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Focus: Detectives, Command Officers,
Risk Managers, City/County Attorneys, Attorneys General
Length: 8-hours
This course is taught by co-instructors Bruce D.
Praet and George T. Williams. Mr. Praet is a former decorated police
officer who, himself, was involved in a deadly shooting where the
suspect expired, and is one of the premier police civil defense attorneys in the
nation. He has been through the system on both sides of the
fence. Mr. Williams is a sought-after police expert witness in the
field of defending officers in federal and state courts throughout the
nation against allegations of civil rights violations involving the
use of force and tactics. Together they present a dynamic program of what is needed
to legally and competently conduct an investigation into an Officer
Involved Shooting (OIS).
Because of continuing societal change, any OIS is
likely to have significant impact upon the operation of any law
enforcement agency. How that investigation is conducted will
have ramifications on all citizen-police relationships--possibly for
decades. Your duty demands a fair, balanced look into the facts
of the shooting or significant use of force by an officer. This
course will take you step-by-step through the minefield involved in
any OIS investigation.
You will receive updated legal and practical
information that will assist you in conducting a lawful, comprehensive
investigation. The laws regarding privacy, witness detention,
officer and suspect rights, and more change and have serious
consequences if investigators fail to abide by their guidelines.
Additionally, this course provides detailed checklists that may be
employed by responding supervisors in managing the OIS-scene, and by
investigators during the interview of officers. These checklists
greatly enhance the ability of the investigator to conduct a
competent, bullet-proof investigation.
This course includes:
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Current Trends in Public Perspectives, Officer
Experiences, and the Courts Looking at OIS Incidents and the Conduct
Preceding the Shooting.
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Incident From Start to Finish
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Legal Standards
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Litigation preparation
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Shooting Review Board Standards
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Current Plaintiffs' Threat
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Evaluation of Police Force Formula
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What Is Needed From the OIS Interview
By attending this course, you will deepen your
understanding of the "big picture," while at the same time increasing
your ability to conduct a competent, legal investigation where the
rights of all parties are upheld. This is a nuts-and-bolts
course that providing you with advanced methods of getting the best
investigation possible that will withstand any scrutiny from any
source in the future.
We have been told you get more in eight-hours of
this class than in 24 in others. Let us prove it to you!
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