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 Joel Salinas, ACTAR, has over 23 years of experience investigating and reconstructing traffic collisions. He is accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Traffic Accident Reconstruction, (ACTAR # 1569). He worked for the California Highway Patrol from 1984 to 1988. From 1988 to the present he works for a major police department in the Northern California where he is a Lieutenant in charge of the Traffic Division. As the department's leading reconstructionist he has investigated and supervised the investigation of over 1000 traffic collisions.
He has testified as an expert in Traffic Accident Reconstruction in criminal cases as well as provided testimony in civil depositions. He has extensive training in the field of collision reconstruction and forensic mapping. He is a MapScenes Certified Training Instructor.
Joel has a part time consulting business, Joel Salinas and Associates, where he provides Forensic Mapping and Collision Reconstruction services.
Joel is a member of the California Association of Reconstruction Specialists (CAARS) where he is currently the Vice-Chair on the Board of Directors. He is also a member of the Professional Society of Forensic Mapping (PSFM), and the National Society of Professional Accident Reconstruction Specialists (NAPARS).
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