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The International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement (IADLEST) is developing cutting-edge legal training resources designed to support constitutional decision-making for law enforcement professionals. The training resources will be free, available to any officer, and ideal for basic academy settings, field training, in-service, or roll call.
Constitutional Policing is defined as policing conducted within the parameters of the U.S. Constitution and informed by state constitution(s) and federal and state court decisions, which together define roles and responsibilities of law enforcement agencies and personnel in terms of everyday practices.
IADLEST seeks examples from the field to help build the project team’s understanding of what resources are currently being used to train officers in constitutional authority. U.S.-based law enforcement agencies and trainers are invited to contact the project team if they have resources that they are willing to share. We are specifically seeking examples of lessons, practical exercises, scenarios, job aids, videos, and other training tools focused on understanding constitutional authority, parameters, and responsibilities.
About the Project
In 2022 IADLEST received funding from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance to provide training support to the nation’s law enforcement agencies on topics related to constitutional policing.
The project goal is to provide free training resources that increase the competence and confidence of officers related to their constitutional authority, parameters, and responsibilities. This includes strengthening officer understanding about the constitutionality of daily decisions they make.
The project team invites people who are interested in learning more about this project, sharing constitutional policing resources, or discussing what types of training resources would be most beneficial to the field to contact the Project Manager Dianne Beer-Maxwell at Dianne@iadlest.org
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