This CLE course is designed to provide government lawyers and others practical knowledge and sample policies on how to conduct effective police internal affairs investigations.

The presenter has decades of experience representing police and local government officials in connection with internal affairs investigations, civil rights lawsuits, labor & employment disputes, policy drafting & workforce training.

The course includes the following topics:

• The roles of solicitors, labor counsel, local elected officials, managers, and chiefs of police throughout the internal affairs investigation
• The governing body’s responsibility to implement an internal affairs policy
• Police officers’ rights under the 14th Amendment, Weingarten, and Garrity
• The implications of a parallel criminal investigation
• How to properly document the investigation
• The role of private investigators
• The role of Special Counsel
• Confidentiality of communications during and after the investigation: who is in the know?
• Civil rights liability and how to reduce the risk of costly & disruptive litigation