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SUMMARY:Seminar: What Keep Leaders Up at Night: A Captain's Playbook for Re
 ducing Liability Without Handcuffing Your Deputies
DESCRIPTION:Lawsuits don’t start in court. They start on an ordinary 
 Tuesday.\n\n\nFrom excessive force claims to training failures, most liabi
 lity exposure builds quietly through missed warning signs, undocumented re
 medial training, outdated policies, or patterns supervisors normalize over
  time. By the time it reaches the Sheriff’s desk, the damage is alre
 ady done.\n\n\nIn this candid session, Captain Joshua Staggs of the Walwor
 th County Sheriff’s Office and retired Captain Jeffery Smith of the 
 Orange County Sheriff’s Office will share what creates exposure at t
 he operational level and the lessons they’ve learned through their d
 ecades of service.\n\n\nCaptain Staggs will examine where liability exposu
 re often begins – initial field training. Early interactions between
  new deputies and their field training officers not only shape how deputie
 s develop but also impact agency culture and expectations. From there, he 
 will explore how risk can quietly compound over time if policy updates fai
 l to translate into behavior, training is completed but not absorbed, use-
 of-force trends go unnoticed, or corrective coaching goes undocumented. Dr
 awing on his experience, Staggs will outline the supervisory reviews, docu
 mentation practices, and training records that create a clear, defensible 
 record of leadership, supervision, and accountability when scrutiny comes.
 \n\n\nRetired Captain Smith will discuss what surprised him during litigat
 ion, how small inconsistencies can become patterns in court, and the diffe
 rence between hours trained and competency demonstrated. He will share wha
 t he wishes had been tracked differently and how agencies can avoid being 
 accused of “deliberate indifference.”\n\n\nThis session is not
  about micromanaging deputies. It’s about protecting them with the r
 ight processes and resources. Attendees will leave with practical steps to
  reduce exposure while preserving operational strength.\n\n\nhttps://nsaco
 nf.org
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DTSTART:20260610T180000Z
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