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There is very little training that prepares a public employee to start, conduct, and finish an investigation. Likewise, once an investigation is started and repairs are undertaken, what is being done to preserve the scene? The problem then is that many employees assigned to conduct an investigation don't know what they're looking for, don't know why they're looking for it, don't know what outcomes they're attempting to find, and don't know the tools to use to get from the beginning of an investigation to the end.

While there are checklists that I make available to attendees of my live events, this episode will at least provide you with some investigation education until you, too, can attend. To put it another way, today we’re going to be talking about knowing when an investigation is necessary, knowing what to investigate, and even reporting writing suggestions.

Further, we’re going to discuss the importance of coordinating an investigation with your agency’s document retention policy.

In this episode: 

• Types of incidents to investigate
• The importance of checklists
• How to educate employees assigned to investigations
• Coordinating investigations with risk management and management personnel

THE FINE PRINT
This podcast is for general information only and not intended to be legal advice nor the formation of a lawyer-client relationship. The views, information, and opinions expressed on our podcast are Scott’s and do not necessarily reflect the policy or position of any other person, agency, organization or company. Finally, we know that a few dastardly plaintiff's lawyers will get their hands on this. So . . . let's be clear: Don't even think of using the information in this podcast to sue public agencies because this podcast is not intended nor shall it be construed to give any person any legal or equitable rights, remedies or claims.

Music: ”Dangerous" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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