Sergeant Clint Rogers
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Clay County native, Sergeant Clint Rogers, has recently attained accreditation with the Commission for Traffic Accident Reconstruction; ACTAR for short. Since its incorporation in 1991, ACTAR is an internationally recognized accrediting body that certifies traffic accident reconstructionist who meet rigorous international training and competency standards established after a 1985 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration study. ACTAR is recognized internationally as an independent accrediting organization for those who work in the field of Accident Investigation and Reconstruction.
Rogers is currently the only actively sworn trooper with the North Carolina State Highway Patrol to have successfully taken and passed the ACTAR examination. Rogers is currently the supervisor and lead investigator for the state’s Western Recon Team, which is part of the NCSHP’s Collision Reconstruction Unit.
Rogers started his career with the NCSHP as a graduate of the 102nd Basic Patrol school in 2000. Upon completing patrol school, he was first assigned to Yancey County and then Madison County as a field trooper, before transferring back home to Hayesville in 2002. In 2012, Rogers began training within the areas of advanced crash investigation and reconstruction, and transferred full-time to the Collision Reconstruction Unit in 2013. As a member within the Highway Patrol’s Special Operations Section, Rogers has received more than 1,500 hours of specialized training in collision reconstruction and forensic investigation, and has been involved in numerous high-profile felony death cases. In 2022, he was promoted to his current rank of sergeant and assigned to Elizabeth City in Pasquotank County as a district supervisor in the state’s coastal region before transferring in 2023 to his current position as supervisor over the Western Recon Team.
During his more than 26 year career as a state trooper, Rogers has also been a basic school instructor at the NCSHP Training Academy in Raleigh for both the 122nd and 131st Basic Patrol Schools, in addition to teaching numerous BLET training courses at both Southwestern and Tri-County Community Colleges. He is also currently an adjunct instructor for Northwestern University’s Center for Public Safety and instructs such courses as crash data retrieval, crash investigation levels one and two and traffic crash reconstruction levels one and two. Rogers holds an associates degree in criminal justice from TCCC as well as a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice: crime scene investigation from Liberty University, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude. He has received numerous awards with the NCSHP such as the Advanced Law Enforcement Certificate, Traffic Enforcement and Investigation certificate, the Samaritan Service Award and the 2025 Leadership Award for the NCSHP Collision Reconstruction Unit. He is also an FAA Remote UAS drone pilot and a Crash Data Retrieval technician, advanced analyst and technician-level instructor. In other professional affiliations, he is an active National Association of Professional Accident Reconstruction Specialists member.
Rogers resides in Hayesville, with his wife Amanda. They have two grown sons and one granddaughter.