Books

Citizen Oversight of Law Enforcement

Thirteen chapters, each written by a respected expert in the field, offer nuts-and-bolts information on topics such as the history of civilian oversight and its various models, creating, staffing, training and funding an oversight agency, conducting public outreach, mediating complaints and approaches to legal issues. A ten-page bibliography lists several dozen government, public interest, oversight and police practices organizations and websites, with an appendix listing all oversight agencies in the U.S.

2006

Citizen Oversight of Law Enforcement

Thirteen chapters, each written by a respected expert in the field, offer nuts-and-bolts information on topics such as the history of civilian oversight and its various models, creating, staffing, training and funding an oversight agency, conducting public outreach, mediating complaints and approaches to legal issues. A ten-page bibliography lists several dozen government, public interest, oversight and police practices organizations and websites, with an appendix listing all oversight agencies in the U.S.

2006

Conducting Administrative, Oversight & Ombudsman Investigations

Covers the fundamentals of fact-finding, ranging from basic principles through investigation planning to evidence gathering, assessing evidence and report writing. Includes detailed chapters on interviewing witnesses, systemic issues and demonstrating your value to stakeholders via traditional and social media. It sets out a methodology for assessing the quality of an investigation done by someone else. Other topics include dealing with whistleblowers and workplace/harassment investigations. The final chapter takes an in-depth look at the challenges of investigating the police, using a real life case story.

2009

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