Risk Management Leadership Series

This course will identify the importance of an open citizen complaint system. A simple process will be discussed as a tool both to implement a citizen complaint system to receive complaints as well as the investigative process for the complaint. The law enforcement executive can also use this training to review and strengthen a current system. A citizen complaint and investigation system can be used as a leading indicator of a department’s commitment to the highest standards of ethics and integrity.

This one-day course will discuss issues that law enforcement executives face when an allegation of excessive use of force occurs. Law enforcement executives should be prepared to take appropriate and carefully considered actions to promote peace, maintain community trust, and sustain agency morale. Finding the balance of standing behind law enforcement personnel and addressing citizen concerns is a difficult job. This course will provide a model to follow that develops relationships prior to a situation happening that may mitigate the effects of an allegation, provide steps of what actions to take immediately following an incident and will provide recommendations to create long-term positive community relations.

This course will identify the key areas of concern regarding Biased Based Policing and Hostile Work Environments. It will present guidelines implemented by the federal government and recommend model policies and training that should be implemented to uphold the civil rights of all of the employees and citizens that they serve.

Profiling - This course will give law enforcement executives the information necessary to implement appropriate steps to address, train and document racially biased profiling issues within their department and the community.

Harassment Issues - This is the fastest growing area of Police litigation! This section will discuss the model policies, training and steps you can implement in your agency and the elements in the Police environment that lend themselves to this behavior and these types of allegations.

This course introduces a system by which law enforcement executives can identify officers that are potentially a problem. This system can assist in identifying these officers and aid them before their actions become problematic, discipline or public issues. This system can be used to assure that the organization as well as the individuals operate with the highest standards of ethics and integrity. The law enforcement executives who attend will gain the information necessary to develop a strategy for implementing the system in their own department.

Recognizing that pursuit driving is a very dangerous activity, police departments around the United States have begun to change their perspective of pursuits and their understanding of pursuit policy and training. New research prompted the development of this workshop by IADLEST and Alert International to reduce the number of deaths and injuries involving pursuits. The workshop addresses vehicular pursuit policy issues, including factors to consider when initiating, conducting, and terminating a pursuit using court cases and current national guidelines.

Off-duty employment and after-hours conduct by officers are increasingly troublesome issues for police managers. Embarrassing media headlines, unwanted public scrutiny, and difficult internal investigations have resulted for many departments from actions of employees while off duty. Through a study of case law, policy considerations and actual examples, managers will better understand the higher expectations of the public and the rights and restrictions of the department in managing off duty conduct.