Internal Affairs

Fitness for Duty and Employment Risk: An Internal Affairs Workshop

Navigate medical, fitness-for-duty, disability, and employment issues in a way that protects the agency and supports employees.

Course Details

Course Overview

Practical Context Before the Next Decision.

This course addresses investigations and personnel actions involving medical conditions, fitness for duty, disability, leave, substance use, behavioral concerns, and performance. Participants learn a practical framework for managing these high-risk matters in a manner aligned with applicable law, contractual obligations, and agency policy, with emphasis on documentation and decisions that can withstand arbitration, litigation, and administrative review.

Designed ForSupervisors, command staff & IA professionals

FormatOne-Day In-Person Course

Course AreaInternal Affairs

Course Focus

Fitness-for-duty evaluations and return-to-work considerationsMedical leave, disability, accommodations, and Act 59Internal affairs and employment lawDocumentation, defensibility, employee rights, and accountability

Instruction

Meet the Practitioners Leading This Course.

Course leadership is matched to the subject and grounded in direct professional experience.

Founder

John String

John String is a public-safety executive and co-founder of Aspirant Consulting Group. He serves as Chief of Police and Director of Public Safety for Narberth Borough and previously served as a lieutenant and patrol watch commander with the Lower Merion Township Police Department. His experience includes staff and inspections, accreditation, field training, canine operations, policy, internal investigations, and organizational leadership. John holds graduate training in public administration and is a graduate of Northwestern University's School of Police Staff and Command, the MALEEDS Regional Command College, and the FBI-LEEDA Leadership Trilogy.

Executive Leadership, Internal Affairs, Policy, Accreditation, and Organizational Performance

Fitness for Duty and Employment Risk: An Internal Affairs Workshop

Practical Context Before the Next Decision.

Meet the Practitioners Leading This Course.

John String

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