Can you trace a requirement into training?
Choose one important policy requirement. Find its lesson plan, instructor guidance, delivery records and most recent evaluation. Where does the trail become unclear?
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America’s Law Enforcement Problem
A discussion of the demands facing modern law enforcement and the importance of meaningful training, preparation and professional standards.
Published in IADLEST Magazine, March 2025, p. 34. The article appears in the linked magazine PDF.
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FOR AGENCY LEADERSHIP
Three questions worth asking now.
Use these prompts to start an honest internal conversation. They are not a substitute for a scoped independent review.
Is your program more than qualification?
Look at safety, equipment compatibility, instructor oversight, scenarios, remediation and records—not only a periodic pass/fail score.
When did you last test your assumptions?
Identify the last documented program evaluation, who performed it, what changed afterward and how follow-through was recorded.
FOR ATTORNEYS
Preparing for an initial expert review.
A useful first conversation identifies the questions at issue, relevant deadlines and the materials already available. Depending on the case, this may include policies, lesson plans, training records, qualifications, reports, video, photographs and testimony.
Provide context without asking an expert to assume an outcome. An independent analysis starts with the evidence.
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Qualification is a snapshot.
A passing result on a particular date does not, by itself, show how personnel were taught, whether instructors were prepared, how unsafe conditions were identified or what happened after a deficiency surfaced.
Build a record of development and evaluation—not only completion.
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A better question is a good place to start.
Tell us what your agency or legal team needs to examine. We’ll start with a conversation about the right scope.