Expertise in Peace Officer Standards & Training (POST) Certifications

The Law Enforcement Solutions Group (LESG) team possesses extensive knowledge and a deep understanding of the implications of new police reform laws across the country, particularly in Massachusetts. Here, the new POST guidelines were implemented as of December 2020.

As of December 1, 2021, all law enforcement personnel in Massachusetts must now rely on specific statutes for the authority to use force, a significant shift from prior common law and constitutional law practices. The most recent police reform legislation mandates that law enforcement officers actively work to prevent excessive force.

This legislation further stipulates that if an officer is proven to have committed a violation of use of force standards, that officer shall be decertified as a police officer. Beyond this, the POST Commission has the authority to:

  • Monitor allegations of misconduct.
  • Demand information related to internal investigations.
  • Conduct its own independent

    POST Certification and Compliance

    The Division of Police Standards is mandated to investigate any law enforcement officer when sufficient or credible information is received regarding:

    • Officer involvement in an injury or death.
    • Suspicion of an officer committing a crime.
    • Officer engagement in conduct prohibited by statute.
    • Agency head recommendations for POST action, such as retraining, suspension, or decertification of an officer’s certification.

    Any officer whose certification is suspended has the right to a hearing with a POST designee within 15 days. Law Enforcement Solutions Group has attorneys on staff to assist any officer facing a POST suspension or decertification.

    Under the POST Statute, all law enforcement agencies are required to cooperate with POST and must themselves be certified by POST, establishing their own certification standards. Law Enforcement Solutions Group consults with police departments to ensure they are in compliance with all reporting guidelines.

    Human Exploitation and Trafficking / Expert Witness

    Police contact with human trafficking (HT) victims is a critical opportunity to disrupt exploitation and connect individuals with vital services. However, potential victims often don’t identify as such, deeply mistrust law enforcement, and grapple with significant psychological and addiction issues that police may not be equipped to address.

    The field currently lacks collaborative models that account for these complex dynamics at the point of police contact, leading to missed opportunities to help individuals still being exploited. There’s an urgent need to reimagine police contact as an opportunity to engage HT victims. This requires a radically person-centered approach grounded in collaboration between law enforcement and services, trauma-informed policing, and innovative service models. We have developed a successful model that connects HT victims with crucial services while also effectively prosecuting traffickers.

    Independent Officer-Involved Shooting (OIS) Reviews

    Law Enforcement Solutions Group provides independent OIS investigations that are conducted with transparency, fairness, and legality for all parties involved: officers, victims and their families, the criminal justice system, and the local community. Our OIS investigations are carried out impartially to maximize transparency, ultimately ensuring justice and community confidence in the determination.

    Law Enforcement Solutions Group has assets strategically located throughout the East Coast, enabling us to deploy, in most cases, within hours to incidents. This rapid response helps to alleviate perceptions of conflicts that can arise from internal investigations. Independent OIS investigations have become essential, and Law Enforcement Solutions is capable of providing municipalities with experienced OIS and homicide investigators at a supervisory and command level.

Law Enforcement Solutions Group consults with police departments to ensure full compliance with their reporting guidelines.

Human Exploitation and Trafficking/Expert Witness

Law enforcement contact with human trafficking (HT) victims is an opportunity to interrupt exploitation and link individuals to services. More often than not, however, potential victims do not identify as such, deeply mistrust law enforcement, and have psychological concerns and addiction that police are not equipped to address. The field lacks collaborative models that account for these dynamics at the time of police contact, resulting in missed opportunities to help individuals still being exploited. There is an urgent need to reimagine police contact as an opportunity to engage HT victims, requiring a radically person-centered approach grounded in law enforcement/services collaboration, trauma-informed policing, and a new services model. We  have developed a model where have been able to connect HT victims with services while successfully prosecuting traffickers.

Independent Officer Involved Shooting Reviews

Law Enforcement Solutions Group will provide independent OIS investigations that are conducted in a manner that is transparent, fair, and legal for the officers, victims their families, the criminal justice system, and local community. Law Enforcement Solutions Group will conduct OIS investigations in an impartial manner that maximizes transparency and ultimately ensures justice and community confidence in the determination.

Law Enforcement Solutions has assets throughout the east-coast and is able to deploy, in most cases, within hours to incidents to relieve the perceptions of conflicts of an internal investigation.

Independent OIS investigations have become essential. Law Enforcement Solution is able to provide municipalities with experienced OIS and homicide investigators at a supervisory and command level along with experienced attorneys who are not representatives of or affiliated with the involved agency.

Law Enforcement Solutions will provide a thorough and accurate OIS investigation that is imperative in determining whether formal charges or other administrative processes will follow for the involved officer(s).

Audits and Policy Review

Our staff is available for internal audits, review of policies and procedures, to include the drafting of new policies and procedures for your company or public safety agency.

Law Enforcement Solutions Group offers services in Spanish.

Law Enforcement Solutions Group is available to travel anywhere in the continental United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.