Protective Legal "Gear" for
Police, Fire & EMS
Program Highlights:
Learning to Change Rules on the Fly
- The call -- logging and
prioritizing
- En Route -- a complex legal time
- Arrival -- command decisions
required
- Follow-up -- critique, correction, documentation
Evidence Rules
You Need to Remember
- Uses of dispatcher logs and radio tapes
- Deposition and trial
testimony strategies that are "job
specific"
- Admissibility of answers to
questions; orders to subordinates; casual
comments
- Interviews of patients, witnesses; interrogation
of suspects
Pre-Call Operations
- Policies essential to all responding units
- SOP's vs SOG's
-- reduce aggravation
- Routines for mutual aid and backup
calls
Legal Protection --
It's Real!
- Your RIGHTS -- paid or volunteer
- Qualified immunity -- what
is it? How does it help?
- Why lawyers want a case to
settle more than you do.
Legal
Side of Operational Duties
- Use of force, high speed chases
- Patient assessment, treatment & transfer
to higher medical authority
- Fireground operations; specialized
teams
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