This six-part webinar series explores the keys to building and managing tomorrow’s police department. Critical conversations examine hiring practices, how to choose the right mission focus, why culture matters, striving for transparency, data-driven leadership, and more. It’s everything you can do now to ensure success tomorrow.
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Bloomington, Ind., August 12, 2020—Envisage Technologies is pleased to announce that Bob Koenig has joined its management team as EVP of Sales. With a proven track record of building successful, high performance sales teams and vast knowledge of the public safety industry, Koenig will be a powerful force to help expand Envisage’s software solutions to a broader market.
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Modern theories of effective hiring and promotion aim to start with the outcome in mind: keeping the agency’s mission at the forefront, and looking for traits that will contribute to the underlying strategies needed to achieve that mission. This article looks at recent changes in the U.S. Army’s approach to promotions and other personnel decisions, and how similar data-driven decision-making can help public safety organizations looking to identify and reward effective leaders within their ranks.
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As the potential for police misconduct comes under greater scrutiny, the burden of monitoring and reporting such behavior often falls on fellow officers. This article offers some tips on how to responsibly report concerns, and how the right internal affairs case management and training tools can help organizations respond.
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On a Mission – The purpose of law enforcement is to maintain social order and peace. But what does that look like for your police force? These experts examine how mission drives everything, from effective policies to compliance protocol.
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As the nation debates what role the police should play in the 21st century, departments are reassessing their hiring processes. Envisage invited Dan Zivkovitch to speak on hiring best practices, as part of an ongoing webinar series on Leading through the Policing Crisis. Read on to see the lessons he shared about how you can hire the right people for your department.
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Check out this series of recorded webinars about public safety agencies’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as their ideas for the future.
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Every organization wants the best personnel they can find. While law enforcement is no different, they face unprecedented levels of scrutiny for their hiring—and firing—decisions. Few know more about this than Roger Goldman and Dan Zivkovich.
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As the nation debates the role of police in the community, efforts are underway to redefine the concept of qualified immunity and expand the degree to which public safety organizations are held accountable for the actions of their personnel. This paper traces the modern evolution of failure-to-train lawsuits against law enforcement and other public-sector entities, which effectively begins with 1989’s City of Canton v. Harris. From there, the legal concept of failure-to-train becomes a labyrinth of rules and procedures, with more changes on the horizon. Still, some key factors remain essential to organizations seeking both to prevent misconduct and to defend against allegations. One is effective and continuous training, and another is comprehensive, accurate, and easily accessible data recording that training. This paper presents a compelling case for the twin roles of training and documentation in the ever-shifting environment of public safety.
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Public safety will look different in the future, and it will look different place to place. But across the board, Envisage Technologies is built to help leaders keep their promises and offer answers that matter.
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