PMW Associates
Course Overviews
Advanced Civilian Management
The NEWLY reformatted Advanced Civilian Management Seminar is now 24 hours, and the emphasis will be on three key areas. Day One will consist of a panel of experts with over 75 years combined of public management/supervisory experience that will respond to the concerns raised by the participants (seminar attendees will be sent questionnaires prior to this session). The issues will be condensed into an agenda. The agenda items will be sent to the panelists prior to the actual start of the seminar for their thinking and research. The subjects covered will be vital and contemporary. The problem explorations and solutions will generate enthusiasm, lively discussion, and creative recommendations. The use of a three-member panel of management experts will guarantee that the seminar will be experienced as truly “advanced” in context and content.
Day Two adds to the collective knowledge of the Civilian manager and fills the gap between theoretical and the practical concepts that are required for leadership. Starting with 16 Strategic Team Building Models and examining the primary elements necessary to manage by values and ethics, the instruction then focuses on key issues relating to the real world of discrimination and harassment complaints with practical methods of handling and investigating these contemporary issues and be in compliance with AB 1825.
Recent developments in the area of succession planning are examined that leads into an examination of practical leadership techniques in the contemporary workplace. This is followed by a personal examination of the class participants management style with a group profile developed to assist the attendees in enhancing their personal management style.
Day Three concludes with addressing supervisory challenges posed by workers compensation claims and the legal issues surrounding the administration of Public Records, personnel matters relating to computer usage, employee performance standards, discipline and managing leave in the workplace. (This day is taught by a deputy district attorney).
Advanced Police Management
The newly formatted Advanced Police Management Seminar has been scaled to 24 hours instead of 40 hours. The emphasis will be on three key areas. Day One will consist of a panel of experts with over 100 years combined of public management/leadership experience that will respond to the concerns raised by the participants (seminar attendees will be sent questionnaires prior to this session). The issues will be condensed into an agenda. The agenda items will be sent to the panelists prior to the actual start of the seminar for their thinking and research. The subjects covered will be vital and contemporary. The problem explorations and solutions will generate enthusiasm, lively discussion, and creative recommendations. The use of a three-member panel of management experts will guarantee that the seminar will be experienced as truly “advanced” in context and content.
Day Two will focus on reviewing trends in Labor Law Liability: Survey of the most recent labor verdicts/settlements of more than a million dollars. Areas covered include: Discriminatory Hiring, Hostile Work Environment, Sexual harassment/Discrimination, ADDA claims, Fair Labor Standards Act claims (FSLA), worker comp. claims, EEOC Protected Class claims, etc. Trends of IA investigations will also be covered. Students will be divided into groups and given a high profile mock IA situation to review and solve from three perspectives: Management Priorities, City Attorney Concerns (Civil Liability Issues) & Investigation Priorities/Approaches. Participants will review ‘best practices’ that were uncovered during days training to provide each student a mental check list of the kind of issues to be considered before beginning an I.A. Investigation.
Day Three brings a media expert in to discuss your agency’s image, the changing media and law enforcement. The students develop an understanding of complex issues regarding media relations. How does it affect image of an organization and its performance? How important it is to have an understanding of the significance of leading the external environment.
Advanced Police Supervision
The NEW Advanced Police Supervision Seminar is 24 hours, and the emphasis will be on three key areas. Day One will consist of a panel of experts with over 100 years combined of public management/supervisory experience that will respond to the concerns raised by the participants (seminar attendees will be sent questionnaires prior to this session). The issues will be condensed into an agenda. The agenda items will be sent to the panelists prior to the actual start of the seminar for their thinking and research. The subjects covered will be vital and contemporary. The problem explorations and solutions will generate enthusiasm, lively discussion, and creative recommendations. The use of a three-member panel of supervisory experts will guarantee that the seminar will be experienced as truly “advanced” in context and content.
Day Two will focus on reviewing trends in Labor Law Liability: Survey of the most recent labor verdicts/settlements of more than a million dollars. Areas covered include: Discriminatory Hiring, Hostile Work Environment, Sexual harassment/Discrimination, ADDA claims, Fair Labor Standards Act claims (FSLA), worker comp. claims, EEOC Protected Class claims, etc. Trends of IA investigations will also be covered. Students will be divided into groups and given a high profile mock IA situation to review and solve from three perspectives: Supervisory Priorities, City Attorney Concerns (Civil Liability Issues) & Investigation Priorities/Approaches. Participants will review ‘best practices’ that were uncovered during days training to provide each student a mental check list of the kind of issues to be considered before beginning an I.A. Investigation.
Day Three brings a media expert in to discuss your agency’s image, the changing media and law enforcement. The students develop an understanding of complex issues regarding media relations. How does it affect image of an organization and its performance? How important it is to have an understanding of the significance of leading the external environment.
Budgeting for Police Departments
This three-day seminar will prepare law enforcement managers and supervisors to effectively prepare and administer a police department budget. The impact of State and local fiscal issues on police/sheriff budgets will be thoroughly explored. Using current audio-visual presentations and interactive techniques, students will actively participate in the entire training process. This is the only active POST Certified Plan III Budgeting Seminar currently offered in California.
Laptops and calculators are useful in class; they are not required but are utilized during class. Also, the participant should bring a copy of their agency budget to the class.
Civilian Management Seminar
This is a comprehensive five-day seminar for civilian managers and supervisors and those sworn managers and supervisors who command civilian units. This workshop will present each participant with a practical and achievable plan for developing and exercising good leadership and positive personal interactive skills. Among the topics to be covered are: contemporary personnel issues; liability in the workplace; compliance with federal and state mandated employee rights such as Family Medical Leave, Fair Labor Standards, Americans with Disabilities Act, and others. Performance rating, appraisal and documentation systems to monitor and improve employee performance will be described along with current information on discipline, due process, and professional standards. Course materials are presented in a forum that encourages interactive classroom involvement, emphasizing actual case studies.
Criminal Investigation
NEWLY REFORMATTED - ALL NEW INSTRUCTORS & CONTENT
Now 24 hours instead of 40 hours
The newly formatted Criminal Investigation Seminar has been scaled to 24 hours instead of 40 hours. The emphasis will be on four key areas. Day One will be divided into two areas of concentration. The morning session will feature Jared Moses, Deputy District Attorney for Los Angeles County since 1994, instructing about recent changes in the law of homicide, the theories of criminal liability, and gang prosecutions. The afternoon will bring in Kimberlee Guluzian, Lead Forensic Specialist, Orange County Sheriff. Ms. Guluzian will instruct on modern developments in crime scene services from the perspective of field and crime lab personnel. She will demonstrate current procedures and techniques in crime scene investigation and the collection of physical evidence.
On Day Two Presiding Justice of the Appellate Court Paul Turner will focus on trends and changes in the field of warrantless searches and seizures and will include an in-depth analysis of various elements and interpretations of the Fourth Amendment while spotlighting integrity and professionalism when preparing to testify. Also, he will cover testifying and maintaining proper relationships with judges. The Honorable Paul Turner is currently with the Los Angeles County Division Five, Courts of Appeal and a member of the Second Appellate District Executive Committee.
Day Three brings to the class an identity theft expert to discuss ID theft, computer intrusion, investigation and prosecution, use of digital evidence, juvenile hacking, e-commerce crime, and white collar crime. This area of expertise will be taught by a leading authority on the subject, Jonathan Fairtlough, Deputy District Attorney for Los Angeles County, High Tech Crimes Division.
Discrimination & Harassment Seminar for Supervisors
Training in discrimination and harassment issues is essential in order for law enforcement agencies to meet their legal obligation to take all reasonable steps to identify, prevent, and manage incidents of discrimination and harassment. New legislation, AB 1825, requires that police supervisors receive sexual harassment training every two years and within six months of being promoted. This requirement must be met by January 1, 2006, unless your agency has trained all supervisors after January 1, 2003. PMW Associates has exclusively tailored this seminar to meet these new requirements. In addition, this seminar will cover all issues of discrimination, sexual harassment, and hostile work environment in a manner that will strengthen the ability of law enforcement personnel to protect their agencies from liability.
Emergency Management Incident Command Seminar
This three-day seminar will prepare police managers and supervisors to successfully establish and manage an incident command situation (SEMS/LEICS). Current methods of addressing terrorism and weapons of mass destruction will be explored. Highly relevant information will be furnished in a dynamic and interactive fashion, using audio-visual presentations and structured learning exercises.
Ethics in Police Work
This course will be of value to all who support value-centered leadership. It is POST reimbursable for sworn and civilian first-line supervisors and above management staff. Using current, real-time scenarios, instructors will focus on the interface between ethical decisions and legal sanctions, moral and professional duties of law enforcement professionals, and instances when duty and honor collide. Techniques for identifying and avoiding "classic" ethical mistakes will be emphasized. Ethical leadership as it relates to: (1) double standards; (2) code of silence; (3) sexual harassment; and (4) racial and other forms of discrimination will be described and explored by experienced professionals.
Gang Enforcement
This three-day seminar will focus on methods for identifying and dealing with the subculture of gangs in California and elsewhere. Current information on interview techniques, witness protection procedures, and identification of gang mannerisms and behaviors will be presented in a dynamic and informative format utilizing structured learning exercises and audio-visual presentations. All three instructors are subject matter experts. Ken Bell has spent 22 years working in all aspects of juvenile street gangs. Ms. Castorena is a Deputy District Attorney for Los Angeles County currently assigned to the Hardcore Gang Division Injunction Unit, and Sergeant Richard Valdeman, Los Angeles County Sherriff, is one of the original deputies with the Operation Safe Streets anti-gang unit and has supervised detectives in the Prison Gang Unit for over 19 years.
Generations at Work
There is rarely a law enforcement management training course that does not digress into a conversation of “these new kids” and the impact of generational change on the law enforcement profession. This seminar will focus on emerging challenges and techniques for dealing with generational change in the law enforcement environment. Designed for police managers, and supervisors topics to be discussed will include: identifying the generations in the workplace; value differences between the generations; opportunities to maximize the generations strengths; facilitated discussion on generational trends; performance issues related to generational differences; personnel inter-dynamics as the generations collide and most importantly changes leaders can make in their own behavior to deal with new generation employees.
Internal Affairs
This three-day seminar will focus on emerging challenges and solutions for the internal affairs function within law enforcement agencies. Designed for police managers, supervisors, and internal affairs investigators, topics to be discussed will include: appropriate procedures for officer discipline; evidentiary hearings; the post-disciplinary process; legal parameters; and conformance to departmental policies and practices. Emphasis will be placed on appropriate methods of dealing with legal, labor, and civilian/civil service review board representation. Current case law and the civil rights of police officers will be thoroughly examined. This class is highly interactive utilizing the active participation of class members with the material presented by the vastly experienced instructional staff.
Media Relations for Law Enforcement
This three-day seminar will focus on challenges and skills needed to function as public information officer (PIO) for a law enforcement agency. Designed for police officers of all ranks, topics discussed will include: the role of the PIO, police-press relations, media's role in a democracy, policies and laws related to police-press relations, media access to information, strategies for dealing with the media, writing news releases, promoting your department, managing breaking news, and conducting news conferences. This class is interactive, requiring participants to appear on camera to address a variety of common police-related situations.
Police Performance Measures
This three-day seminar focuses on the development of realistic/achievable police performance measures that will drive your agency’s success into the future. It explores the flawed models that have been employed by police agencies and private sector in the past and offers a critical perspective upon which to build a viable performance measurement framework. The course concentrates on measuring what matters to your agency. Interactive and hands-on exercises combine to provide a comprehensive treatment of police performance management. Special topics include the future of COMPSTAT, data collection, and statistical analysis of outcomes and deployment modeling.
POST Management Course
All registrations are handled via CSULB Center for Criminal Justice. Please call the Center for course offering dates and registration: 562.985.4940
Practical Methods for Solving Police Personnel Problems
This three-day seminar will provide police, civilian managers, and supervisors with techniques to deal effectively with the problems of employees as well as "problem employees." A team of trainers with extensive experience in the resolution of personnel issues continuously updates course materials to reflect current legislation and accepted management practices. Among the topics to be covered are: sick/injured employees; American's with Disabilities Act; California Fair Employment and Housing Act; workers compensation; substance abuse; hostile workplace environment; progressive discipline and investigation; documentation; and evaluation. Classroom dynamics are interactive, providing a forum for extensive inter-agency exchange of information and ideas among participants and instructors.
Strategic Police Planning Seminar
This three-day seminar is custom designed for each offering in order to provide the tools for the preparation of a specific strategic plan. The seminar concentrates the efforts of the participants toward the integration of values and vision in a pragmatic and flexible strategic plan that will be easily transferred and made applicable to specific law enforcement agencies. The ability to think proactively rather than reactively and to structure a strategic plan that will guide future decision making is an essential tool for managers and leaders. This course utilizes audio-visual presentations along with interactive processes which encourage the participant to learn through hands-on experience under the guidance of an experienced trainer/instructor.
Note: This seminar can be custom designed for use by a single agency to prepare and/or update an agency's specific strategic plan. In this case, the time and location is at the discretion of the participating agency.
Succession Planning for Police Management
This course will be of value to managers, supervisors, and law enforcement professionals that are involved in the future planning of their organizations. This course will offer examples on forecasting trends and organizational change that will enable police agencies to plan their future human resources needs, training requirements, and budget projections. The course will allow the participants to develop instruments that will assist their agencies in determining organizational growth and development. The seminar is conducted in a workshop format that will include participation in problem solving with scenarios based on small, mid-size, and large agency applications.