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Dear Law Enforcement Partner: Starting Monday, April 24, Virginia DMV will begin issuing newly designed driver’s license and ID cards. The current design has been in place since 2009. It’s an industry best practice to redesign credentials every 10 to 15 years. While the new credentials will display some of the same features, they will […]

Dr. Prince points out that this course is about changing the entire organization. That happens sequentially: first by understanding human interactions, then about effectively leading one on one, how groups of individuals function most effectively as teams, and how a series of teams ethically led create a healthy internal organizational culture whose services and reputation […]

Course Overview “Originally designed in 1978 by General Howard Prince and the staff of the Behavioral Sciences and Leadership Department at the United States Military Academy at West Point, “Authentic & Deliberate Leadership: The West Point Way” has been redesigned by General Prince, Dr. Mitch Javidi, Dr. Dave Mather, and the faculty at the National Command […]

Course Length: 2 hrs. Student Contact Certificate of Completion: Included  Course Overview While HIPAA was enacted in 1996 and security and privacy regulations went into effect in 2003 there remains in the public, government entities and criminal justice agencies much confusion about what HIPAA is and perhaps more importantly what it is not. In this […]

Course Length: 2 hrs. Student Contact Certificate of Completion: Included  Course Overview While HIPAA was enacted in 1996 and security and privacy regulations went into effect in 2003 there remains in the public, government entities and criminal justice agencies much confusion about what HIPAA is and perhaps more importantly what it is not. In this […]

Course Length: 2 hrs. Student Contact Certificate of Completion: Included  Course Overview Nearly everyone who works in law enforcement has heard of a “Garrity Warning” and think they know what it is and involves.  A very significant number of those people have it wrong. This course discusses what Garrity and its lesser known cousin Gardner […]

Course Length: 2 hrs. Student Contact Certificate of Completion: Included  Course Overview The Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) went into effect in 1993 with the purpose of protecting an employer’s job when the employee became injured or sick or need time off to care for a loved one. While the Act has been around a […]

Course Length: 2 hrs. Student Contact Certificate of Completion: Included  Course Overview Since the U.S. Supreme Court extended the reach of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and Congress adopted special laws for the public sector the FLSA has been an on-going source of liability and confusion for public employers. In this course we discuss […]

Course Length: 2 hrs. Student Contact Certificate of Completion: Included  Course Overview While many criminal justice professionals have heard about the Supreme Court cases of Brady and Giglio and the need for the government to disclose potential exculpatory to attorneys for criminal defendants, many are just learning of an evolving area of the law relating […]

Course Length: 2 hrs. Student Contact Certificate of Completion: Included   Course Overview Since the over 30 years since the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and then move to the definitions in the ADA was enacted, amended and subject to extensive regulation making by the EEOC there have been thousands of cases litigating the scope, extent […]

Course Length: 2 hrs. Student Contact Certificate of Completion: Included Course Overview In a time when most people seem to use social media as a main form of communication the role of social media communications for public employees concerning matters that may be related to their jobs or official duties has created a special set […]

Course Length: 2 hrs. Student Contact Certificate of Completion: Included Course Overview A major theory of liability used to try to impose civil liability on law enforcement staff and other employees of state and local government and even the agencies directly is civil rights liability brought pursuant to 42 USC 1983.  In this presentation you […]

Effective January 1, 2021, it will be illegal to hold a handheld personal communications device (e.g., your smartphone) while driving a moving motor vehicle on Virginia highways. This new law is one of many ways the state is buckling down on distracted driving. https://vimeo.com/471780377/settings START TRAINING

Comprehensive, Career-Long Emotional Survival and Wellness Education and Development 4 hrs. of Certified Continuing Education POST # 9053-0316 Endorsements Kevin Gilmartin, Ph.D. Author of “Emotional Survival for Law Enforcement  This book would be a valuable asset to any first responder, clinician, or peer support perso working with first responders. Assistant Chief of Police Shelley Zimmerman—San Diego Police Department After […]

FREE “Implicit Bias” Course for Va. Law Enforcement — DCJS-APPROVED for 4 HOURS TRAINING CREDIT! YES! This course is pre-approved by DCJS for 4 hours of partial in-service training credit (2 hours cultural diversity, 2 hours career development). Upon completion of the course, including completing the course evaluation and passing the competency examination, you will be issued […]