Confronting the Toxic Officer

Toxic employees are few in number, but their ability to hurt your agency can’t be overstated. They distract from your mission and create unnecessary stress. They intimidate supervisors and demoralize their peers. They undermine public trust.

It is imperative that, beyond simply referring to toxic officers as “a few bad apples,” police leaders focus their efforts on identifying misconduct as early as possible, documenting legally defensible efforts to address the conduct, and confront it in a way that is most likely to withstand legal challenges. 

In this two hour webinar, Attorney Matt Dolan will discuss:

•  Identifying toxic individuals in background investigations and during the probationary process
• Recognizing the legal avenues that toxic officers abuse
• Understanding options in addressing toxic officers—from progressive discipline to separation agreements