Sgt. Doug Kazensky (ret.)
Sr. Solutions Engineer
Thursday, November 12th | 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. ET
Every stop, search, and use-of-force decision an officer makes rests on one thing: Reasonableness. And how this “reasonableness” is defined is rooted in constitutional case law. But too often, in-depth exposure to that case law happens once, in the academy. After that it fades under the weight of daily calls, changing precedent, and packed training calendars.
Most agencies know legal refreshers matter. The hard part is finding time for them. Pulling officers off the street for classroom hours isn’t realistic for most departments, and a single annual legal update rarely changes how an officer thinks through a decision in the moment.
Agencies getting ahead of this treat constitutional law as an ongoing conversation instead of a one-time course. They use short case studies at roll call, give officers self-paced review they can come back to on their own, and keep a simple record so the learning counts.
Join our speakers for a look at IADLEST’s new constitutional law resource center, built as a groundwork for officers, and how agencies can turn it into a sustainable micro-training program.
What you’ll learn:
- What’s inside the new resource center, and how its case study videos, attorney commentary, and readings work together
- Why a flexible, adult-learning approach helps officers retain legal fundamentals
- How supervisors can use short case studies to start real roll-call discussion
- Where instructors can go to get valuable case law references while creating their lesson plans
- Ways to add micro-training to the training you already run without adding classroom hours
- How to document and track micro-training so it supports compliance and holds up if it’s ever questioned
Presenters
Doug Kazensky is a Senior Solutions Engineer at Vector Solutions, as well as a former police training sergeant and officer of over two decades. After proudly serving in the United States Air Force as a member of the Security Police, he joined the Longview Police Department in Washington in December 1997. He served in patrol, as a School Resource Officer (SRO), and as a detective specializing in fraud and computer crimes.
Sgt. Dan Greene (ret.)
Executive Director, NAFTO
Sgt. Dan Greene (ret.) spent 30-years with the Chandler PD (AZ), is an International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training (IADLEST) Nationally Certified Instructor, and is the Executive Director at the National Association of Field Training Officers (NAFTO).
Dianne Beer-Maxwell
Project Manager/Consultant, IADLEST
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