MANAGING POLICE DISCIPLINE AND PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION

The most pressing administrative problem for many law enforcement agencies today is dealing with their people effectively. From pre-employment issues to termination issues, this program deals with the highest liability issues facing administrators in a straightforward manner, emphasizing practical, positive, and proactive solutions that work.

Target Audience:
Internal Affairs Commanders and Investigators, Personnel Directors, Chiefs, Sheriffs

Course Length:
Three Days

Featured Topics:
  • Managing Police Discipline
    • Compulsory disclosure of Brady material in IA files
    • The conduct of an internal affairs investigation
    • Acceptance and documentation of complaints
    • Records: purging vs. retention
    • Confidentiality of records
    • Early warning/identification systems
    • When to investigate
    • Criminal vs. administrative: timing and other issues
    • Gardner/Garrity/Miranda application
    • Weingarten Rule
    • Polygraph use
    • Searches of employee work areas
    • Outlook for civilian review
    • Delaying internal affairs investigations: pros and cons
    • The three types of discipline
    • Innovative disciplinary measures
    • Achieving supervisory buy-in
    • Trends in use of force reporting and analysis
    • The role(s)of peer pressure
    • The impact of agency disciplinary history
    • Recommendations about hearings
    • What to expect when sued
    • Court decisions and trends
  • Managing Personnel Administration
    • Hiring standards
    • Job task analysis and validation
    • Title VII and the EEOC
    • Managing the selection process
    • Pre-employment issues
    • Enhanced training and supervision strategies
    • Development and use of policies, procedures, and rules
    • Americans with disabilities act: what is really ahead?
    • Physical fitness standards and programs
    • Sexual harassment
    • Discrimination and reverse discrimination
    • Age Discrimination in Employment Act
    • Light/limited duty policies
    • Secondary employment issues and strategies
    • Sexual preference and lifestyle issues

Instructors:
Robert F. Thomas, Jr. or
Randolph B. Means

 
     
 


P.O. Box 2039
Huntersville, NC 28070
704-948-5608

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