| A
Manager’s Guide For Avoiding Wrongful Discharge |
This
video discusses how to use the disciplinary process appropriately.
It defines the concept of wrongful discharge and covers key areas where
problems are likely to develop, recruiting and hiring, discipline, employee
evaluations, termination proceedings, and references. This video is
intended for supervisors, managers, and personnel directors.
35
Minutes
Bureau of Business Practice
|
| Breaking
the Attitude Barrier: Learning to Value People With Disabilities |
This
video provides dramatizations and insightful interviews that help to demonstrate
why hiring and promoting people with disabilities is more than the law.
23
Minutes
Bureau
of Business Practice
|
| The
Documentation Dilemma: Can Recordkeeping Get You In Trouble? |
This
video presents five dramatizations that show important guidelines to follow
when documenting face-to-face encounters with employees, including performance
appraisals, disciplinary actions, salary discussions, hiring interviews,
and promotion discussions. This video is intended for managers, supervisors,
and personnel directors.
24
Minutes
Bureau
of Business Practice
|
| The
Occupancy Challenge |
This
video program describes the vital aspects of the occupancy function
and how they relate to public housing. The following subjects are discussed:
the public housing program and the occupancy process, admissions, income
and rent, and ongoing and general support functions.
45
Minutes
HUD
|
| Managing
Maintenance in Public & Indian Housing |
This
video outlines the skills and knowledge necessary for an effective maintenance
program. This video is appropriate for all housing authority personnel.
35
Minutes
HUD
|
| Material
Safety Data Sheets |
This
video discusses the format and importance of MSDS’s. It goes over
each section and shows participants how to locate important information
in the event of an emergency.
15
Minutes
Long
Island
|
| Emergency
Planning |
This
video discusses components of an emergency plan, the need for involving
other outside agencies, crisis management teams, and practice drills for
emergencies.
13
Minutes
Long
Island
|
| EPA
Risk Management: Be A Good Neighbor |
This
program will help you understand how to provide the mandated risk management
information to your community: accident history, worst-case scenarios,
prevention procedures, and community emergency planning.
15
Minutes
Coastal
|
| Safe
Handling of Water Treatment Chemicals |
Prepares
utility personnel to work safely with dangerous chemicals. The topics
covered include storage and handling, personal protective equipment, disposal
of common chemicals, and first aid for chemical injuries.
15
Minutes
AWWA
|
| Safety
Bite: Skin Protection |
This
video briefly describes how to protect the skin from the sun, chemicals,
and infection.
5
Minutes
Long
Island
|
| Dealing
with Bugs and Critters |
This
video is intended for public works, utility parks employees or anyone
else whose job function includes grounds maintenance or outdoor responsibilities.
It addresses PPE, dealing with snakes, wasps, bees, and fire ants, along
with poison ivy and poison oak.
17
Minutes
Coastal
|
| Poisonous
Plants |
Know
what plants are poisonous and what symptoms occur so that you can avoid
them.
12 Minutes
The Training Network |
| DOT-Substance
Abuse and Constructive Confrontation |
These
videos address the training requirements under the Department of Transportation’s
drug and alcohol testing rules. Signs of possible drug and alcohol abuse
are discussed, along with scenarios using constructive confrontation.
It is strongly suggested that these videos be reviewed first for consistency
with your entity’s personnel policies and procedures.
63
Minutes
Long
Island Productions-1995
|
| DOT-Alcohol
Supplement |
Same
as Above
68
Minutes
Long
Island Productions-1995
|
| Managing
the Risks of Volunteers |
This
video will aid your municipality in developing and administering a successful
volunteer management program. Topics covered include: Development of
a volunteer manual, recruitment, screening, functions and duties, training
and safety. The video includes a review of legal issues regarding use
and supervision of volunteers such as Federal and State (Colorado) laws,
and insurance.
15
Minutes
CIRSA-1998
|
| Recreational
Activity Liability |
This
video will help supervisors and managers of recreational facilities identify
physical and personnel exposures and controls to help prevent accidents.
Topics include safety for swimming pools, ballfields, locker rooms, daycare
centers, gymnastics, and skateboard facilities.
16
Minutes
CIRSA
|
| Domestic
Violence and the Workplace |
Understand
general facts about domestic violence. Identify the risks associated
with this type of violence and the early warning signs. Develop a risk
control program related to domestic violence at work.
1
Hour, 39 Minutes
Housing
Television Network, 2000
|
| Blueprint
of Workplace Violence |
Review
workplace violence statistics. Understand the “profile/dynamic”
of workplace violence. Define and review the components of anger and discuss
ways to succeed in anger intervention and response.
1
Hour, 53 Minutes
Housing
Television Network, 2000
|
| Managing
Contract Liability |
Review
workplace death statistics and safety issues. Review what liabilities
Housing Authorities face and tips on what works.
1
Hour, 47 Minutes
Housing
Television Network, 2000
|
| Investigating
an Arson |
Discuss
the fire threat in Housing Authorities. Suggestions on fire prevention
for HA facilities. Review ways to strengthen relationships with fire and
police departments.
1
Hour, 47 Minutes
Housing
Television Network, 2000
|
| Pursuit
and Defensive Driving |
To
increase the awareness and basic driving skills of emergency vehicle operators.
25
Minutes
ALERT
|
| OC:
Counter Assault and Survival Tactics: Fighting Through Pepperspray |
To
assist law enforcement officers in discovering positive alternative survival
tactics faced with an adversary armed with OC or any other aerosol that
could pose panic, confusion, or probable crippling injury or death.
30
Minutes
ALERT
|
| Officer
Stress Management I: Stress of the Gunfight |
To
help the officer identify and survive the stress after a gunfight—helping
the officer return to work healthy and alive.
30
Minutes
ALERT
|
| In-Custody
Care: Positional Asphyxia, Sudden Death, and Transporting Suspects |
To
examine the problem of in-custody deaths; to define the terms positional
asphyxia, sudden death syndrome, agitated delirium; to demonstrate how
to safely transport individuals in squad and patrol cars; to discuss liability
concerns about in-custody care and transporting suspects.
32
Minutes
ALERT
|
| Straight
Baton Techniques |
To
demonstrate basic straight baton blocking, striking, control, and takedown
techniques; to discuss the liability concerns about the use of batons
in the field.
33
Minutes
ALERT
|
| Street
Level Drug Enforcement |
To
recognize signs of drug trafficking and gang activity; to execute a safe
and successful buy/bust and/or sell/bust program; to avoid or minimize
liability risks.
33
Minutes
ALERT
|
| Community
Policing I: Responding to Violence in the Workplace |
To
examine the problem of violence in the workplace; to understand the possible
profile of a violent person in the workplace.
35
Minutes
ALERT
|
| Making
Your Case and Making It Stick: Part I – Voluntary Contacts and Investigative
(Terry) Stops |
To
understand the legal and practical benefits of using the voluntary contact
as an investigative tool; to understand the difference between voluntary
contacts and seizures of persons.
28
Minutes
ALERT
|
| Officer
Stress Management II: Citizen Contacts and Post Responses and Tactics |
To
understand the benefits of managing citizen contacts and pursuit responses;
to acknowledge law enforcement authority and know how to keep it checked;
to understand agency’s objectives and citizen contacts, use of force,
and pursuits.
32
Minutes
ALERT
|
| Making
Your Case Stick: Part II – Detention, Arrest, and the Miranda |
To
understand four constitutional problems. Roadblocks that can block the
trial’s use of a defendant’s prior incriminating statements;
Fourth Amendment, Miranda, Voluntariness, and Right to Counsel; to learn
three encounters: voluntary contacts, investigative detention, arrests;
to discuss the liability concerns of detention, arrests, and the Miranda.
30
Minutes
ALERT
|
| Responding
to Domestic Violence: Part I |
To
be aware of the statistics of domestic violence and that it affects all
races, economic groups, religions, ethnic groups, educational and socioeconomic
groups; to know the ABC’s in responding to domestic violence/abuse
calls; to discuss the liability concerns of domestic violence/abuse calls.
34
Minutes
ALERT
|
| Responding
to Domestic Violence: Part II--Child Abuse, Death Threats, Stalking, and
Elderly Abuse |
To
understand the extent and lasting effects of child abuse; to know the
primary need of all domestic violence victims; to know local, state, and
federal resources for victim referrals.
32
Minutes
ALERT
|
| Acquaintance/Date
Rape |
Know,
through interviewing, how to recognize a potential date rape and the statistics;
know what drugs are commonly used to commit date rape; understand the
importance of the role of the first responder-the importance of being
an emphatic listener.
21 Minutes
ALERT, 2001 |
| Line
Officer Tactical Shotgun |
To
understand the flexibility and power of the shotgun; to know the proper
way to store and transport the shotgun.
27
Minutes
ALERT
|
| Cultural
DiversityI: Street Level Spanish |
To
develop a positive image of Hispanics by understanding their culture and
language; to learn basic Spanish words and phrases needed in interviewing,
domestic calls, and traffic stops; to understand basic terms such as attitude,
culture, prejudice, discrimination, ethnic group, and race.
32
Minutes
ALERT
|
| Line
Officer Survival and Safety |
To
understand basics of safe building searches; to learn how to safely pat
down or frisk a suspect in the field, using a vehicle - and using a wall;
to know the kinds of equipment available that make your job safer and
more efficient.
30
Minutes
ALERT
|
| First
Response to Armed and Barricaded Situations I |
To
know the four kinds of barricaded situations and the most dangerous; to
recognize the three elements that affect communication with others; to
have a basic understanding of the profile of a barricaded or hostage taker
individual; to recognize the ABC’s of a successful resolution of
crisis. This video depicts correctional/jail situations.
29
Minutes
ALERT
|
| First
Response to Armed and Barricaded Situations II: Tactical Considerations |
To
discuss your agency’s policy and specific roles during an armed barricaded
situation; to understand the main tactical objectives of an armed barricaded
situation; to recognize the safety concerns; to understand the liability
and safety risks of a “suicide-by-police” situations.
38
Minutes
ALERT
|
| ALERT’S
Law and Liability - The Miranda Rule: Myths and Truths |
Identify
the factor (circumstances) that gives rise to a Miranda requirement in
police interrogations efforts; explain the implications of the “Edwards
Rule” and the “Mosley Rule” in interrogation efforts; identify
the point in a criminal proceeding that the Sixth Amendment right to counsel
“attaches.”
29
Minutes
ALERT
|
| Law
& Liability- Sexual Harassment in Law Enforcement I: The Harasser’s
Behavior |
Realize
that avoiding sexual harassment is really just a part of exercising good
human relations skills in the workplace; appreciate the fact that sexual
harassment in the workplace costs government hundreds of millions of dollars
per year; list six of eleven examples of unacceptable sexually oriented
behavior mentioned in Part I of this training.
25
Minutes
ALERT
|
| Law
& Liability - Sexual Harassment in Law Enforcement II: Role of Victim
and Administration |
State
the main thing the victim of harassment must do as part of her role in
solving the problem of sexual harassment; list six of the eleven action
steps the victim of harassment might take (according to the Woman’s
Legal Defense Fund).
30
Minutes
ALERT
|
| Subject
Control and Compliance I; Force Continuum and Relative Positioning |
To
learn the basic levels of the force continuum; to know the levels of resistance;
to understand basics of relative positioning; to know the five factors
of force escalation that increase liability risks.
27
Minutes
ALERT
|
| Professional
Ethics in Law Enforcement |
To
have a working definition of personal and professional ethics; to realize
that almost 98% of law enforcement work in officer/citizen contacts is
verbal interaction; to understand the liabilities and risks associated
with unethical conduct while on and off-duty as a law enforcement officer.
25
Minutes
ALERT
|
| First
Aid for First Responders I: Heart Attacks and Adult CPR |
To
learn the professional concerns and liabilities that come with the fundamental
duty to serve mankind and safeguard not only property, but also lives;
to realize the symptoms of those experiencing or are about to experience
heart attacks; to know the basic ABC’s of CPR.
29
Minutes
ALERT
|
| Effective
Courtroom Testimony II: Principles and Performance |
Realize
that a professional and positive attitude counts and that you might not
get a second chance to make a first impression. Understand the importance
and liabilities of professional and personal credibility when testifying
in civil and criminal trials, depositions, probable cause hearings, and
suppression hearings.
60
Minutes
ALERT
|
| Effective
Courtroom Testimony I: Preparing for Court |
Understand
the importance and the liabilities of professional and personal credibility
when testifying in civil and criminal trials, depositions, probable cause
hearings, and suppression hearings. Articulate professional law enforcement
experience and training. Know the ramifications of the Fourth Amendment
in law enforcement activities.
46
Minutes
ALERT
|
| Subject
Control and Compliance II: Ground Control and Defense |
Understand
that 65% to 80% of physical fights will end with subject and/or officer
on the ground. Learn a number of ground and standing defense techniques
to gain control and compliance of subjects. Realize that any pain compliance
or control technique should not be used to intentionally punish a subject.
Know that any use of force will probably increase risks of liability.
26
Minutes
ALERT
|
| Probable
Cause and Reasonable Suspicion-Part I: The Concepts |
State
the ultimate and fundamental requirement of the Fourth Amendment. Appreciate
the relationship between “reasonable” and factual justification.
Define reasonable suspicion and define probable cause. State the Illinois
v. Gates description of probable cause. Identify one method (for testimony)
of helping people appreciate the weight of your suspicion factors at any
given point in a transaction.
23
Minutes
ALERT
|
| Probable
Cause and Reasonable Suspicion-Part II: The Suspicion Factors |
Understand
the necessity for reasonable suspicion and/or probable cause in various
types of law enforcement actions. Define “profiling” and state
whether it is legal. Know whether hearsay is admissible for purposes
of establishing reasonable suspicion and/or probable cause. Distinguish
between source information that is presumed reliable and that which is
not. Review under what conditions a person can be stopped (detained).
23
Minutes
ALERT
|
| Bloodborne
and Airborne Pathogens |
Recognize
the safety concerns and risks of inmate and officer contact. Learn the
basic techniques of Universal Standard Precautions to avoid occupational
exposures. Understand the liability and safety risks of transmission
and contraction of Bloodborne and airborne pathogens. Be aware of the
procedures following and exposure to Bloodborne and airborne pathogens.
45
Minutes
ALERT
|
| The
Baton as a Control Device/Non-Impact |
Demonstrates
basic non-impact baton blocking, striking, control and takedown; offers
safe training tips; highlights visual signs of aggression; discusses liability
and concerns about the use of batons in the field.
13 Minutes
ALERT, 2001 |
| Report
Writing I: The Basics |
Know
the basic elements and objectives of good report writing; realize that
police reports have various and numerous audiences; know the basic tools
of report writing; recognize the importance of truthfulness and completeness
in police reports to avoid loss of credibility and possible criminal and
civil liability risks.
33
Minutes
ALERT
|
| Law
& Liability: Searches of Persons-Part I |
Know
when and if a frisk search is permitted; know the permitted extent and
limit of a lawful frisk search; know when and if a Search Incident to
Arrest (SITA) is permitted; know the permitted extent and limit of a SITA;
know inventory search rules and procedures.
33
Minutes
ALERT
|
| Same-Part
II |
Same
As Above-Part II
25
Minutes
ALERT
|
| Law
& Liability: Legal Considerations in Report Writing |
Identify
the single most important thing about a report. Appreciate the potential
negative consequences of untruthfulness in a report. Understand the combined
significance of Brady v. Maryland and Kyles v. Whitley. Know why detail
is so important from a civil liability perspective. Appreciate the need
to be prepared to explain omissions of information in a report.
26
Minutes
ALERT
|
| Community
Policing II: Responding to School Violence: Part I-Warning Signs |
Be
aware of the statistics of school violence that it affects all races,
economic groups, religions, ethnic groups, educational and socio-economical
groups and is a community-policing problem. Have a working definition
of violence; understand the causes of potential violence: personal, family,
and social factors; know the warning signs that prompt concern regarding
possible acts of violence; know the liability concerns of school violence.
40
Minutes
ALERT
|
| LAW
& LIABILITY Responding to School Violence Legal Considerations in
School Searches & Interviewing |
Know
whether or not an intrusion by a public school official upon a students
reasonable expectation of privacy (rep) is a “search” governed
by the fourth amendment; know whether or not there is a state law regulating
law enforcement interrogation of juveniles; know the levels of factual
justification required for school officials to conduct administrative
searches, etc.
29
Minutes
ALERT
|
| Community
Policing II: Responding to School Violence: Part II-Crisis Response and
Action |
Know
effective prevention, intervention, and crisis response strategies. Know
how to help troubled children. Understand the characteristics of a safe
physical environment. Understand the crisis responses and approaches
that effective schools are using and appear to be working. Know some
tips from parents to help create safe schools.
39
Minutes
ALERT
|
| Searches
of Persons I: Tactical Pat Downs and Frisk Searches |
Know
when and if a frisk is permitted. Learn how to safely pat down or frisk
a suspect in the field, using a vehicle and using a wall. Know alternate
methods of safely searching persons in the fields. Maximize law enforcement
effectiveness and to minimize exposure to legal and liability risks.
28
Minutes
ALERT
|
| Sudden
In-Custody Deaths: Training for Prevention Positional Asphyxia Update |
Defines
the terms positional asphyxia, sudden death syndrome and agitated delirium;
examines and discusses the issue of in-custody deaths and some contributing
factors; and reviews possible restraining methods and instruments.
23 Minutes
ALERT, 2000 |
| Vehicle
Stops and Searches- Part 1 |
Defines
what a search is and the authority granted under the Fourteenth Amendment
of the U.S. Constitution. Discusses the theory of warrantless vehicle
search, consent to search and frisk factors.
15 Minutes
ALERT, 2001 |
| Vehicle
Stops and Searches- Part 2 |
Defines
what a search is and the authority granted under the Fourteenth Amendment
of the U.S. Constitution. Discusses the theory of warrantless vehicle
search, consent to search and frisk factors.
15 Minutes
ALERT, 2001 |
| Vehicle
Stops and Searches- Part 3 |
Defines
what a search is and the authority granted under the Fourteenth Amendment
of the U.S. Constitution. Discusses the theory of warrantless vehicle
search, consent to search and frisk factors.
15 Minutes
ALERT, 2001 |
| Searches
of Persons II: Search Incidents to Arrest and Gender Specific Problems |
Know
safety approaches to search a person. Know what constitutes an arrest.
Know that a Search Incident to Arrest is automatically permitted in accordance
with every lawful arrest. Know that a Search Incident to Arrest means
searching a person, his/her clothing and carried belongings, and the area
to which the arrestee has immediate access. Avoid departmental and personal
liability when a Search Incident to Arrest involves persons of the opposite
sex.
30
Minutes
ALERT
|
| Law
& Liability:Right to Silence and Right to Counsel-Part I |
Know
and understand what rights a subject has in the context of a police interrogation;
know when those rights apply; know the rules regarding interrogation after
the assertion of rights; understand the need for waivers of rights when
applicable; know the difference between the Fifth and Sixth Amendment
rights to counsel.
28
Minutes
ALERT
|
| Law
& Liability:Right to Silence & Right to Counsel- Part II |
Know
what rights a suspect can have that could bloom in the context of police
interrogation; know the meaning of the term “attachment”, as
it is used regarding interrogation rights; Know Davis versus U.S.
22
Minutes
ALERT
|
