Feb 20, 2014
Meet disasters with ‘end-to-end’ preparedness
Disasters can strike anywhere and at any time. The process of planning for and evaluating these events, however, extends beyond the crisis in progress.
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Jun 27, 2013
The real cost of public safety compliance
This Infographic exposes the true costs of managing compliance paperwork for Police, Fire and EMS. Using the example of a State with 35,000 public safety employees.
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Jul 2, 2010
An Impossible Challenge? For Corrections, Solving Complacency Starts With Culture
A worrisome issue regardless of field, the challenges inherent to employee complacency grow even more dire in the corrections industry — a field where even minor oversights can lead to serious injuries and lost lives. Worse, because it is borne from biological processes we rely on every day, there is no failsafe approach to the issue and its associated problems. By instilling a mix of cultural and procedural change, however, facilities can give themselves the best possible chance against the problem manifesting in harmful ways.
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Feb 7, 2009
Striking the Balance: Security vs. Utility
Maximum security requires by definition a “closed system” whereas maximum utility requires “openness.” Is it possible to reconcile these two extremes? Can a highly secure system actually be easy to use? The security systems of the future must be highly convenient, largely transparent to end users, fully integrated across security domains, threat aware, and able to modify security policies “on the fly” in response to changing threat environments.
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Jan 1, 2003
Core Principles and Practical Applications of Law Enforcement Academy Automation
The need to accelerate academy throughput while increasing existing workloads by requiring trainees to absorb additional vital materials is putting significant strain on current systems and requiring academies to reevaluate everything from instructional approaches and learning delivery to logistics, budgeting and academy benchmarking. By outlining some best practices in both process and technology that have been implemented by several of the largest U.S. law enforcement academies, this white paper can serve as a reference point for academies facing today’s difficult challenges.
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