1. What Should You Know?
2. When Should You Know It?
3. What Should You Do?
For supervisors of all ranks—from FTOs and first-line supervisors to Chiefs and Sheriffs— these 3 questions underpin virtually all legal claims of negligent supervision for individual supervisors and their agencies across the country. When facing deposition or trial testimony related to allegations of officer misconduct or negligence, supervisors are essentially required to answer these 3 questions to establish that they were not negligent in the performance of their supervisory duties.
It is vitally important that supervisors can answer these questions in a way that is both honest, defensible, and verifiable. A crucial part of answering these questions is often providing documentation that supports the assertion that an individual supervisor did everything that they reasonably could to address performance issues before an incident of serious misconduct.
In this two-hour webinar, Attorney Matt Dolan will review case studies of negligent supervision liability and summarize liability take-aways to explain the various ways that supervisors either expose themselves to liability or minimize that exposure—depending on how they are able to answer these 3 key questions.
| 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.
Consent Questions
Negligent Supervision Liability for Law Enforcement | Hour 1
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