Prosecution & Recovery: Working Within The Civil & Criminal Syst

Presented by Dana Turner and Sam Ott

This CD ROM will be available after January 25, 2010.

Are you your institution's Security Officer? If you are, you likely have had some involvement with your community's justice system -- and working within our nation's justice system can be a trying and unrewarding exercise if you don't know how it works. This presentation will show you the inner workings of the justice system -- and how you can use this system to resolve security issues more rapidly and effectively. This information will help you make appropriate decisions in the majority of circumstances that involve your potential interaction with our justice system's three (3) primary components:

Law enforcement (e.g., police, sheriff, marshal, FBI, IRS and Postal Inspector)

Courts (e.g., Small Claims, Justice, Municipal, Superior and U.S. District)

Corrections (e.g., probation and parole)

Like any democratic government process, our justice system provides for a system of checks and balances -- to ensure that power is shared among the components. The components don't always share the same goals and they often appear to be in conflict with one another. This is the result of our system being an "adversarial" one -- where everything is tested and nothing is taken at "face value" -- and every fact is validated before a representative of any of the components is permitted to act. It's a cumbersome and tedious system that is designed to prevent or identify potential mistakes before any harm is done. If you are your institution's Security Officer, you must become knowledgeable in dealing with these components -- and their related processes. Failure to understand how "the system" works may cost you and your institution unnecessary time, resources and money.

Presentation Topics

Introduction

Justice System Components

Critical Documents

Your Strategic Plan

Establishing Prosecution Priorities

Reporting & Prosecuting Authorities

Summary

Presentation Objectives
This presentation is designed to help you:

Determine each justice system component's duties and responsibilities -- legal, moral and ethical -- and those components' compatibility with your institution's objectives

Comply with laws, rules and regulations -- and emerging practices -- affecting industry standards of care for investigators

Develop an investigation policy and procedure that makes the best use of your institution's resources

Locate and understand the significance of the investigator's primary resources for prosecuting and suing offenders

Present reports and evidence that will likely be examined in either civil or criminal actions

Determine how you can apply proven methods for recovering lost funds and property

Presentation Audience

Security Officers

Security Assistants

Auditors

Human Resources Managers

Compliance Officers

Presentation Tools

Workbook text

Sample investigative report

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Sam D. Ott is an attorney who specializes in banking and is of counsel with Phillips Murrah P.C. Prior to entering into private practice, Sam was Executive Vice President of Glia Group, Inc., the originator of BankersOnline.com. He was previously General Counsel and Secretary of the Board of BancFirst Corporation and BancFirst. Before his association with BancFirst, Sam served as Assistant General Counsel for The First National Bank and Trust Company of Oklahoma City and General Counsel for both First Interstate Bank of Oklahoma and Boatmen's Bank of Oklahoma.

Dana Turner is a security practitioner based in Pipe Creek, Texas. Dana has served as a law enforcement officer in several capacities -- including the investigation of business and banking crimes -- and he is celebrating his 38th year of crime and emergency services. As a speaker and conference facilitator, Dana has delivered thousands of platform, telephone and Internet presentations. He has designed and participated in continuing education programs offered by state and national banking and credit union associations, state and federal examining and law enforcement agencies -- and state and national security, audit and human resources organizations. Dana also served as the primary business continuity instructor for the FFIEC for several years.