
2014 Kinesics Interview & Interrogation Levels I & II — Alabama Criminal Justice Training Center, Selma, AL
2012 REC-TEC Basic (gotoforensics.com)
2010 Interview & Interrogation — Regional Counterdrug Training Academy (RCTA), Robertsdale, AL
2010 Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE) — Alabama Criminal Justice Training Center
2009 Crash Zone 2D In-service
2006 Advanced Collision Diagramming-3D Including 3D Animation — VS Visual Statement, Inc., Temple, TX
2006 CDR System Technician — Collision Safety Institute, Hattiesburg, MS
2005 Advanced Traffic Crash Investigation — Institute of Police Technology & Management, Jacksonville, FL
2004 Inspection and Investigation of Commercial Vehicle Crashes — Institute of Police Technology & Management, Orlando, FL
2002 Accident Reconstruction Level III — Southern Regional Public Safety Institute, Long Beach, MS
2002 Accident Reconstruction Level II — Southern Regional Public Safety Institute, Long Beach, MS
2001 Accident Reconstruction Level I — Southern Regional Public Safety Institute, Long Beach, MS

Teaching Experience

2023 – Present

University of North Florida, IPTM

At-Scene Crash Investigation, Advanced Traffic Crash Investigation & Traffic Crash Reconstruction. Coordinator: Ken Harmon.

2018 – 2021

Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA)

Basic/Advanced Traffic Homicide Investigation; Basic Crash Investigation — ALEA Trooper Academy & Basic Police Academy. Class Coordinator: Trooper Sergeant Jeremy Baker, ALEA Traffic Homicide Coordinator.

Court Experience

Tenured and accepted as an expert witness in the following jurisdictions:

Crash Reconstruction

  • Mississippi — State District Court
  • Alabama — State Circuit Court

Drug Recognition Evaluation

  • Alabama — State District Court
  • Alabama — State Circuit Court

Police Procedures

  • U.S. Federal Court

Organizations & Societies

  • Accredited by the Accreditation Commission for the Traffic Accident Reconstruction (ACTAR) — Certificate No. 1546
  • National Association of Professional Accident Reconstruction Specialists (NAPARS) — Member ID 70624927

Need an Expert Investigator on Your Case?

Ronnie Redding delivers the thorough, defensible analysis your case demands.

Call 251-401-3651