J. Patrick Murphy
Security Expert
Mr. Pat Murphy is a Houston, Texas security expert witness who provides nationwide forensic security expert witness services the areas of premises liability and negligent security. Areas of expertise involve Security Management, Premises Liability, Use of Excessive force in Retail/Loss Prevention, Security Guards (False arrest, Excessive Force), and Nightclub (Bouncers/Excessive Force) Security, Apartment Security and the adequacy of company policy and procedures. Read about Industry Standards for Security for a better understanding of guidance. Experience with major retailers such as Walmart, Macy’s, Sears, Best Buy, and many others. Let me share my decades-long experience in Loss Prevention and Asset Protection. He has been retained in excess of 500 cases.
Over 45 years of experience including law enforcement, senior corporate security management, security consulting and expert witness. Security planning is the result of extensive experience in risk management. Without knowing the risks a company cannot plan accordingly. This is why Mr. Murphy is so effective as an expert witness: personal practices creates the best insight into litigated matters.
Read Involuntary Employment Separation/Termination Strategies by Sean A. Ahrens. Employee terminations are stressful even in the best of circumstances. What is your plan when dealing with a potential hostile employee? The strategies in this presentation will aide any employer develop a plan to prevent workplace violence during termination.
CRIME MAPPING AND CRIME ANALYSIS
Houston Crime Stats is provided by LPT Security Consulting. Houston Police Crime statistics create the basis for this 80,000 crime data base and Google Maps. Search any Houston address for street level crime as well as a one-mile radius. Full report for download and easy retrieval of stored reports.
Below is a detail crime map that is zoomed in on one address. The legend represents the full radius. The Google Map can be widened to view the one-mile radius or moved to see smaller areas with mouse-over details.
Houston Crime Stats creates a report in .pdf with a detailed listing of all crime as well as a static map. This is an excellent tool for personal injury attorneys, multi-unit retailers, apartment properties and the public.
US Department of Labor Fact Sheet | Workplace Homicides from Shootings
Recent tragedies around the country have focused attention on workplace violence in the United States. The Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) provides an annual count of fatal work injuries in the United States, including homicides. Shootings accounted for 78 percent of all workplace homicides…More
Church Shootings: What is YOUR plan?
Church Security: What is YOUR plan? After every mass shooting, the experts come out and provide news outlets with their opinions on everything from gun control to background checks to police response. The news media does not, however, provide any insight into how things could have been done differently to save lives. Those decisions are […]
Deaths Resulting From Shoplifting Incidents and Expert Witness Studies
Don’t Chase. Don’t Fight. Don’t Die. Apprehending Shoplifters is High Risk! This study concluded in 2017 I am a security expert witness with extensive senior management experience in retail loss prevention and asset protection Shoplifting is a blight upon retailers. Shoplifting is responsible for hundreds of millions of dollars in loss to retailers annually. This […]