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November 8, 2023, 9:00 am

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November 10, 2023, 11:30 am

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The Flamingo Las Vegas, Nevada

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2023

9:00 Introduction And Recent Developments In Public Safety Labor Issues

Recent developments from around the country in public safety labor relations, including:

  • Review of recent wage and benefit settlements/trends in public safety agencies.
  • The impact of inflation and recruiting/retention challenges on public safety bargaining.
  • The impact of evolving public attitudes toward policing and the related impact on all public safety employees.
  • The increased use of artificial intelligence in law enforcement agencies, and related risks to officer privacy and disciplinary protections.
  • Cell phones, flash drives, GPS trackers, and other electronic equipment – the privacy rights of public safety employees.

Anil Karia, Attorney at Law, Public Safety Labor Group, LLP

11:00 Development Of Modern Police Disciplinary Systems

  • How police officers went from being at-will employees to having meaningful job protections.
  • Development of statutory Civil Service systems and related tenure protections.
  • Development of police collective bargaining rights and application to disciplinary matters.
  • Collective bargaining issues related to police discipline: disciplinary standards, codes of conduct, the discipline matrix, disciplinary procedures and the use of technology.
  • The impact of arbitration of police discipline, and legal standards governing challenges to arbitration decisions.
  • Statutory attacks on police disciplinary protections.
  • Civilian oversight of police discipline.

Anil Karia.

12:00 Lunch (Included in registration)

1:00 Anatomy of a Police Discipline Matter: Case Studies in Just Cause

  • A point-counterpoint discussion featuring management and labor perspectives on the requirements for just cause for discipline, including progressive discipline, consideration of mitigating circumstances, the implications of training, and proportionality of punishment.
  • Management and labor attorneys apply just-cause standards to actual of police discipline cases, providing differing perspectives on how to assess, prepare and present discipline cases.
  • How politics and the media can play a significant role in police discipline cases.

Anil Karia.
Ben Albrecht, Attorney at Law, Fishel Downey Albrecht & Riepenhoff LLP.

4:00 Adjournment

4:15 Hosted Reception

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2023

9:00 Advanced Disciplinary Investigations and Internal Hearings

From complaint intake and triage to misconduct investigation and case dispositions, this presentation highlights and spotlights critical issues and offers point-counterpoint discussion featuring management and labor perspectives on the following:

  • Complaint handling and triaging.
  • Member education, “advice of rights” cards, and cell phone apps.
  • Scene handling and evidence collection.
  • Recording and other documentation.
  • Complainant, non-employee, and employee interviews.
  • Investigative mindset, methods and style.
  • IA dispositions and progressive discipline.
  • Administrative vs. criminal investigations.
  • Tips on liability prevention.

Christopher Boyle, Chris Boyle Law Enforcement Consulting, LLC.
John McGrody, Vice President Philadelphia FOP Lodge 5, Attorney at Law.

12:00 Lunch (Included in registration)

1:00 Constitutional Protections for Officers (Garrity, Weingarten, Brady and Miranda)

  • An officer’s Fifth Amendment Garrity rights, when and how they apply in critical incidents and internal investigations, and the evolving law on the extent of immunity under Garrity.
  • The Weingarten right to representation in disciplinary interviews, how it can apply in settings as varied as drug testing, critical incidents, and witness interviews, and what happens if Weingarten rights are violated.
  • The ever-changing law on the rule in Brady v. Maryland and how it applies to police disciplinary records. How officers get on and get off Brady lists; whether being placed on a Brady list necessarily results in termination, and lawsuits by officers seeking to be removed from Brady lists.
  • How Miranda applies in the law enforcement workplace.

Richard Poulson, Attorney at Law, Willig, Williams & Davidson.

4:00 Adjournment 

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2023

8:30 Discipline for Social Media Use

  • The evolving standards used to judge off-duty social media and other internet use by law enforcement officers.
  • When are social media posts protected speech under the First Amendment, and how can protections for union activity give protections to comments made on the internet?
  • Case study – the Plain View Project. Practitioners review the impact of Plain View Project on officer discipline and apply just cause principles using real case examples.
  • Application of the just cause standard in the context of social media discipline. Is it better to sue or to arbitrate?
  • The need for clear employer policies on social media use and the obligation to bargain.

Thomas Gribbin, Attorney at Law, Willig, Williams & Davidson
Jessica Caggiano, Attorney at Law, Willig, Williams & Davidson

11:30 Adjournment

Ben Albrecht

Ben Albrecht

Attorney at Law, Fishel Downey Albrecht & Riepenhoff LLP.

Ben Albrecht

Mr. Albrecht is a partner with the Columbus, Ohio firm of Fishel Downey Albrecht & Riepenhoff LLP. He received his law degree from the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. Ben advises cities, townships, counties, and public officials throughout Ohio on all labor and employment law issues. He represents clients in contract negotiations, mediation, conflict resolution, arbitrations and before various administrative agencies. He has conducted numerous seminars on the topics of unlawful discrimination and harassment, social media, collective bargaining, performance evaluations and discipline.
Christopher Boyle

Christopher Boyle

Chris Boyle Law Enforcement Consulting, LLC

Christopher Boyle

Mr. Boyle is a fifth-generation police officer, who was born and raised in the City of Philadelphia. He considers himself, first and foremost, a law enforcement professional. He spent the first sixteen years of his professional life honing his craft in the Philadelphia Police Department, retiring as a Lieutenant. The next sixteen years were spent training, consulting for, and defending Police Officers and Departments as a Trial Attorney and Law Enforcement Expert. In 2020, Chris formed “Chris Boyle Law Enforcement Consulting, LLC” to provide training, expert witness and consultation services to law enforcement, insurers and the legal profession. In addition, Chris is an instructor at the Temple University Municipal Police Academy and Montgomery County Community College Police Academy, and an Adjunct Professor in the Graduate Studies Program at Delaware Valley University.
Jessica Caggiano

Jessica Caggiano

Attorney at Law, Willig, Williams & Davidson.

Jessica Caggiano

Ms. Caggiano concentrates her practice on labor law, advocating for union and worker rights at a time when these rights have never been more important. Her work includes handling labor arbitrations, contract bargaining and litigation for public and private sector unions. Jessica’s union defense litigation has involved constitutional issues in the wake of the Janus decision. She also offers ongoing advice, training and presentations on topics ranging from workplace discrimination and social media use in the workplace, to grievances and labor arbitration. Jessica graduated with her J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.
Tom Gribbin

Thomas Gribbin

Attorney at Law, Willig, Williams & Davidson.

Thomas Gibbin

Mr. Gribbin focuses his practice on the representation of private and public sector labor unions and individual employees. Included among his clients are police, firefighters, and correctional officers. He regularly advocates for clients in grievance and interest arbitrations, mediation, administrative proceedings and before state and federal courts. He received his Doctor of Jurisprudence from Duquesne University School of Law.

Anil Karia

Attorney at Law, Public Safety Labor Group, LLP.

Anil Karia

Mr. Karia is a founding member of Public Safety Labor Group. Anil specializes in representing law enforcement associations and guilds in Oregon, Washington, and Alaska in all aspects of their labor relations, including day-to-day counsel, negotiations, arbitrations, unfair labor practice proceedings, civil litigation, and critical incident response. He is general counsel for police associations and guilds of all sizes, including the Portland Police Association. Anil graduated from Reed College in Portland and obtained his law degree from the University of Oregon School of Law in 2006.
John McGrody

John McGrody

Vice President Philadelphia FOP Lodge 5, Attorney at Law.

John McGrody

Mr. McGrody has been the elected Vice President of Philadelphia FOP Lodge # 5 since 2007. Lodge #5 represents 14,500 active and retired police officers and sheriffs in Philadelphia. He is responsible for the negotiation and enforcement of their collective bargaining agreements and has handled thousands of grievances and participated in hundreds of labor arbitrations, unfair labor practices, disciplinary matters and interviews. He previously served as a commissioner on the Pennsylvania Municipal Police Officers Training and Education Commission (MPOETC). A former member of the Coast Guard, he is a lieutenant in the Philadelphia Police Department and has served since 2008. He is a licensed attorney in Pennsylvania and a graduate of Temple University Law School.

Richard G. Poulson

Attorney at Law, Willig, Williams & Davidson.

Richard G. Poulson

Mr. Poulson has been representing labor unions for his entire career, representing union clients in collective bargaining, interest and grievance arbitration and employment-related litigation. He is a partner with the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania firm of Willig, Williams & Davidson, where he focuses on advising and representing police, fire, paramedic and other uniformed employees regarding municipal affairs and public employment. He earned his B.A. from La Salle University (1992) and his J.D. from the Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law (1997).

The Flamingo
3555 Las Vegas Blvd. South
Las Vegas, NV 89109

Room rates Tuesday through Thursday nights are $79 per night, plus taxes and fees. A limited number of rooms are available on Friday and Saturday night for $129, so book early if you plan to stay over the weekend.

The LINQ
3535 Las Vegas Blvd. South
Las Vegas, NV 89109

Room rates Tuesday through Thursday nights are $59 per night, plus taxes and fees. A limited number of rooms are available on Friday and Saturday night for $99, so book early if you plan to stay over the weekend.

Hotel registrations can be made online.

Registration fees are $850 per person; $725 per person if three or more attend from the same organization. 

Reservations may be canceled up to ten days prior to the seminar with a full refund. Cancellations made within ten days are subject to a $150 fee. Substitutions may be made at any time.

Registration fees include attendance, lunch on the first two days of the seminar, all seminar materials, and a hospitality reception on the first evening.

Each attendee will receive a handbook containing extensive written materials pertaining to each of the subjects addressed.

Seminar handouts will be available for download one week prior to the seminar. If you supplied an email address at the time of registering for the seminar, you will receive an email with reminders and a link to the handouts. If you did not supply an email address, contact LRIS at Claire@LRIS.com to add your email to your registration information.

Peace Officer Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.) credits may be available on a state-by-state basis. If you would like information on your state, please contact Seminar Coordinator Claire Cowan at (503) 282-5440 or Claire@LRIS.com 30 days prior to the seminar.

LRIS has been approved as a CLE provider by the State Bar of California. This program will qualify for 12.5 hours of MCLE credit by the State Bar of California. If you require certification from any other state, please contact Seminar Coordinator Claire Cowan at (503) 282-5440 or Claire@LRIS.com 30 days prior to the seminar.

We do not have a dress code, but suggest attendees wear business casual clothing.

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