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 Export to Your Calendar 6/10/2026
When: Wednesday, June 10, 2026
3:00 - 4:00 pm EDT | 12:00 - 1:00 pm PDT
Where: Zoom
United States
Contact: aellison@cogel.org
(916) 329-1890


Online registration is available until: 6/10/2026
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“I’m not trying to make you nervous; it’s just my job”: Interviewing and Investigating the Public Employee

This session will provide guidance and instruction on lawfully questioning public employees during ethics and other public integrity investigations. Attendees will learn how to apply legal doctrine to real life scenarios and make correct decisions before the first question is asked.

Please note: There will be a Q&A section. There will not be breakout rooms.

Speaker & Moderator

Osvaldo Ramos

Master Seargent, Miami Beach Police Department

Master Sergeant Osvaldo Ramos is an accomplished law enforcement professional currently serving with the Miami Beach Police Department, with extensive experience investigating public corruption, complex criminal conduct, and misconduct by public officials. Over the course of his career, he has conducted and supported sensitive investigations involving abuse of office, bribery, fraud, and other violations of public trust, frequently working in close coordination with prosecutors and oversight entities. His investigative experience includes service on multi-agency task forces, including collaborations with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Sergeant Ramos has dedicated a significant portion of his career to training investigators, prosecutors, and oversight professionals, delivering practical instruction grounded in real world investigative experience. His training—delivered both domestically and internationally —focuses on the unique challenges of public corruption cases, including allegation assessment, investigative strategy, evidence development, the use of records and financial data, interview and interrogation considerations, and presenting cases for prosecution in high profile and politically sensitive environments.

Michael P. Murawski (Moderator)

Executive Director, City of Naples Commission on Ethics and Governmental Integrity

Michael P. Murawski has served as the Executive Director of the Commission on Ethics and Governmental Integrity since June 2021. As the very first Executive Director of the Ethics Commission, Mr. Murawski is responsible for establishing the framework for how the office operates including drafting the ethics code and any amendments thereto. He developed administrative policies and procedures, conducts ethics training for public officials, employees and lobbyists and runs the day-to-day operations of the office. Prior to becoming the Executive Director, Mr. Murawski served as the “Advocate” for the Miami-Dade County Commission on Ethics and Public Trust for over twenty years. In that position, he created and oversaw the enforcement unit, prosecuted hundreds of ethics complaints, and conducted numerous investigations. Mr. Murawski graduated from St. John’s School of Law in 1987 and served as an Assistant District Attorney in Kings County, Brooklyn, New York for five years. In 1992, he moved to Florida and served as an Assistant State Attorney in Broward County until 1994. He was in private practice as a criminal defense attorney from 1994 to June 2000 when he joined the Miami-Dade Ethics Commission as their very first Advocate. In addition to his law degree, Mr. Murawski has a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Florida International University and has been a Certified Fraud Examiner since 2007. He is admitted to practice law in New York and Florida.

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