Internal Affairs

Internal Affairs: Medical, Fitness for Duty, and Employment Considerations

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.

Medical information, fitness-for-duty concerns, disability, leave, performance, and discipline can converge in one difficult personnel matter. This course helps supervisors, command staff, and internal-affairs professionals separate the questions, understand the legal and operational considerations, and build a coordinated response. It examines documentation, confidentiality, communication, process, and the roles of leadership, human resources, counsel, and medical professionals. The focus is practical: protect the agency, support employees appropriately, maintain standards, and avoid decisions that create unnecessary legal or organizational risk.

Designed ForSupervisors, command staff & IA professionals

FormatOne-Day In-Person Course

Course AreaInternal Affairs

Course Focus

Medical and employment issues in internal affairsFitness-for-duty considerationsConfidentiality, documentation, and coordinationEmployee support and organizational 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

Internal Affairs: Medical, Fitness for Duty, and Employment Considerations

Practical Context Before the Next Decision.

Meet the Practitioners Leading This Course.

John String

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