Develop an understanding of the misunderstood limitations of video evidence and the inherent human factors associated with the investigations of officer-involved critical incidents.

The course is designed to help leaders identify their own functionality, and potentially damaging assumptions within the critical incident.

We’ll Discuss:

– Building a foundation of awareness in the overall process, protocol, and defined procedures
– Understanding your role in the overall process
– Fostering awareness regarding the significance of video review and analysis, where a sworn officer is the involved
– Understanding the importance of the multiple layers of the review and analysis process to identify the “Why” an officer did what they did
– Video limitations as video relates to the officers account of the critical incident; consideration of human factors and limitations
– Closing the Loop between Incidents and Organizational Learning
– Understanding the importance of human factors that often get overlooked

This course will clarify and create a foundation to decide and defend:
– Understanding how human factors and scientific principles collide with video evidence
– Preventing a “Knee-jerk” reaction based on an emotional reaction to video evidence
– How a surface understanding of technical video evidence can change the viewer’s perspective
– Monitoring the narrative related to the release of video evidence
– Establishing & maintaining evidence-based policing, objective investigations & accurate review and analyses of complex evidence

Course Objectives are:

– To develop a clear understanding of the predominant issues faced by officers, departments, and municipalities after a critical incident, especially focused on multi-jurisdiction involvement.
– Build awareness of the human factors present in every critical incident
– Improve awareness of the over-arching department practice from the criminal investigation to the civil action, Leadership must have a global understanding of these processes to navigate them effectively
– Identify the need to develop specialized investigative capacities regarding officer-involved critical incidents, especially in the field of video review and forensic video analysis
– To grasp the importance of an officer’s “subjective” decision-making process, and how the data is “objectively” captured through investigative practice.
– Increase confidence in the foundational knowledge of video limitations and human factors to reduce long-term liability issues department-wide, including the municipality or county involved.