The Big Secret to Decreasing Complaints from the Community is training. By ensuring that your officers are properly trained, you can decrease complaints and lawsuits stemming from officer misconduct, errors or subpar investigations which seems to be a new trend in DV, sex crimes cases. Prevention in the form of quality training is key to avoiding these complaints and creating a more positive relationship between the police and the community.
Don’t wait until there’s a problem to get quality training. Get it before there’s an issue. That way, you can avoid having a situation escalate into something that could have been prevented.
It’s important to keep the community updated on your department’s progress when it comes to training. Let them know what you’re doing and why it’s important. This will help build trust between the department and the public and the optics look great on social media.
Become a learning organization, where everyone is responsible for learning and growing. This means offering opportunities for officers to learn new skills and improve upon existing ones. It also means encouraging officers to share their knowledge with others. This is a cultural shift for some agencies but already engrained in others. Which are you?
The first way to avoid an untrained officer lawsuit is to have a training plan and stick to it. This means that you need to know what type of training your officers need, how often they need it, and make sure that they are getting it on a regular basis. You also need to be able to show that you are following through on your training plan by keeping records of what has been done and when. Believe it or not, there are still agencies who don’t track anything!
Another way to avoid an untrained officer lawsuit is to ensure that you hold officers accountable for learning the material. This means that you need the training to have learning benchmarks: tests or quizzes and a that dreaded feedback form at the end of each training session to make sure that they are absorbing the information. You also need to have a way to track their progress over time so that you can see if they are improving. If your training provider does not do this, find another one quickly. Or just sign up with us to avoid the problem all together.
A third way to avoid an untrained officer lawsuit is to seek out quality training (we know a guy), relevant to today’s issues and the community. This means finding trainers who are experts in their field and who can provide valuable information that is specific to your community. It also means making sure that the training is up-to-date and relevant to the current climate so that it can be properly applied in real-world situations. You don’t want to hang your hat on a retired officer’s 80’s career highlight reel because things have changed – a LOT.
Finally, one of the best ways to avoid an untrained officer lawsuit is simply to continue learning yourself. This means staying up-to-date on new developments in your field, attending conferences and seminars, reading professional journals, etc. By continuing your own education, you will be better equipped to train your officers effectively and keep them up-to-date on best practices.
The big secret to decreasing complaints from the community is prevention in the form of training. By getting quality training, officers can learn how to avoid an untrained officer lawsuit. Seek out quality training that is relevant to today’s issues and the community.
The use of silence during interrogations can be an effective way to encourage people to provide more information. It can create a feeling of discomfort that may prompt the person to talk in order to relieve the tension.
Strangulation is a type of mechanical asphyxia, which can result in death or permanent disability. Non-fatal strangulation is a increasingly recognized form of domestic violence.
Crisis negotiation is a process of communication between law enforcement and an armed, barricaded, or otherwise dangerous subject, in order to effect a peaceful resolution.
False confessions, while statistically infrequent, represent a critical concern within the criminal justice system. Defense attorneys will often hold suppression hearings attempting to have confessions suppressed by attempting to convince judges of coercive tactics. In a minor number of cases, the coercion is legitimate. However, the suggestion of coercive tactics is rampant. Riding a line between coercion and non-coercion can lead to unfavorable case law. This document explores the underlying causes and contributing factors that can lead to false confessions, while outlining best practices for investigators to minimize their occurrence.
Just a quick signup below get’s you our FREE multipage guide to the 10 Deadly Sins of Suspect Interviews AND a 10% OFF discount code for your first class.
Get discounts on training, free gear and training, news and training announcements.
Get free bi-weekly law enforcement training articles and a discount on your next session. Plus, snag a free guide: “Top 10 Deadly Mistakes of Suspect Interviews.”
Sign up now! 🌟
