Police Promotions: Legal Liability and Best Practices
- Matt Dolan
Attorney & Director, Dolan Consulting Group, NC
- Webinar, N/A
- Sep 21, 2023
- 2-hour
- $125.00 for the first attendee – $75.00 per each additional attendee
Some of the most consequential decisions that law enforcement leaders will ever make involve determining which men and women will be promoted and tasked with leading the next generation of officers in the years to come. Agency culture, community trust and operational effectiveness are largely dependent on qualified formal leadership throughout the organization.
As agency leaders work to find the most effective means of identifying those who are best qualified for promotion, they must also recognize that allegations of discrimination and other forms of unfair treatment in the promotions process can lead to costly legal liability.
In this two-hour webinar, Attorney Matt Dolan will discuss strategies to consider, as well as pitfalls to avoid, in crafting promotional processes in law enforcement agencies.
Topics discussed will include:
- Common sources of discrimination liability in promotional decisions
- Utilizing objective rationale to articulate legally defensible promotional decisions
- The importance of sticking to the process as created rather than appearing to “move the goal posts” mid-process
- Ensuring content validity throughout the promotional process
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