What is the Garrity Law?

In short, under the Garrity rule, a public employee has the right to be silent if any statements he is compelled to provide to his employer could be used against him in a subsequent criminal proceeding.

How important is administrative controls in the police service?

Administrative controls do not remove the hazards, but rather change the work behavior of employees to limit or prevent exposure to hazards. These controls are used in conjunction with other control methods and assume that a particular hazard can’t be eliminated so must be tolerated.

What is lybarger warning?

A Lybarger warning general consists of an order requiring the officer to answer questions, the threat of discipline for non-compliance, and the promise that the use of the statement will not be used against the officer in any criminal proceeding.

What circumstances trigger an employee’s Garrity rights?

Garrity applies only when public employees are asked legitimate job-related questions by superiors and when the answers may incriminate them in a criminal matter. A firefighter in a Garrity situation has the right to remain silent, but only to the extent he or she is not ordered or compelled to answer questions.

What are some examples of administrative controls?

Some specific examples of administrative controls include:

• Performing maintenance operations that involve toxic substances at night when the usual production staff is not present.
• Rotating workers through various job assignments so that they do not develop repetitive motion injuries.

Are procedures administrative controls?

Administrative controls are training, procedure, policy, or shift designs that lessen the threat of a hazard to an individual. Some common examples of administrative controls include work practice controls such as prohibiting mouth pipetting and rotating worker shifts in coal mines to prevent hearing loss.