Police Use of Force in Today's World 

In the past few years, law enforcement officers have been scrutinized for the level of force applied and whether or not the application of that force is justified. This conference will examine how rulings of nationwide cases such as Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin and Eric Garner, have affected law enforcement and their decisions to use force. Topics such as issues facing law enforcement officers in the future, ways police departments should consider structuring their policies and procedures, and managing use of force and death incident risks are just a few topics to be discussed by leading attorneys, ranking law enforcement officers, and doctors. At the conclusion of the conference there will be an open round table discussion addressing topics discussed in the conference and questions by participants. This conference is open to police trainers, police managers, policy makers, city/county attorneys, police legal advisors, and medical examiners. Topics will included:

• Laws; rulings post Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner
• Issues law enforcement officers might face in the future
• “Taser” death related cases
• Quantum of force
• Round table discussion
• Q&A
• Fluctuating force standards, what does all this mean? 
• How to effectively deal with it.
• Understanding “so-called” “BEST” practices.
• Structuring policy, procedures, guidelines to avoid trip wires.
• Leadership mechanisms to optimally manage officers’ force.
• How to handle <1 per career (on average) events.
• The realities of law enforcement temporal deaths.
• Positive cookie cutters – instilling positive, not negative habits.
• Managing use of force and death incident risks.
• The public’s First Amendment rights vs. officer safety,
  
• Recognizing calculated efforts to bait you into a use of force.
  

MEET YOUR INSTRUCTORS

MICHAEL BRAVE, Esq., M.S.

As a certified, and nationally recognized, instructor in several facets of deadly force, many non-lethal, and less-than-lethal programs, several law enforcement vehicle operation programs, and others, Mike has presented hundreds of law enforcement legal, risk, liability, and operational training and management programs across the country, and numerous internationally (United Kingdom, Mexico, Canada, Panama, and Austria). Mike has also
served as the lead attorney for the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration for their Occupant Restraint Risk Management Program. Mike is (since 1983) a certified Wisconsin law enforcement officer and was a Wisconsin certified law enforcement trainer in several (over twenty) subject areas. Additionally, he has served as a (part-time) police legal advisor, trainer, field training
officer, and patrol captain. 

SCOTT MACLATCHIE

Scott MacLatchie is a partner in the Charlotte, NC office of  Womble Carlyle Sandridge &amp; Rice, LLP. For 30 years he has defended law enforcement agencies on both coasts in use of force and related civil rights litigation in state and federal courts while serving as a reserve officer for a large agency.  Scott has also defended TASER International, Inc. in litigation filed in several states challenging use of its CEW’s. He has received the Award of Excellence for legal services from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and has served on the Vehicle Pursuit Guidelines Committee for California’s P.O.S.T. Commission. Scott also continues to regularly provide in-service legal instruction to patrol personnel and command staff.

SCOTT T. GREENWOOD
Principally in the federal courts in the areas of constitutional and civil rights litigation, and lectures widely on constitutional rights, civil liberties, and complex litigation. His practice has been almost exclusively in the field of complex litigation for two decades, and for the past seventeen years has concentrated on constitutional and complex litigation in the federal courts. Greenwood is nationally known for his First Amendment and police misconduct work and consults nationwide on use of force issues as well.  He has been consistently listed by his colleagues in The Best Lawyers in America for over fifteen years, in Ohio Superlawyers,
and was named Ohio Lawyer of the Year 2003 by Lawyer’s Weekly.

MARK W. KROLL, Ph. D

Mark W. Kroll, corporate director of Haemonetics, Taser International, and NewCardio, received his B.S. degree in mathematics (1975), a M.S. (1983) and Ph.D. (1987) in electrical engineering from the College of Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota. With more than 350 patents to his name, Dr. Kroll is one of the most prolific inventors of medical devices in the world. Dr. Kroll was also instrumental in the development of the Taser® Dr. Kroll has lectured in more than 30 countries, and is co-editor of four books and has written more than 200 papers, book chapters, and abstracts. He was named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE) in 2011. He received the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society’s Career Achievement Award in 2010 (the highest international award in biomedical engineering).