The Missouri Office of Prosecution Services will be hosting a free webinar on

Thursday, November 21, 9 AM to 10 AM

Writing a Probable Cause Statement:

The New Supreme Court Pretrial Release Rules

-- Presenting the Court with What It Needs to Know

Christian County Prosecuting Attorney Amy Fite will offer guidance for law enforcement on the new Missouri Supreme Court pretrial release rules, including instructions on how to write a detailed probable cause statement to ensure that the necessary information is shared with the Court. During this webinar, participants will learn which risk factors to include in the probable cause statement and what indicators may alert the Court to danger to the victims and the community and the potential risk of defendant’s failure to comply with Court orders.

The webinar will qualify for 1.2 hours CLE, POST credit is pending for 1 hour Legal.

FYI - It is best to use headphones or external speakers for the webinar as the audio tends to be clearer.

To register, please go to:

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7165071279038646785

You may need to cut and paste this link into your browser. If that doesn’t work, please try the link from our website at prosecutors.mo.gov/%20training

Please be sure to use your official/ agency email address to register. If you are law enforcement and do not have a secure email address, please let me know.

PLEASE NOTE Persons needing special accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act should notify MOPS at catherine.vannier@prosecutors.mo.gov or (573) 644-2409 on or before November 12, 2019.

The webinar is free of charge to prosecutors, prosecution office staff, law enforcement officers, victim advocates, adult protective services, department of mental health, probation officers, juvenile officers, juvenile court staff attorneys, children's division, medical professionals and children's advocacy center staff. All other similarly allied professionals must obtain prior approval from webinar organizers. Please contact catherine.vannier@prosecutors.mo.gov if you are not a member of one of the above listed professions.

Once we have approved your registration, the program will send you a confirmation email with the link to go to on the day of the webinar. Please be sure to retain this email. Please be specific as to your profession and agency in your webinar registration so that we can quickly approve your link.

Children's Division staff and Law Enforcement Officers please note that there are specific instructions for receiving POST & training certification for this webinar. Per our arrangement with the Children's Division training coordinators and DPS, you will be required to answer all polls during the webinar. These polls are most commonly silent polls so as not to interrupt the speaker during the presentation. Attendees must be watching at all times in order to answer the polls. If all polls are not answered, we cannot provide you with a POST certificate. Please be sure to answer all polls in order to get POST certification.

PLEASE NOTE: The poll feature required for Children's Division & POST does not work on iPhones, iPads, Androids, or other miscellaneous smartphone or tablet devices when accessing the website from the device's browser. Please access the webinar via a computer in order for the polls to work properly. GoToMeeting does have an app for Androids and Apple devices that some law enforcement have been able to successfully use and complete the polls. You may choose to try this route. However, please make sure to contact the webinar organizers immediately after the poll if there is any doubt that the poll feature is working, so we can count you as present and provide you with POST or other credit. It is best to view the webinar via computer.

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar. In order to make sure you are able to log on, please register at least 72 hours in advance of the webinar. If you do not receive a confirmation email, it has likely gone to your Spam or Junk Mail folder. Please add gotowebinars@citrixonline.com and mopswebinars@yahoo.com to your list of safe addresses.

Please do not reply to mopswebinars@yahoo.com as that address is not monitored regularly. Also, please do not reply to gotowebinars@citrixonline.com as this is not our email address, so we are uable to access anything sent here.

If you need assistance, please contact Catherine Vannier at catherine.vannier@prosecutors.mo.gov

Additionally, you will receive a handout of the PowerPoint PDF file the day of the webinar. If you do not receive the handouts in this time frame, it has likely gone to your Spam or Junk Mail folder. Please add catherine.vannier@prosecutors.mo.gov to your list of safe addresses.

If this is the first GotoWebinars webinar you will be participating in on a certain computer, please go to the following links to ensure your computer is compatible with the GotoWebinars system.

(1) To run a system check: http://support.citrixonline.com/en_US/gotowebinar/help_files/GTW110003?title=Test+Your+GoToWebinar+Connection

(2) To check your system and equipment:

http://support.citrixonline.com/en_US/GoToWebinar/help_files/GTW010004?Title=System+Requirements

Additionally, it is advised that you log on a few minutes early, if possible, in case you have problems with the link or the technology.

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