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The Brady List, Internal Affairs, and Collateral Damage (Enr

The Brady list obligation grows and grows in Massachusetts!

This half-day class explains where the Brady list started and how Massachusetts cases and recent changes to Massachusetts Rule of Criminal Procedure 14 have greatly expanded the Brady obligation.

For police chiefs, internal affairs investigators, police prosecutors, and union officials.

Get the answers about…

Where did the Brady list start?
Why officer untruthfulness in writing use of force reports led to:
o Brady disclosures despite superior court immunity.
o An SJC recommendation that juries should learn of these lies.
o A notice to the department’s chief for use in making personnel decisions.
How often will a Brady disclosure matter in a trial?
When will the jury will be informed of an officer’s misconduct?
Why a civil suit filing against an officer does not require a Brady disclosure.
Why a civil suit judgment (or criminal complaint) does get disclosed.
Why a DA should ask officers about their records of misconduct.
How a DOJ report on a department’s bad behavior became rules that:

o A DA must disclose a judge’s findings of poor credibility.

o A DA must clarify “nature and extent” of police misconduct.

o All officers present for misconduct get a Brady disclosure unless cleared.

What consequences may come from Long motions regarding officer bias?
The new Rule 14 and discovery of information “favorable to the defense.”
Who is a member of the prosecution team? Why IA investigators usually are not?
How can Rule 17 subpoenas get IA records? And what about public records?
Can an officer be terminated for placement on a Brady list?
Will POST deny recertification for being on a Brady list?
Collateral consequences with POST and MPTC for a Brady placement.
Can an officer get off the Brady list?

At the class, you’ll receive a guidebook and useful forms to assist you and your department!

Your instructor is John Peter Hoerr, an attorney, retired police captain, and internal affairs veteran with 40 years experience in municipal and campus policing.

Price per person: $160.

Call if you have questions, or register now below:

PACIT, INC.

John Peter Hoerr President & Principal Instructor jpeterhoerr@pacitinc.com

The Brady List, Internal Affairs, and Collateral Damage (Enr

The Brady list obligation grows and grows in Massachusetts!

PACIT, INC.

John Peter Hoerr President & Principal Instructor jpeterhoerr@pacitinc.com

The Brady List, Internal Affairs, and Collateral Damage (Enr

The Brady list obligation grows and grows in Massachusetts!

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