Law Enforcement Democracy Initiative - PAT422R
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**Cancellations for this class must be received by NEMRT
7
days prior to the start of the program in order to avoid being billed!**
Location:
Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center
Start Date:
10/12/2021
End Date:
10/12/2021
Start Time:
08:00 AM
End Time:
04:00 PM
Member Fee:
$0.00
NonMember Fee:
$105.00
Speaker(s):
Kelley Szany
Department Max:
4
THIS COURSE MEETS THE FOLLOWING ILLINOIS STATE MANDATE(S)
Mandate
Mandate Hours
Scenario-Based Hours
Civil Rights
Constitutional Use of LE Authority
Cultural Competency
Human Rights
This dynamic 8 hour program has been designed to provide law enforcement officers with a compelling historical analysis of the Holocaust that serves as a framework for further exploration of the ways in which abuses of authority evolve over time and how the rights of individuals must be balanced with the need for societal protection. The Law Enforcement Democracy Initiative (LEDI) is a proven program that impacts how police officers consider empathy, ethics, and morals in their decision-making process. Participants will examine how changes in government policy and law shifted traditional functions of policing in German society to the implementation of human rights abuses and genocidal programs represented as national security and defense priorities. They will consider the effects these incremental policy shifts had on societal, occupational, and personal life, as well as the decision making of individual police officers during the Nazi era. Through examination of historical and contemporary case studies, students will consider the following issues: - Moral and ethical decision-making - Challenges inherent to the law enforcement profession - Responsibilities officers have to society and each other - Stereotyping and the abuse of authority - Empathizing and connecting with individuals - Current Hate Crime legislation, reporting considerations, and review of high profile hate crimes, including the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd cases Class will conclude with a Holocaust survivor's eyewitness recounting of events as they actually happened during the Nazi era. This program is conducted at the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Skokie, Illinois, so that attendees may get a better understanding of the scope and context of the information being presented, including a docent-guided tour of the Museum's compelling Karkomi Holocaust Exhibition. A box lunch will be provided for all participants. This program has been certified by the the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board. It is not reimbursable by the ILETSB.
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