Dr. Chuck J. Rylant has over 25 years of industry experience and is a Federal and State Court qualified expert witness.

He has testified on civilian self-defense, strangulation, and human factors—memory, attention, fight or flight, decision making, and perception/reaction times.

Dr. Rylant has also testified on police use-of-force, tactics, training, de-escalation, and human factors—memory, attention, fight or flight, decision making, and perception/reaction times.

He has been retained in over 190 cases and testified in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Minnesota,  Nevada, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Texas, Utah, and Washington DC.

Dr. Rylant is a certified Force Science Analyst and Advanced Force Science Specialist. He has been designated as a California Peace Officer Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.) use-of-force subject matter expert. 

He is a retired police officer/detective, S.W.A.T. member, and P.O.S.T. certified firearms, baton, chemical agents, Taser, and arrest and control (ARCON) trainer. He is also a former police academy ARCON and use-of-force instructor. 

Dr. Rylant is the author of Shots Fired: The Psychology Behind Officer Involved Shootings and Police Use of Force Decisions: Psychological and Physiological Factors Affecting Performance Under Pressure.

Currently, Dr. Rylant is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt, civilian self-defense trainer, and law enforcement use-of-force instructor.

Areas of expertise:

  • Civilian self-defense
  • Law enforcement use of force
  • Arrest and control (ARCON)
  • Deadly force encounters
  • Strangulation / carotid restraint
  • Fight or flight response
  • Decision making under stress
  • Firearm attacks
  • Knife attacks

Some of Dr. Rylant’s qualifications include:

  • Court qualified use of force expert witness
  • P.O.S.T. academy use of force instructor
  • P.O.S.T. academy ARCON instructor
  • P.O.S.T. certified firearms instructor
  • Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt
  • Master L.A.P.D. Arrest & Control instructor
  • Advance Force Science Specialist
  • Certified Force Science Analysist 
  • #1 best selling author of Shots Fired: The Psychology Behind Officer Involved Shootings
  • California P.O.S.T. advanced certificate
  • Former SWAT member

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