Security & Risk Management Seminar

Prosecution & Recovery: Working Within The Civil & Criminal Systems

Presentation Abstract

Are you your institution's Security Officer? If you are, you likely have had some involvement with your community's justice system -- and working within our nation's justice system can be a trying and unrewarding exercise if you don't know how it works. This presentation will show you how it works -- and how you can use this system to resolve security issues more rapidly and effectively. This information will guide you in making appropriate decisions in the majority of circumstances that involve your potential interaction with our justice system's three (3) primary components:

l        Law enforcement (e.g., police, sheriff, marshal, FBI, IRS and Postal Inspector)

l        Courts (e.g., Small Claims, Justice, Municipal, Superior and U.S. District)

l        Corrections (e.g., probation and parole)

Like any democratic government process, our justice system provides for a system of checks and balances -- to insure that power is shared among the components. The components don't always share the same goals and they often appear to be in conflict with one another. This is the result of our system being an "adversarial" one -- where everything is tested and nothing is taken at "face value" -- and every fact is validated before a representative of any of the components is permitted to act. It's a cumbersome and tedious system that is designed to prevent or identify potential mistakes before any harm is done. If you are your institution's Security Officer, you must become knowledgeable in dealing with these components -- and their related processes. Failure to understand how "the system" works may cost you and your institution unnecessary time, resources and money.

Presentation Topics

l        Introduction

l        The Components

l        Critical Documents

l        Your Strategic Plan

l        Establishing Prosecution Priorities

l        Reporting & Prosecuting Authorities

l        Summary

Presentation Objectives

This presentation is designed to help you:

l        Determine each justice system component's duties and responsibilities -- legal, moral and ethical -- and those components' compatibility with the institutions objectives

l        Comply with laws, rules and regulations -- and emerging practices -- affecting industry standards of care for investigators

l        Develop an investigation policy and procedure that makes the best use of the institution's resources

l        Locate and understand the significance of the investigator's primary resources for prosecuting and suing offenders

l        Present reports and evidence that will likely be examined in either civil or criminal actions

l        Determine how you can apply proven methods for recovering lost funds and property

Presentation Audience

l        Security Officers

l        Security Assistants

l        Auditors

l        Human Resources Managers

l        Compliance Officers

Presentation Tools

l        Workbook text

Last updated on June 16, 2009