Services
Investigative services for civil rights cases.
Every service is built for one purpose: establishing the facts of a civil rights violation in a form an attorney can use and a court will accept. Doug Roberts works for attorneys, families, and individuals nationwide.
Services
Choose a service to learn more.
Scene Investigation & Documentation
The place where it happened, measured, photographed, and diagrammed, so a judge or jury can see what each person could see, hear, and reach.
Learn moreWitness Location & Interviews
Finding the people who saw what happened, including those the official report left out, and recording what they know while they still remember it.
Learn moreVideo & Digital Evidence
Body camera, dash camera, surveillance, doorbell, and mobile phone video, located and preserved before it is overwritten, then assembled into a single timeline.
Learn morePublic Records & Document Requests
Incident reports, use-of-force reports, dispatch records, policies, training files, and jail logs, obtained through public records laws and organized for the case.
Learn moreOfficer & Agency Background Research
Prior lawsuits, complaints, discipline, certification history, and employment history for the officers and agencies involved.
Learn morePattern, Policy & Practice Evidence
Evidence that a violation was no accident: prior similar incidents, written policies, training gaps, and customs that support a claim against the agency itself.
Learn moreIndependent Case Review & Reinvestigation
A second, independent look at the official investigation: what was done, what was left undone, and where the report and the evidence disagree.
Learn moreLitigation Support for Attorneys
Investigative reports, exhibits, witness coordination, and testimony, from the first evaluation of a case through trial.
Learn moreWhy timing matters
Evidence does not wait. Neither should the investigation.
Surveillance systems record over themselves within days or weeks. Agencies delete body camera footage on fixed schedules. Scenes are cleaned and repaired, and witnesses move away. The law also sets strict deadlines for bringing a claim. The sooner an investigation begins, the more there is to find.
How it works
From first call to final report.
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Confidential consultation
You or your attorney describe what happened: the date, the place, the agency, and what is already known.
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Preserve the evidence
Video, records, and witnesses at risk of being lost are identified and secured first.
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Investigate
The scene is documented, witnesses are interviewed, records are obtained, and the official account is tested.
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Report and support
Findings are delivered in a written report with exhibits, and support continues through litigation.