Expert Accident Reconstructionist
to Teach Law Enforcement Courses at RCC

ASHEBORO, N.C.—Edward A. Livesay Jr., a certified accident reconstructionist, will teach three classes in RCC’s Law Enforcement Training program at the Emergency Services Training Center this school year. The first class, “Basic Technical Accident Investigation,” will be held Monday through Friday, Sept. 22 - 26, from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Livesay, who has over 16 years of experience in criminal justice and has completed in excess of 2,000 hours of criminal justice training, graduated as valedictorian of the North Carolina Justice Academy's class 004 in 1978. He is also the recipient of the North Carolina Department of Justice's Advanced Law Enforcement Certificate. He holds a B.S. in police science and investigations from St. John's University in Louisiana.

Livesay has taught accident investigation at 15 North Carolina community colleges and the North Carolina Justice Academy. He taught in excess of 190 courses for law enforcement basic academies as well as continuing education programs for many of the law enforcement agencies across the state (including the NCDMV, DCDOT, and the North Carolina State Patrol). Livesay has written several books and articles for technical journals on accident investigation, and he authored a PC-based computer program, "Compute-A-Crash," which is dedicated to the algorithms associated with accident reconstruction.

Other classes at RCC that are scheduled to be taught by Livesay include “Advanced Technical Accident Investigation,” scheduled for Jan. 26 - 30, and “Technical Accident Reconstruction,” set for May 10 - 21. There is no charge to law enforcement personnel for these classes, but preregistration is requested. For more information or to preregister, call RCC's Asheboro Campus at (336) 633-0221 or the ESTC at (336) 633-4165.