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color:#000099'>.</span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; color:#000099'>118th Annual Conference, Chicago, IL</span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; color:#000099'>October 22, 2011</span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; color:#000099'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; color:#C00000'>Supplemental Cases for Police Psychologists</span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; color:black'>Compiled by the AELE Law Enforcement Legal Center</span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; color:black'>Contact:</span><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#000099'> <a href="mailto:AELE@aol.com">AELE@aol.com</a> </span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; color:black'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:2.0in;text-indent:-.25in; line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; color:black'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; color:black'>Expert Opinions</span></p> <p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:2.0in;text-indent:-.25in; line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; color:black'>Eyewitness Identification</span></p> <p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:2.0in;text-indent:-.25in; line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; color:black'>Jails  Suicide Watch</span></p> <p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:2.0in;text-indent:-.25in; line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; color:black'>Stress Related  Officer Suicide</span></p> <p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:2.0in;text-indent:-.25in; line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; color:black'>Stress Related  Disciplinary Punishment</span></p> <p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:2.0in;text-indent:-.25in; line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:Symbol'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; color:black'>Further References</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; color:black'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center> </span></div> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>Note:</span></b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; color:black'> This outline was written after </span><u><span style='font-size: 13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue'><a href="http://www.aele.org/psych_mjm_2011.pdf">Marty Mayer s Legal Update</a></span></u><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; color:black'>. It only contains cases or items not discussed in his outline.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'>&nbsp;</p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#C00000'>Expert Opinions</span></b></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;color:black'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;color:black'>     Because an Administrative Law Judge neither adequately explained why he disregarded the opinion of the plaintiff s treating psychiatrist nor supported his conclusion that the plaintiff s cocaine use had materially contributed to her disability, the Seventh Circuit vacated the decision and remanded.   A treating source s opinion is entitled to controlling weight if it is adequately supported by objective medical evidence and [is] consistent with other substantial evidence in the record. If a judge discounts the opinion of a treating physician,  he must offer good reasons for doing so. <i><a href="http://www.aele.org/psych/harlin-astrue.pdf">Harlin v. Astrue</a></i>, #10-3258, 2011 U.S. App. Lexis 952 (Unpub. 7th Cir.).</span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;color:black'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#C00000'>Eyewitness Identification  Reliability</span></b></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;color:red'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;color:black'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The American Psychological Association has filed a  friend of the court brief in the Supreme Court, supporting the appeal of a criminal defendant.&nbsp; The brief claims that false identifications are a common occurrence and that the traditional tools of the adversary system cannot be relied upon to overcome the prejudicial effect of incorrect eyewitness identifications. APA Brief, <i><a href="http://www.aele.org/apa_eyewitness.pdf">Perry v. New Hampshire</a></i>, #10-8974 (2011 Term).</span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'>&nbsp;</p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#C00000'>Jails  Suicide Watch</span></b></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A pretrial inmate claimed that the sheriff and jail superintendent violated his right to due process by confining him in segregation on  suicide watch for over two years. His §1983 claim failed because they did not intentionally disregard a substantial risk to him by adhering to a psychologist s recommendations. <i><a href="http://www.aele.org/miller_hertz.pdf">Miller v. Hertz</a></i>, #10-1127, 2011 U.S. App. Lexis 10202 (Unpub. 7th Cir.).</span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;color:red'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#C00000'>Stress Related Claims  Officer Suicide</span></b></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The widow of a 40 year-old police detective lieutenant who killed himself claimed that the agency</span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria Math","serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%'>s suicide prevention training was inadequate and that further training would have mitigated the risks of police officer suicide. She failed to allege that the defendants knew of the inadequacy and wantonly withheld adequate advice or training.&nbsp; <a href="http://www.aele.org/walsh_ncpd.pdf"><i>Robischung-Walsh v. Nassau County Police Dept</i>.</a>, #10-1596-cv, 2011 U.S. App. Lexis 8856 (Unpub. 2nd Cir.).</span></p> <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%'>&nbsp;</p> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C00000'>Stress Related Defenses  Disciplinary Punishment</span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:8.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In a case where a NOPD officer was fired for not giving an I-A statement due to acute stress, the Civil Service Commission ordered reinstatement. If management believed that the officer was a malingerer, it should have followed its own procedures and instructed the officer to present himself for a medical examination by a doctor of the city s choosing. Reinstatement was conditioned on a qualifying medical exam. </span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:8.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On appeal, a three-judge panel affirmed, writing that  in light of the evidence that [the officer] suffered from a debilitating psychological condition that prevented him from performing his duties as a police officer, it does not appear that the CSC abused its discretion or acted in an arbitrary or capricious manner in conditioning the officer's return to duty on a medical clearance. <i><a href="http://webservices.lexisnexis.com/lx1/caselaw/freecaselaw?action=OCLGetCaseDetail&amp;format=FULL&amp;sourceID=bdihfj&amp;searchTerm=iacD.OKNa.ZCaS.DacZ&amp;searchFlag=y&amp;l1loc=FCLOW">Allen v. Dept. of Police</a></i>, # 2009-CA-1375, 2010 La. App. Lexis 1112, 44 So. 3d 912 (4th Cir.).</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C00000'>Further Reference  2011 Articles</span></b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C00000'> </span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; color:black'>(<i>Chronological</i>)</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:8.0pt; line-height:115%'> </span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; color:black'><a href="http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/naylor/CPIM0111/index.php#/28">Psychological Factors after Officer-Involved Shootings</a>, Jan. 2011 <i>Police Chief</i>, p. 28</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; color:black'><a href="http://www.aele.org/law/2011-05MLJ201.html">Military Leave--Part One</a></span><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>, </span></b><span style='font-size: 13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>2011 (5) AELE Mo. L. J. 201.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; color:black'><a href="http://www.aele.org/law/2011-06MLJ201.html">Military Leave--Part Two</a></span><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>, </span></b><span style='font-size: 13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>2011 (6) AELE Mo. L. J. 201.<a href="http://www.ccthomas.com/details.cfm?P_ISBN13=9780398079147"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'> </span></a>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt; margin-left:0in;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.aele.org/law/2011-06MLJ501.html">Videotaping and Police Behavior</a>,<i> </i>2011 (6) <span style='color:black'>AELE&nbsp;Mo. L. J. 501.</span></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.aele.org/law/2011-11MLJ201.html">Medical Marijuana and Public Safety Personnel</a>, 2011 (11) AELE Mo. L. J. 201.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:115%'>&nbsp;</p> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center> </span></div> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:9.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Updated 17 Oct. 2011</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:13.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.ccthomas.com/details.cfm?P_ISBN13=9780398079147"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>&nbsp;</span></a></span></p> </div> </body> </html>