Supervisory Programs

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from three experts in their respective fields, Attorney Alaric J. Fox, Chris Bartolotta, and Attorney Elliot B. Spector.  With over 70 years collective teaching experience and 50 years collective law enforcement experience, these accomplished trainers will offer you a wealth of information and strategies in becoming an effective and confident supervisor.

You will be trained to identify: the prohibitions on job actions by police officers; the role and function of the labor relations representative; the rights of police management in internal affairs issues; the rights of the police employee in internal affairs issues; the significance of a law enforcement officer’s bill of rights; the impact of the Garrity decision on the law enforcement internal affairs process; distinguish use immunity, derivative use immunity, and transactional immunity under the Garrity decision; identify those circumstances where an employee’s statement can legally be said to be “compelled”; identify that testimony typically sought from law enforcement personnel in a Garrity based “Kastigar Hearing”; and much more!

This section is a highly interactive, skills-based program to instill critical supervisory behaviors in new supervisors and will include: Ethical Decision Making, Communicating Effectively, Leading, Communicating Expectations through Effective Meetings, Considering Discipline, Resolving Conflicts, Counseling for Performance Improvement, Setting & Achieving Goals, Solving Problems, Handling Situations and Delegating Effectively.

Learn about the theories of Supervisory Liability: Failure to Discipline; Failure to Train & Failure to Properly Supervise. Theories of Liability are explained with special emphasis on the supervisor’s role and liability risk including federal & state statutes and case examples applicable to supervisors, personal liability risks and specific high risk liability areas with emphasis on how to limit liability of officers under your command. This class will apply current law and case examples to practical real-life aspects of supervision.

This two-day offering includes but is not limited to: the components of CBRNE, the five major categories of all critical incidents, managing a critical incident, the 3 phases of the response stage of a critical incident, the 3 major objectives of the Incident Commander, controllable and uncontrollable aspects of a critical incident, the 7 critical tasks to be accomplished by the Incident Commander at a Critical Incident, and much more!

This course will provide a basic understanding of the law enforcement middle manager and related issues in labor relations, planning, municipal budgeting and time management, as well as personnel management towards the next generation of police officers. The course will cover law and related issues in drafting police policies and provide updates on general management liability issues.

• Improving the understanding of the generational issues
• Engagement in the workplace among generations
• Followship vs. Leadership
• Balance for Law Enforcement Middle Managers
• Strategic Planning for Organizations
• Change and Acceptance

US Supreme, Second Circuit & CT Appellate Court Cases, Federal and State Statutes Will Be Addressed to Provide Guidance to Ensure Constitutional and Effective Policing. Realistic Case Examples Will Be Discussed in Each of the Below Topics:

• Standards Applicable to Mid-Management Liability
• Mid-Management Decision Making
• Training Liability Issues
• Policy Liability Issue Including Efficiently and Economically Drafting Policies
• Hiring Liability Issues
• Failure To Supervise and Control
• Failure To Discipline

• Improving Employee Accountability – through establishing job responsibilities and goal setting, supporting a culture of achievement, and managing for high performance.
• Engagement in the Workplace – critical distinctions between engagement and satisfaction, identifying ways to take effective actions to improve engagement, and distinguishing between supervision, management, and leadership.
• Human Resource Management and Employment Law – key federal and state laws for the middle manager, employee leave, fair employment laws, and collective bargaining/MERA.
• Budgeting Overview for Law Enforcement Managers – principles of municipal budgeting, accounting versus budgeting, as well as costing, procurement, and grants.
• Strategic Planning for Organizations – law enforcement strategic plans versus private sector, and the importance of vision, values, and mission.
• Time and Project Management – quick and simple tools for managing subordinates and projects, managing to improve efficiency and reduce stress, and effective communication techniques.

This one day seminar will provide the basic understanding of supervisory liability and recommendations on how to avoid being sued as supervisor.
Theories of Supervisory Liability:  Failure to discipline; failure to train & failure to properly supervise;
Theories of Liability are explained with special emphasis on the sergeant’s role and liability risk including federal & state statutes and case examples applicable to sergeants and personal liability risks.
Specific High Risk Liability areas with emphasis on how to limit liability of officers under their command including: False Arrest, Excessive Use of Force, Pursuits, Failure to Protect (including suicides), and Search & Seizure

This comprehensive day of training will include approximately 51 performance objectives, enabling the participant to:  (1) Identify the impact of collective bargaining statutes on members of public sector law enforcement organizations; (2) Identify the statutory basis of the bodies of present-day labor laws that impact police officers; (3) Identify the prohibitions on job actions by police officers; (4) Identify the role and function of the labor relations representative; (5) Identify the rights of police management in internal affairs issues; (6) Identify the rights of the police employee in internal affairs issues; (7) Identify the significance of a law enforcement officer’s “Bill of Rights”; (8) Identify the circumstances where a public sector employee enjoys Fourth Amendment protection in their assigned work locations; (9) Identify those factors that contribute to or influence a public sector workplace “expectation of privacy.”; (10) Identify those circumstances where public sector workplace searches may still occur, even in the presence of an employee expectation of privacy; (11) Identify when GPS or electronic monitoring of public sector employees is permissible; (12) Identify the frequently cited constitutional rights of police officers; (13) Identify the administrative investigative powers of law enforcement employers; (14) Identify the impact of the Garrity decision on the law enforcement internal affairs process; (15) Explain under what circumstances a “Loudermill” hearing is required; (16) Explain the appropriate manner in which a “Loudermill” hearing should be conducted, and more….

Every new IA Investigator should take this course! Learn about ethical and professional responsibility, where IA Investigations stem from, what they are, why they happen, when they occur and the “How To’s”. This two-day course will cover statutory provisions, CT POST forms 55 & 57, misconceptions of the process or investigator, wrong types of investigations and wrong investigative techniques, as well as outcome-based investigations, exculpatory leads, social media concerns, FOIA, records retention and more!

• What is IA? Policy violations vs. violations of law.
• Why IA? Statutory PA14-166, accreditation, consent decrees and public perception.
• When IA? Require by law, policy, direct by Chief or requested by another agency.
• How? Legal standards of proof, probable cause, preponderance of the evidence.

POST Credits will be issued.

Just one improper technique changed the country! Today every use of force incident is scrutinized frame by frame on a video and judged by untrained individuals creating distrust and false narratives. Use of Force analysis, investigation, and Training is a complex continually evolving issue. This 8-hour training workshop is designed for Police Leaders who: review, report, instruct, or investigate police use of force incidents and trainers who develop training and practices. The training will examine the most recent and up-to-date issues that specifically impact command level, training units, front-line supervisors and internal affairs investigators concerning police use of force incidents. This course breaks down multiple issues ranging from daily officer citizen complaints, curriculum design, use of force reporting, tracking, and trending, or investigating incidents involving police use of force encounters. Instruction uses lectures, demonstrations, and case studies.