Parental Arrest Policies and Protecting Children: Training Your Department

On Wednesday, January 20, 2016, from 4:00 to 5:00 PM EST, the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), in collaboration with the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, will host a webinar, “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 discuss: •The impact of parental arrest on children •Implementing a policy to safeguard children of arrested parents in a police agency •Departmental roll call and in-service training options 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, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Department of Justice