Internal Affairs: Policy, Practice & Legal Considerations - FULL

08:00 am - 04/16/2018

40 Hour Training Course / KLEC Approved for 4.0 CEUs
Tuition:
$695.00 Discounted rate if paid by cash/check / $725.00 If paid by Visa/MC/Discover

Course Description:
Law enforcement officers hold a position of visible authority within their communities and are held to a tremendously high standard of honesty, integrity, fairness, and professionalism. Likewise, law enforcement leaders are directly responsible for maintaining the public trust and implementing policies, practices and a culture that are open to the public and address allegations of misconduct levied against its officers. Utilizing videos, lecture, case studies and interactive scenarios, professional policies, standards, and practices will describe a framework for accepting complaints, conducting internal investigations of its officers and appropriately dealing with officers who have breached high ethical standards. Additionally, this course will address innovative and proactive steps that law enforcement leaders should consider as they foster a culture that respects the community it serves. Finally, this course will alert law enforcement leaders and those responsible for conducting those investigations to the legal implications that can result from improperly conducted investigations or a department's failure to address alleged misconduct by its officers.

Course Topics and Areas of Study:
The Role of the Internal Affairs Investigator
Complaint Acceptance Methods
Allegation Classification
Internal Affairs Case Classification
Law Enforcement Officers Bill of Rights
Formal Statements
Police-Involved Shooting & In-Custody Death Investigations
Domestic Violence & Sexual Battery Investigations
Media Relations & the Internal Affairs Investigation
Case File Preparation
Computer Forensics
Cellular Telephone Analytics
Role of the Prosecutor in Internal Investigations
Proactive Investigations & Criminal Misconduct
Early Warning/Intervention Systems
Impact of Body-Worn Cameras on Citizen Complaints
Criminal vs. Administrative Investigations
Due Process Rights
Workplace Searches
Social Media Misconduct
Police Sexual Misconduct
Supervisory/Investigator Liability
Hostile Workplace & Discrimination Investigations
Role of the Internal Affairs Unit: Use of Force

Who Should Attend:
Managers, Supervisors, and Investigators charged with internal and criminal investigation.