THE GALLAGHER-WESTFALL GROUP - Key Persons

G. Patrick Gallagher has been president of The Gallagher-Westfall Group of Pennsylvania, one of the premier police risk and liability management firms in the country for nearly three decades. He is a nationally recognized expert in police litigation having been involved in over one hundred and twenty cases focusing on all levels of uses of force (60%) and pursuit and emergency operations of police vehicles (30%) in addition to a spectrum of other critically important issues. Alongside of the expert witness services provided to clients, as a risk and litigation consultant to insurance pools, risk management organizations, insurance companies, individual law enforcement agencies, and professional organizations, he has conducted hundreds of training sessions for law enforcement executives, supervisors, risk managers and public officials focusing on risk and liability management as well as the high risk/critical tasks that generate so much liability. Furthermore he has developed unique, proactive programs to provide a comprehensive range of services by policy and procedure reviews, liability assessments, and management reviews and agency audits. Prior to the establishment of The Gallagher-Westfall Group in 1992, Gallagher founded the Institute for Liability Management in 1984, after having been appointed by the Governor of the state of Florida as a Director with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement as well as Director of the Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and Training to administer the certification for all police officers and corrections personnel; for the development of all basic, supervisory, in-service, and executive levels of training; for the certification and development of standards for all training centers and all instructors; and when necessary, the decertification of officers. Gallagher's appointment in Florida followed his position as Director of the Police Executive Institute with the Washington-based Police Foundation, providing top level law enforcement personnel of the country's largest agencies with a series of executive development courses covering critical topics in police operations and management. His earlier experience was as the Director of Public Safety over police and fire services for the city of South Bend, IN.

Job Titles:

• President
• President of the Gallagher

William S. Westfall is President of The Gallagher-Westfall Group, Inc. of Indiana where he manages, develops and provides a wide range of loss control and risk management services to the public and private sector. He has provided liability, leadership and supervisory training to thousands of police officers in nearly every state in the United States as well as having been featured as a guest speaker on the Law Enforcement Television Network (LETN) and the Fire Emergency Television Network (FETN). He is renowned for practical but powerful motivational and inspirational learning experiences. In prior positions, Mr. Westfall served as Assistant Director of the Institute for Liability Management, Director of the Montana Law Enforcement Academy, Director of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) Academy, Executive Assistant to the Commissioner of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, and Bureau Chief of the Division of Police Standards and Training for the State of Florida. Mr. Westfall began his career in law enforcement with the Alaska State Troopers where he served in a variety of functions during a four-year tenure. In 1969 he was selected as Trooper of the Year for the South-central Region, and was recognized by the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce as Lawman of the Year. Prior to his entry into law enforcement, Mr. Westfall served a four-year term in the United States Marine Corps to include Vietnam. Mr. Westfall received his BA in Criminology cum laude from Florida State University and has completed course work toward a graduate degree in Public Administration. He is also a graduate of the well respected FBI National Academy, where he was selected as class spokesman for the 141st Session and has served as adjunct faculty with the Northwestern Traffic Institute instructing mid-management and first-line supervisory courses.