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In the Line of Fire - Episode Two: Building Trust in Law Enforcement
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In the Line of Fire - Episode Two: Building Trust in Law Enforcement. In this legal podcast of ‘In the Line of Fire’, hosted by Lamb McErlane Partner Christopher Gerber, Esq., and guests Retired Chief of Police Jim Adams, the Pennsylvania Chiefs Association Accreditation Program Coordinator, retired Chief of Police Jerry Simpson, who serves as the Testing and Consulting Manager for the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association, and Scott Bohn, Director of the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association.
This episode addresses how municipal police departments can and should implement the highest standards of conduct and performance - in compliance with federal and state law, while ensuring the public’s confidence in the men and women who protect and serve us all.
Summary
- Build public trust through the development and implementation of legally compliant policy and training of police officers and the officials responsible for funding, managing and supervising them.
- Pennsylvania Law Enforcement Accreditation Program (PLEAC):
Its purpose and benefits.- Establishes a credible framework for evaluating agency practices and procedures
- Discussion of the fundamentals of police use of force
- The LAW
- PA Statutes
- Deadly Force
- “De-escalation”
- The duty to intervene
- NO right to resist an arrest, even when a person thinks the arrest is unlawful.
- Reporting use of force
- Criminal Investigation vs. the administrative Internal Affairs
- Qualified Immunity --- misconceptions by the public (e.g. that QI is a get-out-of-jail-free card: NOT SO!!) QI is designed to protect the rights of police when the law is unclear
- Best practices on governance of police departments and enforcement of the subject policies.
- Effective communication up and down the chain of command,
- Training & counseling to ensure compliance with police;
- Media relations --- when things are good and when they are bad
For the past 30 years, Lamb McErlane Partner Christopher Gerber has served as a civil rights attorney licensed in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He represents and advises public and private employers in connection with civil rights, labor and employment matters.
To learn more about becoming accredited by the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association, visit www.pachiefs.org.
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