09/30/2026
Our Crash Investigation Training Coordinator, Ken Harmon, is presenting at at the Illinois Association of Technical Accident Investigators annual conference next week. There's still time to register. Just click the link below.
On Wednesday next week, Ken Harmon from IPTM will be presenting a case study of a collision involving a pedestrian and a Ford Mustang. You can still join us. Check out https://iatai.org/event-6659260 for sign up information.
Ken began his career with the Tempe Police Department in 1979. He has completed assignments as a Patrol Officer, Field Training Officer, Solo Motor Officer, Traffic Collision Reconstructionist, Hit and Run Detective, SWAT, Hostage Negotiator, Crime Prevention, and Plain Clothes Surveillance Officer. He was promoted to Police Sergeant in 1996. From 2000 to 2006, he supervised the Vehicular Crimes Unit and the Hit and Run Detectives. Ken retired from the Tempe Police Department, Tempe, Arizona in 2009.
From 1987 to 1996, Ken was assigned to the Tempe Police Traffic Bureau. While there, he specialized in Traffic Collision Reconstruction and the prosecution of impaired drivers involved in fatal collisions. He has testified as an expert in the field of Traffic Collision Reconstruction as well as Human Factors for Drivers in both criminal and civil courts.
Mr. Harmon has completed training in traffic collision reconstruction from the Institute of Police Technology and Management, Northwestern Traffic Institute, University of California at Riverside, and Texas A&M. He completed his Bachelor of Arts degree in Human Resource Management from Ottawa University in August 2005.
Ken has been serving as a member of the adjunct faculty of the Institute of Police Technology and Management since 1993. He has instructed courses in Traffic Collision Investigation and Collision Reconstruction.
Between 2008 and 2023, Ken coordinated IPTM’s level 1 and level 2 Pedestrian/Bike Collision Investigation Courses. In 2023, Ken became the IPTM Traffic Crash Coordinator. Ken is a published author in the Pedestrian/Bicycle Crash Investigation/Reconstruction field.
