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Seminar LDSHP5.1: Understanding What Real Risk Management Is All About

Saturday 3:15 PM - 5:15 PM

Room: 208

Tragedies occur in every occupation and profession. Preventing tragedy requires understanding the difference between proximate causes and “problems lying in wait”—sometimes for years—that go ignored and lead to the given tragedy. In this engaging session, explore the difference between proximate causes and root causes, and provide strategies for recognizing problems lying in wait. Building on this foundation, the presentation will explore the specific risks facing law enforcement agencies. The 10 Families of Risk, which can be used to categorize all the risks facing law enforcement operations, will be introduced to attendees and they will learn to recognize the real risks they face in each of these families and the importance of active control measures to prevent problems from occurring. Risk Family Four – Organizational Risk Management is the most important in law enforcement. And within this family there are five main root causes of risk: people, policy, training, supervision and discipline. Each of these issues will be addressed and proven control measures to address the risks involved will be provided. You’ll be shown how to recognize, prioritize, and mobilize by using examples from “similarly situated” agencies. By the end of the program, the attentive attendee will be able to: 1. Identify potential problems lying in wait in his/her respective Sheriff’s Office operations; 2. Identify and implement effective control measures to address these problems; 3. Enhance the feedback loop to prevent future similar problems from occurring; 4. Learn from the mistakes of “similarly situated” law enforcement operations around America and the world; 5. Apply an expanded level of knowledge regarding real risk management to his/her specific Sheriff’s Office operations.

SPEAKERS

Gordon Graham, Co-Founder, Lexipol, Long Beach, CA