Confronting Bias-Based Policing Challenges - 2 Hour Webinar - July 29, 2020
This two-hour webinar discusses public perceptions of bias, ethically defensible hiring, early intervention, and more.
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Recent public opinion surveys have revealed that a substantial portion of the American public believes that racial bias has a significant impact on police operations and that this bias is widespread. At the Dolan Consulting Group, we find this concerning. First, because it undermines police legitimacy among so many of our citizens. Secondly, because there is a lack of evidence to support the assertion that bias-based policing is a widespread issue.
While we reject the contention that "systemic racism" is widespread throughout all of law enforcement, we must also acknowledge that individual cases of racial bias exist among law enforcement professionals and that bias impacts some officers' interactions with the public. When this does occur, no matter how small the number of individual officers involved, the damage to police legitimacy is enormous.
There exists today a great need in American policing to confront the genuine concerns expressed by many citizens, community groups, and elected officials regarding perceived or real police bias. Further, there is a call from many for police professionals to provide personnel with a renewed sense of the historic tradition of the police serving as "Guardians of the Peace" and the correlation with police legitimacy. Our communities deserve no less than an unwavering commitment to historic community-oriented policing focused on Peelian Principles of service, "the police are the public and the public are the police."
To that end, this two-hour webinar training on the topic of Confronting Bias-Based Policing Challenges strives to provide law enforcement professionals with the knowledge and actionable tools to meet today's call for great police legitimacy and accountability.
In this webinar, Attorney Matt Dolan will discuss:
Director, Dolan Consulting Group
| Attorney Matt Dolan
Matt Dolan is a licensed attorney in the State of Illinois, who specializes in training and advising public safety agencies in matters of labor and employment law. His practice experience focuses on employment discrimination claims brought under federal law, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ("Title VII"), the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"), and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act ("ADEA"). He received his Bachelor's Degree in Political Science from DePaul University and his J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
Matt serves as a public safety instructor with Dolan Consulting Group. He has trained and advised thousands of public safety professionals throughout the United States in matters of legal liability related to personnel management.