Learn how to reduce your legal risks, as John Murphy, Deputy Fire Chief (Ret.) and attorney, discusses the need for comprehensive and safe training, along with best practices in documenting training events.
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For public and private organizations, overcoming so-called “information silos” (practices and policies that inhibit efficient information sharing) is a major concern. In first response, where documentation is heavy and digital systems often serve as islands unto themselves, the sense of urgency is even greater. Acadis, a Training Management System (TMS) designed to streamline and automate training processes, can help responder agencies overcome an area of response work fraught with “siloized” information—especially when used alongside its suite of powerful modules.
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Who doesn’t love dogs? Canines could not be better at meeting human needs if they were designed that way — and their skills truly shine when placed in first response roles.
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In this webinar, learn how you can detect and prevent cheating by understanding the what, why, and how of creating a trustworthy exam process.
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Envisage Technologies, the leading provider of law enforcement and public safety training and compliance solutions, recently launched a significant update to their Acadis Readiness Suite training management software. This update enhances and adds new functionality that automates training assignments based on career roles, Workflow support for training operations, and marks the launch of the new Acadis Accounting module.
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In this webinar, Chief Clive Savacool and Gerry Roberts, J.D. reflect on recent scandals, discuss how agencies are reacting, and summarize the waves of litigation that cheating can create.
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In Texas, lawmakers recently passed a bill requiring high schools to teach their students how to interact with law enforcement. Similar measures may soon pass in New Jersey, and other states have passed laws adding traffic stop instruction to their driver’s education courses. While proponents of the courses say they are designed to inform students of their rights and increase the safety of law enforcement encounters, others contemplate whether the message is the right one.
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Correctional officers have been called “the unsung heroes of public safety,” as the rigors of institutional work can take a heavy toll on both mind and body. But while the physical and emotional impact of the job cannot be underestimated, one of the biggest threats facing correctional officers today is litigation. Thankfully, case law supports the notion that both officers and agencies successfully defend themselves against this threat using carefully-crafted policies, regular training, and thorough recordkeeping.
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Envisage Technologies, creators of the Acadis® Readiness Suite and FirstForward®—software solutions built to manage the complex training operations for law enforcement training environments—announced today that they have been named one of the “Top 20 Most Prominent Vendors” in Technavio’s Global Law Enforcement Software Market category. This list of current industry leaders, last compiled in 2016, is updated every five years.
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Failure to manage training records correctly cannot only upend a department’s ability to defend itself from criminal and civil claims, but can subject it to claims of spoliation. As the definition and consequences of spoliation continue to broaden, departments must ensure that their records management policies and systems are capable of providing them with the necessary layer of legal defensibility.
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