Diverse, high-quality candidates are essential to any working environment—but for law enforcement, they are more critical than ever. From hiring trends and best practices to decertification tracking, join a panel of experts to examine the most pressing personnel issues facing law enforcement today.
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Envisage Technologies, a leading provider of public safety training management systems, announces a webinar series addressing NDI and Policing Crisis to begin June 17, 2020. With the current national policing crisis, Envisage Technologies is encouraging government and law enforcement leaders to block the rehiring of problem police officers through making the National Decertification Index (NDI) mandatory, standardized and more robust in every state, and accessible to all police departments across the country.
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Bloomington, Ind., June 11, 2020—Rapidly growing Envisage Technologies announced today that Ron Kasner has joined its Board of Directors. Located in the heart of the Midwest, Envisage provides software platforms and cutting-edge tools for more than 2 million emergency responders and public safety personnel.
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This webinar is part two of a four-part series entitled Mental Health in Law Enforcement – Diversity: Honoring Our Differences. Amy Morgan, a mental health professional and director of the Certified First Responder Counselor program, discusses how to appreciate differences in others and why it’s important to have diversity.
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Some federal programs give responder agencies money, goods, or training to further their stated mission. Others, like the Cooperative Purchasing Program put forth by the General Services Administration (GSA), allow the same organizations to benefit from federal spending power, giving them greater flexibility in when, where, and how their dollars are ultimately spent. Highly useful overall, this option may be of particular value where technology purchases are concerned.
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This webinar teaches how to build a work/industry culture that reduces mental health stigma, embraces training and education, and encourages exposure (chemical, biological, mental) tracking. Takeaways: -Tips for recognizing burnout and dangerous stress in yourself and others due to trauma -Standardizing processes for training and documenting exposure -Ways to build a culture of awareness
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The novel coronavirus known as COVID-19 is officially more than a scare. With a full-blown pandemic settling over the country, both public-facing and internal employees of public safety agencies are at particular risk in terms of infection and transmission.
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With COVID-19 disrupting classrooms across the nation, this is a crucial time for many agencies to prepare for moving classes and other training events online. Even though the long-term scope of these disruptions is hard to predict, organizations entrusted with public safety need to ensure they can continue training operations in the face of public health emergencies or natural disasters.
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Identity Access Management (IAM) has become a hot topic in information security circles for a reason: Without proper controls in place, digital systems risk major damage via the same accounts accessed by users. Non-technical management and other stakeholders should take particular care to follow these tips.
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A career as a first responder or caregiver can take a serious emotional toll over time. Amy Morgan, a mental health professional and director of the Certified First Responder Counselor program, explores the mental and emotional impact of service careers — including ways to manage anxiety and stress, and striving for a healthy work-life balance.
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