Internal Affairs Two: Professional Standards, Integrity and Ethics

Overview

Recognizing that members of the Law Enforcement Profession are granted a public trust which requires that they consistently demonstrate the highest degree of integrity, this 2.5 day course continues to build upon the Investigative Process course, by examining the process through the lens and perspective of command level leaders; with an intense focus on building a culture of integrity through the establishment, and maintenance of professional standards, image and ethics through policy, procedures and modeling. 

Tuition

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

• $450 ILEA Member
• $500 Non-member

Topics

• The Importance of Competent IA Investigations
• Legitimacy and Consequence of Lost Legitimacy
• The Professional Standards Concept
• Ethics and Character in Policing
• Procedural Justice
• Due Process and Employee Rights
• Fourth, Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments
• Force Investigations
• Fitness for Duty Evaluation
• Root Causes of Discipline Issues
• An overview of the Investigation Process

Who Should Attend

• Internal affairs investigators
• Police department legal staff
• Human resources personnel
• Law enforcement supervisors and executives

Schedule and Faculty

Days I & 2 | 8:30am to 4:30pm
Day 3 | 8:30am to 12:00pm

Gregory Anderson instructs nationally on a variety of topics and consults nationally on internal affairs, professional standards issues, policy development, leadership and supervision topics. He has also served on the IACP committee on Professional Standards, Image and Ethics. In addition, he is under contract with the U.S. Department of Justice as a litigative consultant and expert in the areas of leadership and supervision.

He began his career with the Aurora (IL) Police Department and held a variety of positions up to Deputy Chief. Greg also served as Chief for the Village of Campton Hills, Illinois and finished his law enforcement career as the Chief of Police in Oak Forest, Illinois.

Chief Anderson has a Master’s degree in Law Enforcement and Justice Administration from Western Illinois University and a Bachelor’s degree from The Union Institute and University in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Matt Clem joined ILEA as Deputy Director on December 31, 2021. Captain Clem retired from the North Richland Hills Police Department in October 2019 after serving 24 years. He began with the NRHPD in 1995 as a police officer where he later served as a Field Training Officer and Police Instructor.  

Matt began work as a Detective in 2000 until his promotion to Sergeant in 2002, serving in the Patrol Section and Community Services Section. Matt later promoted to the ranks of Lieutenant in 2009 and Captain in 2014. During his career, Matt also served as Defensive Tactics Instructor, Hostage Negotiator (Team Leader), and the Department's first and only instructor certified by the Institute for the Prevention of In-Custody Deaths (IPICD) to teach on the topic of Excited Delirium and Agitated Chaotic Events. Matt founded the Department’s Critical Incident Stress Management Team in 2004, serving as Team Leader for over 12 years, and helped create the Department's Volunteer Patrol program, Police Chaplaincy team, and Intimate Partner Violence response protocols.

Mr. Clem holds a Master Peace Officers License and is a Texas Commission on Law Enforcement licensed instructor. Mr. Clem is a graduate of the Advanced Management College at the Institute for Law Enforcement Administration, the Senior Management Institute for Police (PERF), and holds a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Master of Arts in Criminology & Criminal Justice, both from the University of Texas at Arlington.

TCOLE Credit

Law enforcement personnel attending this course are eligible for seventeen (17) hours of Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE) credit.

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Other Information

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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.

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