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BODY CAMERAS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT: LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

In recent months, several states have passed legislation offering funding and/or rendering mandates to local law enforcement agencies for the purchase, deployment and use of body cameras.  This article will analyze two of these statutes—one from Texas and the other [...]

SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND GENDER DISCRIMINATION

At a time when public safety agencies are grappling with a number of highly publicized issues with substantial legal liability and community relations implications, the issue of sexual harassment and gender discrimination should not be lost in the shuffle.  A [...]

DISCRIMINATORY DISCIPLINE IN PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES

The belief among employees that “the rules apply to some more than others” when it comes to discipline is a morale issue in departments across the country.  Regardless of whether rank and file claims of favoritism are warranted, the perception [...]

DIVERSITY IN RECRUITING AND HIRING – A STRATEGIC PLAN

he recent events in Ferguson, Missouri have brought national attention to a number of issues central to law enforcement operations.  The sole purpose of this article is to focus squarely on one of them—the continuing challenge within law enforcement agencies [...]

PROBATIONARY OFFICER TERMINATIONS AND LEGAL LIABILITY

In May of 2014, a probationary deputy with the Bay County, MI Sheriff’s Office receives a $480,000 settlement after filing his lawsuit claiming First Amendment retaliation was the cause of his dismissal. In November of 2013, a probationary corrections officer in Yellowstone County, MT receives a $100,000settlement [...]

DISCRIMINATION BASED ON MILITARY SERVICE

A recent decision rendered by the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, Murphy v. Radnor Twp. [i], illustrates the significance of a federal anti-discrimination statute enacted in 1994, the intent of which is to protect current and former members of the military [...]

PHYSICAL FITNESS TESTING IN PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES

Public safety agencies throughout the country are demonstrating interest in requiring sworn personnel to undergo physical fitness tests throughout their career to ensure that they are maintaining a level of fitness that allows them to safely perform their duties in [...]

THE TOXIC EMPLOYEE AND SEPARATION AGREEMENTS

Within public safety agencies across the country, a small percentage of employees generate the overwhelming majority of stress in the workplace. These are an agency’s toxic employees. Toxic employees are those who can be so manipulative and problematic that other employees [...]

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