The Department has a Crash Reconstruction Investigation Team. These officers are able to respond, on a 24 hour basis, to any serious injury or fatal crash and assist with determining what factors were involved with the crash. Officers assigned to the Crash Reconstruction Investigation Team are required to attend a lengthy training program which consists of numerous hours of specialty training and certifications.
Currently three officers are assigned to the Crash Reconstruction Team. They have investigated numerous serious injury and fatal crashes. On numerous occasions each has assisted other local police departments with crash investigations.
For additional information regarding crash investigations contact Lt. Jerame Simpson at jsimpson@valpopd.com, Lt. Jonathan Watson at jwatson@valpopd.com, Det. Sgt. Peter Castillo at pcastillo@valpopd.com, Officer Nathan Cashman at ncashman@valpopd.com, and Officer Landon Cornell at lcornell@valpopd.com.

Lt. Jon Watson
Lt. Jerame Simpson

Officer Nathan Cashman

Officer Landon Cornell
Det. Sgt. Peter Castillo