NCJ Number
124526
Journal
Law Enforcement Technology Volume: 17 Issue: 5 Dated: (May 1990) Pages: 40-41
Date Published
1990
Length
2 pages
Annotation
To assist police agencies in defending against liability for the inadequate training of officers involved in injurious behavior, this article offers practical suggestions for documenting training and suggests legal bases for the admission of such documentation into evidence.
Abstract
Suits charging that police agencies were negligent in not providing the training necessary for an officer to avoid illegally injurious behavior requires that police agencies be able to document the training that each officer has received. Such documentation should confirm the training subject matter, identify instructors and their credentials, establish registration information for each trainee, show each officer's attendance, indicate test scores, and establish records of any other information pertinent to the training and performance of each officer. Under Rule 803(6) of the Federal Rules of Evidence, "records of regularly conducted activity" are admissible. The appeals court in In Re Aircrash in Ball, Indonesia on April 22, 1974, ruled that training records fit this category.