Officers:
James Moore, President: – Current President of TAARS, has been a Regular Member since 1989, and has previously served as a Director and Vice President-Elect. He holds a Masters Degree from Amber (Amberton) University in Human Relations and Business and a Bachelor of Science Degree from Sam Houston State University in Police Science and Administration. He served with the Dallas Police Department from 1974, until he retired in 1994. During his tenure, he was assigned to the Special Operations Division, Traffic Division/Section from 1981 to 1994, serving as a Senior Corporal of Police-Accident Investigator (A&I); A&I Field Training Officer; Fatality Accident Response Team Member, and Academy Instructor instructing collision investigation and reconstruction courses. Jim is the President of JAM/MVA Reconstruction Service, Inc., (JAM/MVA, Inc.), a company he began in 1985. He is also a Charter member of the Professional Society of Forensic Mapping (PSFM), serving as its Secretary since 1997, and is a member of several associated organizations including, NAPARS, NATARI, SOAR, SAE, INCR Group, CDR Group and Heavy-Truck-EDR Group.
Joe O. Montgomery, Vice-President: – Mr. Montgomery was an instructor with the Law Enforcement and Security Training Division of the Texas Engineering Extension Service from 1986 through 2001. Mr. Montgomery is the past President of the Texas Association of Accident Reconstruction Specialists, and past Chairman of the Accreditation Commission on Traffic Accident Reconstruction. Mr. Montgomery holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from East Texas State University, and has served as an active police officer for the City of Dallas Police Department for fifteen years. He holds Advanced and Instructor Certificates from the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education. Mr. Montgomery has testified as an Expert Witness in Accident Investigation and Reconstruction in State and Federal District Courts. Mr. Montgomery and two partners established Complete Accident Reconstruction Service, Inc. (CARS, Inc) in 1984. Mr. Montgomery and one other partner are founding owners of United Transportation Training, Inc, which was formed in December of 2003.
Michael Yosko, Secretary: – Michael has been an active member of TAARS since 1990, and served as Director of Region IV before being appointed to fill an un-expired term as Secretary in 1995. He has been the TAARS Secretary ever since. Michael retired from the Port Arthur Police Department in 1999 and is currently the owner of M. R. Yosko Consulting, LLC, a company he established in 2003. He is still an active instructor for area Citizen’s Police Academies, various reconstruction classes, and is a certified CDR Technician I & II Trainer. He is a member of the National Association of Professional Accident Reconstruction Specialists (NAPARS), the American College of Forensic Examiners International (ACFEI), the Professional Society of Forensic Mapping (PSFM), the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), the Transportation Response and Safety Research Group (TRSR), the INCR Group and the CDR Users Group. He holds ACTAR (Accreditation Commission for Traffic Accident Reconstructionists) Accreditation #271. His wife believes that he is active in TAARS because we like to get together and break things: cars, bicycles, trucks, trains.
Mike Andrews, Treasurer: – Dr. Andrews has been a regular member since 1995 and has served as Director, President, and Treasurer. He is regularly involved in meeting organization, testing, and makes occasional presentations. Dr. Andrews is a physicist (Ph.D, 1987, North Texas State Univ.) and computer scientist that came to accident reconstruction through his background in scientific software development and computer modeling. He began his work in accident reconstruction in 1987. He has taught several courses related to accident reconstruction through Texas A&M University and United Transportation Technology. He has also taught Astronomy and Physics at several local colleges. He is co-owner of Complete Accident Reconstruction Service, Inc. (CARS).
Board of Directors:
James McDonald, Director Position I: – I currently live in Crowley, Texas. I have been employed by the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office since 1996. I am a Sergeant and assigned to the communications division. I have worked accidents since 2003 and supervised the unit until 2011. I have been a member of TAARS since 2005. I have been honored to work as Director I since 2007.
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Willie E. “Bill” Smith, Director Position II: – Bill attended Navarro Junior College and later transferred to Amber (Amberton) University and now holds an Associate Degree in Criminal Justice. Coming from a law enforcement background, his law enforcement career began with the Woodland Hill PD and then he retired from the Dallas County Sheriff’s Department (DSO) after 23 years of service. After retiring from the DSO, he continued his career serving as a Reserve Deputy Constable in Dallas County from 1998-2004. While working with the Dallas Sheriff’s Department, he was assigned to the Patrol Section, Commercial Motor Vehicle Enforcement Unit 1984-1988, Accident Investigator (A&I) 1988-1998; Fatality Accident Response Team Leader, Forensic Mapping Team Leader and Academy Instructor; instructing collision investigation, courses in Commercial Motor Vehicle Enforcement and other traffic related courses. He also served as a Field Training Officer for newly assigned Patrol Officers and Accident Investigators. Prior to and after his retirement from the DSO, Bill also taught traffic law, collision investigation and other related traffic related courses in the Criminal Justice field at Cedar Valley Junior College in Dallas County. Bill has been a lead consultant with JAM/MVA Reconstruction Service, Inc. (JAM/MVA, Inc.) since 1998, and is a member of the Professional Society of Forensic Mapping (PSFM).
Dave Brown, Director Position III: – Dave entered the field of accident reconstruction in 1991 as a licensed Professional Engineer while living in North Carolina. He is an ACTAR (Accreditation Commission for Traffic Accident Reconstructionists) certified accident reconstructionist with specialized training from the Northwestern University Traffic Institute, University of North Florida Institute of Police Technology and Management, and holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington. Dave has been a lead consultant with JAM/MVA Reconstruction Service, Inc. (JAM/MVA, Inc.) since 2006, and is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers and Professional Society of Forensic Mapping (PSFM). In addition to accident reconstruction, he has an extensive background in mechanical engineering design and testing in the aerospace and machine design industries. He has testified many times in depositions and trials, and has been qualified as an expert in the fields of accident reconstruction, mechanical engineering and machine design, in both State and Federal courts. Dave specializes in commercial vehicle accidents, analytical computer simulations, animations, photographic analysis and multimedia presentations and exhibits.
Committee Chairpersons:
Archives: Randy Pazzaglia
Dry Goods: Patrick E. Johnson II
Membership: Michael Yosko
E. R. Williams Scholarship: Michael Yosko
Special Projects:
WREX 2000: Conrad Dippel
Meeting Topics: James Moore
Meeting Site Planner:
ACTAR: Joe O. Montgomery
Continuing Education Scholarship: Randall Dodd
Newsletter Editor:
Past Presidents & Lifetime Board Members:
Joe O. Montgomery, President from: 1986 – 1992
Emmett R.Williams, (deceased) President from: 1992 – 1994
Tom Wettstein, President in: 1994
Conrad Dippel, President from: 1994 – 1999
Ric Sadler, President from: 1999-2000
Larry Self, President from: 2000-2001 & 2002-2003
Mike Andrews, President from: 2004-2006