Tony Corroto looking out the window of a South Carolina hotel in his formal business attire.

About Tony Corroto

Tony served the City of Atlanta Police Department (APD) as a police officer for 17 years, spending 14 of them as a senior police officer assigned to the DUI Task Force. As an SFST and drug recognition expert, he trained police officers in the DRE program at the Georgia Public Safety Center, taught 46 police recruit classes DUI enforcement at the Atlanta Police Academy, and administered over 6,000 breath alcohol tests (BATs) while running the BAT program. He also collected data productivity reports including tickets and arrests to receive state and federal grant funding for the APD. He was listed as an on-call expert witness on over 2,300 DUI cases in one year, and on over 10,000 DUI cases total. He arrested over 2,700 individuals for driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs.

Under his enterprise, Tony consults on DUI cases, providing nationwide expert testimony on impaired driving concerning the Drug Evaluation and Classification Program. In addition, he is qualified to give expert opinion in 21 states on behavioral effects of alcohol and drugs in the human body, standardized field sobriety testing, the theory and science of evidential breath alcohol testing, and police procedures. He uses his 34 years of knowledge and expertise to teach and train legal professionals, law enforcement, and the public.

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Training Tony Received

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02/1989

Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council
Police Officer Training Certification #PBLE-89-1643-S
Atlanta Police Academy Class #134
Atlanta, Georgia

06/1989

Major Q. Hill, Director of Training
Atlanta Police Academy
Advanced Police Training Certificate
40 hours of specialized training in First Responder Course
Atlanta, Georgia

09/1989

City of Atlanta Police Academy
Major Q. Hill, Director of Training
George Napper, Public Safety Commissioner
Morris Redding, Chief of Police
C.H. Childress, Deputy Chief Administrative Services Division
Andrew Young, Mayor
Diploma for the 720 hours of the prescribed Course of Instruction required by the Bureau of Police Services
Atlanta, Georgia

01/1992

Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council

16 hours of training in Basic Radar Training Permit #PS0992R413S
Atlanta Police Academy
Atlanta, Georgia
Re-certified (4-hour course): 11/1994, 01/1997, 06/1999, 03/2000, 03/2002, 03/2005

09/1992

U.S. Department of Transportation

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
24-hour DWI Detection & Standardized Field Sobriety Testing Training
Certification #PAE0137
Fulton County Public Safety Training Center
Atlanta, Georgia

11/1992

Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council

Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI)
Division of Forensic Sciences
Intoximeter 3000 Breath Analyzer Certification #15710
Georgia Public Safety Training Center
Forsyth, Georgia

11/1993

U.S. Department of Transportation

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Classroom Training in Drug Evaluation and Classification Course
Georgia Public Safety Training Center
Forsyth, Georgia

09/1994

International Association of Chiefs of Police

Drug Recognition Expert - Drug Evaluation and Classification Program
Certification #DRE003632
Georgia Public Safety Training Center
Atlanta, Georgia
Re-certified (8-hour course of study): 09/1996, 09/1998, 09/2000, 09/2002, 09/2004, 04/2006

11/1994

Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council

Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Division of Forensic Sciences
Intoxilyzer 5000 Breath Analyzer Certification #15710
Georgia Public Safety Training Center
Forsyth, Georgia

09/1995

International Association of Chiefs of Police
U.S. Department of Transportation
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Instructor Training in Drug Evaluation and Classification
Institute of Police Technology and Management
Jacksonville, Florida
Re-certified: 09/1996, 09/1998, 09/2000, 09/2002, 09/2004, 04/2006

10/1995

Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council
American Medical Association American Red Cross
First Aid and CPR Training Certification
Atlanta Police Academy
Atlanta, Georgia

12/1995

Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council
24-hour course of study: Drug Interdiction for Patrol (AXM18G)
Georgia Public Safety Training Center
Forsyth, Georgia

Sergeant John Mollenhour, Course Coordinator
Major Blanche Nichols, Academy Director
Atlanta Police Department
O.C. Gas Phase I & II 3-hour course
Herbert T. Jenkins Atlanta Police Academy
Atlanta, Georgia

Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council
8-hour Electronic Surveillance Seminar course of study (ABJ04G)
Georgia Public Safety Training Center
Forsyth, Georgia

03/1996

Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council
Laser Speed Detection Operator 6-hour Course ITL00R
Certification #PS16960208N
Herbert T. Jenkins Atlanta Police Academy
Atlanta, Georgia

02/1997

Atlanta Police Department

80 hours of General Instructor Training Course
Atlanta Police Academy
Atlanta, Georgia

05/1997

Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council

Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Division of Forensic Sciences
Marijuana I.D. 8-hour Course (ANX02G)
Georgia Public Safety Training Center
Forsyth, Georgia

06/1997

Pat Jarvis, Executive Director

Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council
General Instructor Certification

04/2000

Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council
40 hours of Field Training Officers Certification Course
Herbert T. Jenkins Atlanta Police Academy
Atlanta, Georgia

01/2003

N.H.T.S.A. and I.A.C.P.

Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council
D.U.I. Detection and Standardized Field Sobriety Testing: Instructor Update
8-hour Course (UIS01G)
Georgia Public Safety Training Center
Forsyth, Georgia

03/2003

The Georgia Crime Information Center

Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council
Inquiry Level Operator Course
Atlanta Police Department
Atlanta, Georgia

02/2005

Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council
DUI Case Law Update, Evidence Collection Seminar
Georgia Public Safety Training Center
Forsyth, Georgia

05/2006

Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia

Georgia DUI Law Update Course
State Bar of Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia

02/2008

Steve Rubenzer, Ph.D., ABPP, Diplomate in Forensic Psychology

6.5-hour of Advanced Training in the Standardized Field Sobriety Tests course:
Scientific Issues in Judging Intoxication and SFST Research
Forensic Sobriety Assessment Certification
Crowne Plaza Hotel
Houston, Texas

03/2008

Steve Rubenzer, Ph.D., ABPP, Diplomate in Forensic Psychology
Scott Stevenson Ph.D., Associate Professor of Optometry
6.5-hours of Advanced Training in the Standardized Field Sobriety Tests course:
Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus (HGN): Vision Science Perspectives
Forensic Sobriety Assessment Certification
Crowne Plaza Hotel
Houston, Texas

08/09 and 02/10

John D. Fusco and David M. Radomski (Instructors)

BAC DataMaster, K, dmt, and Basic Science of Evidential Breath Alcohol Testing
Certificate: 24-hour instruction requirement completion in the theory and Science
of Evidential Breath Alcohol Testing including alcohol and human physiology,
practical issues, theory and operation of infrared breath alcohol testing,
field and laboratory applications
National Patent Analytical Systems, Inc.
Mansfield, Ohio

01/2010

Jan Semenoff (Instructor)

15-hour course on the Intoxilyzer 8000 Update and Basic Science of Evidential Breath
Alcohol Testing: The theory and Science of Evidential Breath Alcohol Testing including
alcohol and human physiology, practical issues, theory and operation of infrared breath
alcohol testing, field and laboratory applications
Industrial Training & Design Ltd.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

03/2011

Jan Semenoff (Course Instructor)

Intoxilyzer 5000EN Update and Basic Science of Evidential Breath Alcohol
Testing: The theory and Science of Evidential Breath Alcohol Testing including
alcohol and human physiology, pharmacokinetics of alcohol, maintenance,
calibration, toxicokinetics of alcohol, practical issues, theory and operation of
infrared breath alcohol testing, field and laboratory applications
Industrial Training & Design Ltd.
Atlanta, Georgia

02/2012

Course Presenters:
Edward F. Fitzgerald, Esq.
Michael Hawkins, Esq.
Alfred E. Staubus, Pharm.D., Ph.D.
Jimmie L. Valentine, Ph.D.
Patrick Mahaney, Esq.
Allen Trapp, Esq.
Francis Gengo, Pharm.D.
Stefan Rose, M.D.
Pharmacology/Toxicology Principles in the Courtroom, DUI and Drug Cases,
Principles of Pharmacology Required in Drug Cases, Drug Absorption, Metabolism,
Distribution and Elimination (Pharmacokinetics) & (Pharmacodynamics),
How the Body Reacts to Drugs and Receptor Interaction, Opiates: Natural and
Synthetic Correlation with accidents and crime, Marijuana Pharmacology/Toxicology:
Interpreting “positive findings” – Impairment Issues, Marijuana Laws, and
Case Studies – Sedatives and Hypnotics: Classes, Mechanisms of Actions,
Metabolism, Effects, Court Cases: Zolpidem (Ambien) and Alprazolam (Xanax),
Central Nervous System (CNS) Stimulants: Cocaine, Amphetamines,
Others: Mechanisms, Therapeutic Uses, and Behavioral Effects
The Scientific Law Forums, Inc.
Atlanta, Georgia

Charles Rathburn (Course Instructor)

BAC DataMaster, K, dmt, and Basic Science of Evidential Breath Alcohol Testing:
The theory and Science of Evidential Breath Alcohol Testing including alcohol and
human physiology, practical issues, theory and operation of infrared breath alcohol
testing, field and laboratory applications
Charleston, South Carolina