Feb 11, 2021
Five Characteristics Your LMS Should Have
How does the LMS you’re evaluating stack up? Use this checklist to help determine if a particular LMS is up to the job of supporting your public safety organization.
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Feb 9, 2021
Before You Buy: Questions to Determine if You Can Trust a Software Company
These days, choosing a software system for public safety creates a long-term relationship. Make sure that the company creating your software is a good match and in it for the long haul too.
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Feb 4, 2021
Is Your System Optimized for Distributed Training and Blended Learning?
Public safety training occurs everywhere—in the classroom, online, and in the field. The modern distributed training environment demands a system that can support students and instructors wherever they may be.
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Jan 28, 2021
Supply Chain Security: Minimizing the Risks to Public Safety Systems
The software supply chain remains a major security risk for public safety systems. Vulnerabilities in your third-party vendor software, or even in their external vendor code, may expose your organization to compromise.
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Jan 7, 2021
Futureproof: Choosing software for today and tomorrow
Don’t make the mistake of selecting software just for today. Bet on companies, not individual technologies, for cloud-based, modular software that evolves with your organization, mission, and objectives.
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Dec 29, 2020
No More Silos: Using Software Across Multiple Departments
Technological barriers can result in inefficient and incomplete communication between departments or agencies, despite best intentions. Here are 5 things every agency should consider when selecting an interconnected system to promote easy data transfer.
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Dec 17, 2020
Why Agencies Should Avoid Open-source Training Software
What is good enough for general eLearning isn’t up to the demands of public safety or other government agencies. The strengths provided by a open-source training software are rarely the ones public service organizations need when they choose solutions that rank among the most important they will ever buy. Here’s why you should avoid them.
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Dec 15, 2020
5 Ways Point Solutions Miss the Mark for Public Safety
In public safety, point solutions can be appealing. But picking the best tool for a single job without considering your broader needs can create more problems than it solves.
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Nov 24, 2020
Measuring the Whole Person: How to Track Training, Education, and Performance to Ensure Readiness
Public safety employees must have a broad range of training and education before they can be considered ready for their chosen professions. Organizations looking to increase readiness need a system that will comprehensively measure training, education, and performance while avoiding information silos.
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Nov 12, 2020
Suicide Intervention
Listen to Amy Morgan, mental health professional and director of Academy Hour, identify possible signs of suicidal thoughts, and provide practical tools for the process of intervening when someone plans to die by suicide.
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