Connect virtually with public safety leaders at this free three-day event. Gain actionable takeaways for improving your agency’s readiness, and explore topics such as standardization, security, and wellness.
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Listen toJonathan Wender (Polis Solutions), Michael Nila (Blue Courage), and Ari Vidali (Envisage Technologies) as they discuss what policing in the United States will look like in the coming years and how to facilitate positive change.
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View survey results rating law enforcement preparedness in the areas of hiring, training, data management, and demonstrating compliance in this infographic.
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In this webinar, Harris Co Fire Marshals Office talks about different strategies & tactics you can take to reduce risk.
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Trust between law enforcement and the communities begins with collaboration on the organization’s mission and continues with transparency throughout the policing process that leads to positive community outcomes.
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Law enforcement has never been an easy career. But the challenges have intensified in the last year, as police face controversial use-of-force incidents and resulting protests, in conjunction with an unprecedented pandemic. These ongoing crises have complicated matters for police departments across the country—even those that have had fairly good relations with their communities in the past. The long-term effects of these challenges have yet to be resolved, but one clear conclusion has evolved from a difficult 2020: The better you can integrate with the community, the better-off your department will be.
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According to some studies, the rate of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among first responders may be between 15 and 30%, up to four times the rate among the U.S. general population. Such a high statistic nearly guarantees that every first responder department will include people with PTSD, some of them possibly undiagnosed and therefore untreated. While PTSD takes its heaviest toll on an individual and that individual’s family, the impact of PTSD on an individual’s co-workers—their entire department, in fact—cannot be underestimated.
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Work-life balance is more than a buzzword or new-age human resources speak. Nowhere is this truer than in first response, where unique pressures and heavy workloads contribute to stress that could potentially costs dollars and lives.
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Hiring civilians for roles usually occupied by sworn law enforcement officers may help law enforcement manage costs during times of economic difficulty.
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Each year, the government collects and stores more and more sensitive information on citizens. We’ve all seen the frequent stories of major hacks and cyber-intrusions at government agencies. That raises the question: How confident can citizens be that their personal information can’t be accessed by someone like 100,000 cyber-espionage experts in the Chinese military, or similar cyber-specialists working for Russia, Iran and North Korea?
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