Ethics Train-the-Trainer

Overview

This course will give law enforcement personnel an opportunity to explore and discuss the state of ethics and moral reasoning in the American criminal justice system, with a special emphasis on the day-to-day realities of policing. Strategies will be offered to help improve ethical decision making on personal and professional levels. In addition, participants will have an opportunity to develop strategies for creating and maintaining a positive ethical climate within their own work environment.

Successful completion of this program will authorize graduates to present the eight hour Law Enforcement Ethics and the sixteen-hour Ethics for Field Training Officers courses within their own agencies or local/regional academies.

Your agency’s participation in this program will have a win-win result. The participants who attend will receive valued training of national caliber that will benefit your agency with personnel who can then "carry the message" to your fine men and women.

Tuition

Tuition includes all instruction and handouts. Lodging and meals are excluded.

• $690 ILEA Member
• $790 Non-Member

Topics

• Models for Ethical Decision-making
• Identifying Dilemmas and “Stakeholders”
• The Six Pillars of Character and The Principles of Ethical Policing
• The Condition of Society: What Does it Mean to Policing?
• Higher Standards/Different Standards
• Strategies for Creating a Healthy Ethical Environment
• Foundational Ethics

Who Should Attend?

Trainers and law enforcement practitioners preparing to teach or lead ethics discussions in their agencies or academies.

Note: This program is best suited for individuals with prior training experience.

Course Graduates

Since 1993, the Ethics Train-the-Trainer course has graduated over 10,000 law enforcement trainers, Course graduates have been drawn from over 750 agencies across the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Romania and Peru.

Faculty

• Gregory Smith, M.A., Director, Institute for Law Enforcement Administration
  Prior to his appointment as Director, Mr. Gregory Smith served ILEA for more than 17 years. Mr. Smith holds a Master of Arts degree in Sociology (specializing in Social Psychology) from the University of Texas at Arlington and a Bachelor of Science degree in Social Science, with Minors in Multi-Cultural Education and Military Science from Ball State University.
• Paul Boyles, Ph.D., Lieutenant – Bureau of Investigation-Personal Crimes Section, Lexington Police Department, KY
  Lt. Boyles joined the Lexington Police Department in 2006 as an Officer, promoted to Sergeant in 2014 and to Lieutenant in September 2016. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Virtue Ethics and Thomistic Ethics and a Master of Arts in Philosophy from the University of Kentucky, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from Cornell College.

Schedule

Monday through Thursday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm

TCOLE Credit

Law enforcement personnel attending this course are eligible for twenty-eight (28) hours of Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE) credit.

Other Information

Nondiscriminatory Policy

The Center for American and International Law does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected status in educational activities, scholarship programs or admissions.

Course Cancellation Policy

Occasionally, the Institute for Law Enforcement Administration (ILEA) may be forced to cancel a scheduled program. Whenever possible, the decision to cancel is made at least fourteen days prior to the start of the program, and registered participants are notified once that decision has been made. If the distance to the training site requires that you make airline and/or hotel reservations, please contact ILEA (+1.972.244.3430) to inquire about the status of any program before making travel arrangements. While paid registrations in cancelled courses will be refunded in full, ILEA will not be responsible for monetary loss due to cancellations or changes in airline or hotel reservations.

Eligibility Policy

The Institute for Law Enforcement Administration provides  professional education and technical support to the law enforcement community. 

A registrant in an ILEA program must be a sworn officer; a civilian employee of a law enforcement department; or an employee of a municipal, county or state agency.

Anyone interested in attending an ILEA program who does not meet the above standard requirements will need to request advance approval. Such requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

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