Jail Safety and Security is the top priority for every agency in order to provide a safe working environment for staff, and safe living environment for Offenders. Keeping contraband out of our facilities is just one of the tactics we use to accomplish that task.

Criminal vs. Administrative Investigation Who and when to conduct each?

In a country that incarcerates more of its people than any other in the world, transgender people are more likely to be stopped and questioned by police, engage in survival crimes such as sex work, end up behind bars, and [...]

Conducting an Administrative Investigation When a Death Occurs Inside Your Jail An Inmate death can result in civil and criminal liabilities for both the agency as well as the Jail officer(s)when deaths occur.  In many instances fault does not lie [...]

Internal Affairs Investigations: Criminal v. Administrative Investigations This webinar will address the rather complex decision of who and when to conduct each of these investigations. This becomes very important following a critical incident such as a fatal shooting or pursuit, [...]

Developing a Reasonable Prescription Drug Policy for Law Enforcement Personnel The U.S. population appears to be addicted to prescription drugs.  Law enforcement personnel are not immune from this national trend.  The issue is a balancing need between public safety and [...]

Brady/Giglio: How do these cases affect every public safety agency? The landmark decision of Brady v Maryland and its progeny is perhaps one of the most significant Supreme Court decisions to ever impact the criminal justice system. Unfortunately, many law enforcement agencies [...]

Your agency spends considerable time investigating allegations of misconduct involving your employees.  Many of these sustained cases are being lost during various forms of external appeal.  The primary reason for these losses appears to be that the agency hasn’t adequately [...]

An Inmate death can result in civil and criminal liabilities for both the agency as well as the Jail officer(s)when deaths occur.  In many instances fault does not lie with the agency, but an inept administrative investigation will not aid [...]

Over the last three years there has been debate and discussion over law enforcement’s use of force, particularly in areas with large minority communities.  This session focuses on the law, community expectations, and recent proposals put out by President Obama’s [...]

In 1967 the U.S. Supreme Court (Garrity and Broderick) set the standard that public employees can be compelled to answer questions posed by their employers during administrative investigations concerning workplace rule violations. This questioning must be “specifically, directly and narrowly” [...]

Over the past few weeks Law Enforcement in the United States has had to deal with the National Emergency caused by the Corona Virus.  The purpose of this webinar is to discuss law enforcement’s response to this crisis on several [...]

As Corrections Officers we face many incidents where Use of force is the outcome to resolving situations.  It is our responsibility from the top down to insure the force we use is consistent with not only our own policies but current [...]

USE of FORCE: Moving Forward Over the last three years there has been debate and discussion over law enforcement’s use of force, particularly in areas with large minority communities.  This session focuses on the law, community expectations, and recent proposals [...]

Law Enforcement supervising is not easy and motivating officers and others can be exacerbating during these current times in our country. We can learn from great supervisors/leaders of the past.  How do great supervisors/leaders motivate? How do they encourage? This [...]

Suicide is often the single most common cause of death in correctional settings. Jails and prisons are responsible for protecting the health and safety of their inmate populations, and the failure to do so, can be open to legal challenge. [...]

An overview of the procedures and methodology related to the latest applications of DNA science to some of our most challenging and “worst-of-the-worst” cases of homicides, rapes and sexual assaults – many of which have haunted investigators and communities for [...]

Law Enforcement supervising is not easy as a multitude of things land on our desks. How we deal with citizen complaints on our officers can be an overbearing burden or can be done efficiently and effectively. This webinar will provide [...]

The proper means of processing a fire scene, photographing, marking, tagging and packaging evidence and transporting requires specialized training. However, this is of a nature that is within every investigators ability to acquire. What is required in addition to procedural [...]

An Inmate death can result in civil and criminal liabilities for both the agency as well as the Jail officer(s)when deaths occur.  In many instances fault does not lie with the agency, but an inept administrative investigation will not aid [...]

This course provides Law Enforcement with the knowledge and best practices when facing the threat of a demonstration in your community. During a demonstration whether large or small, the role of a law enforcement officer is to ensure the public’s [...]

Law Enforcement supervising is not easy and striving to be a great supervisor/leader takes work. We can learn from great supervisors/leaders of the past.  What are the characteristics of great supervisors and leaders? How do we attain and maintain those [...]

The U.S. population appears to be addicted to prescription drugs. More and more states have passed medical marijuana laws.  Law enforcement personnel are not immune from this national trend.  The issue is a balancing need between public safety and individual [...]

Public Safety employees appear to be suing their agencies more frequently alleging various forms of retaliation.  These are resulting in 6 and 7 figure verdicts and settlements.  There are many reasons for these types of lawsuits.  Some result from retaliatory [...]

This two-part webinar is designed for law enforcement (homicide and death investigators), coroner/medical examiner investigators (medicolegal death investigators) and those in the child protection field. The instruction will comprehensively examine all aspects of responding to and investigating cases of child [...]

Over the last few weeks law enforcement agencies including chiefs, sheriffs and trainers have turned to consider training that has been recommended for the last several years on the concept of implicit bias and how implicit bias may impact law [...]

‘DEFUND/DISBAND THE POLICE’ Do we have choices? Can we learn and maybe improve our mission? The protests resulting from the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis have presented the nation and all law enforcement with historically recurring policing issues.  I [...]

Federal Case Law You Need to Know as a Fire Investigator An overview of federal case law that impacts fire investigations and his/her job as a fire investigator. Daubert and the effects on Fire Investigation The Daubert standard for Expert [...]

Cell phones seem to be an integral part of our employees’ hands.  More and more cell phones have become significant factors in many of our administrative investigations involving allegations of misconduct.  This webinar will not address the technical aspects of [...]

How Current Events Are Impacting and Shaping Law Enforcement Minneapolis Use of Force Duty to Intervene Duty to Render Aid Choke Holds Vascular Neck Restraints Special Interest Groups Demands President Trump’s Executive Order Congressional Order Policies That Have To Change [...]

Putting the Fire Investigation Case Together for Success Every agency has a protocol who will be involved in the fire investigation, whether it includes law enforcement, fire service, cross trained investigators, company officers, chiefs etc. When it becomes necessary for [...]

As Corrections Officers we face many incidents where Use of force is the outcome to resolving situations.  Training and practice have evolved over the years relating to what is acceptable relating to Use of Force.  It is our responsibility from the top [...]

The recent nationwide demonstrations and protests coupled with the flurry of legislative enactments have pressured law enforcement agencies and unions to reevaluate their approach to Internal Affairs, administrative investigations and employee discipline.  Many of these expressed concerns aren’t new, either.  [...]

This past February 2020, I presented a webinar on ‘New Challenges to Garrity and Compelled Statements.’  Nearly 100 attended this session.  Following the George Floyd incident in Minneapolis in May 2020 there have been lightning fast developments, proposed changes, and [...]

SEXUAL MISCONDUCT…how to protect your agency from liability! Law enforcement officer sexual misconduct, both internal and external, has continued to be one of the most egregious forms of police misconduct.  More officers are successfully criminally prosecuted for on-duty sexual misconduct [...]

The Truths and Myths About Suicide, Response and Effective Interventions. Understanding and recognizing suicide trends in the United States. Law Enforcement, Dispatch, EMS, and Fire personnel. Topics: Suicide by Cop. (Officer Assisted Suicide) Identify risk factors associated with. Identify four [...]

First Responders Fatigue for Jails and Corrections Officers Correctional Officers and Police Officers are negatively affected by their repeated exposure to occupational stressors. This exposure eventually takes a toll on an employee's job performance, which in turn translates into multi-faceted [...]

Managing Demonstrations, Protests, Civil Disobedience, Legal and Liability Issues Use of Force/Arrest/Declaration of Unlawful Conduct Over the last few days there has been calls for ongoing and continuous protests as inauguration approaches.   It is likely that law enforcement throughout the [...]

WIN, DON’T LOSE, EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINE APPEALS Some estimates say that 50 percent of public safety employee arbitration appeals end up with the employee being returned to duty.  This is often with back pay and frequently, when discipline is still imposed, [...]