Join the IACP and BJA Webinar – Parental Arrest Policies and Protecting Children: Training Your Department
Please join the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), in collaboration with the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), on Wednesday, January 20 from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. ET for a webinar on “Parental Arrest Policies and Protecting Children: Training Your Department.”
Webinar panelists will provide training guidance for police departments on parental arrest policies that safeguard children. Resources will be shared that can be utilized for roll call training in police agencies nationwide. Presenters will also discuss the impact of parental arrest on children.
The webinar will feature insights from the following panelists:
- Brendan Cox, Chief of Police, Albany, New York Police Department
- Ann Adalist-Estrin, Director, National Resource Center on Children and Families of the Incarcerated at Rutgers University Camden
- Denise O’Donnell, Director, BJA
More information on best practices in arrests involving children and parents, check out the Safeguarding Children of Arrested Parents training video. The video, created with support from BJA NTTAC, outlines why arrests that involve parents and children bring unique challenges that require officers to use a set of best practices.
Parental Arrest Policies and Protecting Children: Training Your Department