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Professionalism is the KEY
The best way to minimize law enforcement liability exposure is to proactively maximize the level of agency professionalism. By focusing on professionalism, an agency can reduce, or eliminate, the root causes of liability, while simultaneously providing a higher level of law enforcement services to the community served.

Law Enforcement Risk Management (LERM)
LERM is accurately assessing and responsibly managing the foreseeable risks of providing law enforcement services, analyzing how these risks can be controlled, providing risk transfer mechanisms where feasible, providing competent management practices to reduce the risk exposures, providing training and resources to all agency levels, including the street officer, and carefully managing the aftermath of potentially liability generating incidents.

LERM is Not Just "Scare Tactics” Without Solutions
LERM is more than mere “scare tactics” to coerce an agency into taking some form of action. An agency cannot be prohibited from taking some form of action without providing the agency with realistic alternatives for achieving their goals.

The Importance of Information
The single most important answer to LERM is information - accurate, up-to-date, and thorough information. Being served with a lawsuit is NOT the best time to learn that you have an exposure within your agency. Or, finding out at trial that you have the WRONG expert - is not a pleasant experience. Accurate, thorough, competent information is the backbone of effective law enforcement risk management.