"It's 2022; Police Like It!" is a thought-provoking seminar based on ImproveComp, LLC's extremely popular 8 hour course entitled "Policing with Procedural Justice." Today's world of law enforcement, and the expectations placed on law enforcement officers, is different than when many of today's investigators began in their careers. The public expects that officers, regardless of their job title, perform their duties in a transparent, communicative, and fair way. This seminar is timely and modern. The 90-minute seminar gives overview into the development of how modern policing came to be, the pillars of procedural justice, and the costs associated with failing to adhere to procedural justice principles while policing. No topic, arguably, is more prevalent than that of progressive law enforcement methods. 

This particular seminar is tailored for intelligence-related investigators in that it provides specific examples of how to employ procedural justice techniques in a non-traditional law enforcement setting; e.g. in target-interviews, after search warrants/entries, etc.

The beginning of the seminar details the eras of modern law enforcement. This section incorporates hallmarks of change to include then-Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt's impact on the NYPD, the rise of Bill Parker at LAPD and Parker's influence on modern American policing via Dragnet and other programs, the decay of the professional era under Daryl Gates at LAPD, and the transition to the Homeland Security Era around 9/11. This portion leads into explanation of the current epoch that some refer to as "Post-Ferguson." The seminar's beginning contains many images that attendees find engaging.

After the basis explanation of eras, there is explanation of survey data about what citizens think of LE today based on PEW research. An explanation follows, using examples, of the pillars of procedural justice. The course concludes with valuable takeaways about how to incorporate the tenets of procedural justice outside of a patrol context, i.e. when obtaining consent to enter a residence or when explaining about an arrest when an undercover officer was involved.  

The 8 hour course from where "It's 2022; Police Like It!" stems has been wildly popular in the Midwest. The 90 minute version is sure to be well-attended at the 2022 LEIU/IALEIA Training Event.