Corrections Resources

Jan 20, 2017

High-Stakes Testing: What Departments Must Know to Get a Step Ahead of Cheaters

With information easier to share than ever before—whether through e-mail, text messaging, social media, or otherwise—recent cheating incidents involving public safety professionals serve as a grim reminder that high-stakes testing procedures have not kept pace with advances in technology.

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Dec 14, 2016

Private-Industry Management & Training Corporation Selects Acadis® Readiness Suite for Training Management

Envisage Technologies announced today that it has been chosen by private-industry Management & Training Corporation (MTC) to implement the Acadis® Readiness Suite to replace their legacy training management systems for their corrections division.

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Nov 29, 2016

Envisage Launches Acadis® Mobile for High Stakes Testing

Envisage Technologies, creators of the Acadis® Readiness Suite—a software solution built to manage the complex training operations for first responder communities—announced today that they have begun offering a mobile application for Apple mobile devices. Acadis Mobile is available for download from the App Store.

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Oct 14, 2016

State of Michigan Restricts Out-of-State Law Enforcement Training to Include Only Nationally Certified Courses

The State of Michigan recently announced that they will only accept out-of-state training for law enforcement officers that has been credentialed by the National Certification Program (NCP). The International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training (IADLEST) launched the NCP, created with the primary goal of improving the quality of training provided to law enforcement officers.

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Sep 1, 2016

Cover Yourself: How to make training legally defensible

In this webinar, Gerry Roberts, JD defines legally defensible training and shares ideas for how to improve your training and record-keeping so that your records have the best chance of providing a solid defense in the event of litigation.

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Jul 6, 2016

Envisage Launches Premium Services Option to FirstForward® Training Network in the Form of FirstForward PRO

Envisage Technologies, creators of FirstForward®—the training network built exclusively for first responders—announced today that they have begun offering a premium service to the existing FirstForward framework.

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May 23, 2016

Records Management: A Means to Legal Defensibility and Cost Savings

The purpose of this report is to discuss how modernizing the way in which training and compliance records of officers are maintained can save department’s money while increasing an officer’s chances of being defended and, therefore, minimizing a department’s liability.

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May 19, 2016

County Corrections Partnership: Solving correctional problems within local government

In this webinar, William Wall and Bob Bass of Tennessee Corrections Institute discuss the County Corrections Partnership, in which TCI applies education-based approaches to solving correctional problems within local government.

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Feb 22, 2016

State of Tennessee Awards Envisage Technologies a Statewide Contract for the Acadis® Readiness Suite

Envisage Technologies announced today that the State of Tennessee has awarded them a pro-forma contract that adds the Acadis® Readiness Suite to the statewide software and services catalog.

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Apr 17, 2015

Adopting Agile in a Government Context

The rate of success for IT projects, as measured in time, budgets, and features, can be discouraging for government entities looking to invest in better infrastructure. By focusing on business value, identifying helpful features, soliciting client insight, and rethinking what is valuable, however, Agile software development methods are responsible for appreciably higher success rates.

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