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Public Safety Discipline and Internal Investigations Seminar​ – September, 2020

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​The revised and updated seminar content brings to life the hard realities of working in a political environment where “politics” and social pressures will test one’s ethics, biases, and challenge outdated so-called “best practices.” What biases do you bring to the investigation, to disciplinary actions, and to how you navigate the organizational cultures of the agency, both formal and informal? How do unwritten ground rules impact your internal investigation and its outcome? These and other topics challenge administrators, investigators, trainers, officers, civilians, politicians, and other stakeholders.

            Using actual and hypothetical case studies, attendants and seminar faculty will discuss ethical, political, organizational, and other important topics and how they impact decision-making. Sensitive subjects that no one likes to discuss let alone investigate include employee sexual misconduct, gender and racial harassment and discrimination, hostile work environments, retaliation, and investigator and administrator bias. Evidence- and legal-based solutions serve as foundations for analysis and for possible solutions during open, interactive, and engaging discussions.

            The content and the approach of this AELE seminar is unlike previous “Discipline and Internal Investigations” seminars, so enroll today because its contemporary topics involve detail analysis, involve evidence- and legal-based solutions, and include active audience participation. For example, what triggers the contacting of and involving of a state investigator? When is an “internal investigation” not one? What happens to careers when the wrong culpability standard or the wrong constitutional standard serves as a basis for criminal or disciplinary recommendations?

            Often, internal investigators and administrators face tough decision-making when faced with events that happen once in an officer’s career (think, arrest-related death). Then, there is the employee who habitually engages in sexual misconduct, lying, using excessive force, etc. Why is (s)he still employed? Learn how to spot internal investigation and policy missteps that help daring employees keep their jobs. At times it is not the investigator who missteps, but supervisors. Improper training of supervisors on how to objectively evaluate employees is often another pitfall. Using performance evaluations that are not statistically sound to survive a challenge create challenges. Learn why many performance evaluations create hurdles for taking corrective disciplinary action.

  • Internal Affairs Organization – Policies and Procedures
  • Structure of an IA Investigation – Blueprint
  • “I Don’t Recall” – Conducting Officer Interviews
  • The use of BWC footage during interviews
  • Administrative Investigations versus Criminal Investigations – Definitions & Standards
  • LEO Internal Affairs Records
  • Discipline Defined and New Developments in Discipline
  • Officer First Amendment Rights and Social Media Issues
  • Investigation Processing and Issues
  • The Final Report (Who reviews and/or sustains?)
  • Civilian Investigations
  • Special Investigations (Sexual misconduct, discrimination, domestic violence)
  • Working with the Media and Civilian Oversight
  • Ancillary Legal Issues (Double Jeopardy; Due Process Rights; Liberty/Name Clearing Hearings; Suspension / Suspension Hearings; Loudermill Rights; LEO Bill of Rights)
  • Case Studies
  • Plus, more​

Course Content

01 - Chief Chet Epperson, M.B.A. (Ret.) - President, AELE
01 – Welcome
02 - John G. Peters, Jr., CLS, Ph.D. - Executive Director, AELE
02 – AELE and Seminar Overview
03 - Kimberly Miller, Ph.D. and Lt. David Pearson, M.A.
03 – What’s In The Way Of A Good IA? Do You Have Trust & Legitimacy?
04 - Captain Ron Sanchez (Ret.)
04 – Risk Management and Organizational Culture
05 - Kimberly Miller, Ph.D. and Lt. David Pearson, M.A.
05 – What’s In The Way Of A Good IA? Internal Barriers and Roadblocks
06 - Captain Ron Sanchez (Ret.)
06 – Evaluation of Internal Affairs Investigations for Investigative Completeness
07 - John G. Peters, Jr., CLS, Ph.D. Executive Director, AELE
07 – Knowledge Management: Proven Practices vs. Best Practices
08 - Rodney Hill, Esq.
08 – Civilian Oversight and Investigations
09 - John G. Peters, Jr., CLS, Ph.D. Executive Director, AELE
09 – Evidence-Based Knowledge Gaps: What IA Investigators Need to Know
10 - Rodney Hill, Esq.
10 – Police Interaction with the Media
11 - Ann E. Koshy, Esq.
11 – EEO, Grievances, and Other Supervisory Joys
12 - John G. Peters, Jr., CLS, Ph.D. Executive Director, AELE
12 – Sexual & Racial Harassment In The Workplace ♦ HWE ♦ Policy Considerations ♦ Prevention Measures ♦ Investigations
13 - Ann E. Koshy, Esq.
13 – First Amendment
14 - Michael A. Brave, Esq.
14 – Officer Accountability
15 - Rodney Hill, Esq.
15 – Civil Liability and Disciplinary Systems
16 - John G. Peters, Jr., CLS, Ph.D. Executive Director, AELE
16 – Body-Worn Camera, In-Car Camera, and Surveillance Video Issues
17 - Lynette Parker, Ph.D.
17 – Family Member Perspective following Police Intervention
18 - John G. Peters, Jr., CLS, Ph.D. Executive Director, AELE
18 – Closing
19 - Assessment
19 – Assessment

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