Law enforcement’s current space in the public eye makes systems like these especially vital, but the same idea applies in other industries. The more you know about an employee’s work and training history, the more likely you are to catch and address problems early.
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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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Unwarranted use-of-force incidents and other examples of police misconduct do lasting damage to communities and police departments. Public anger and erosion of police credibility make it harder for good cops to do a good job, creating an increasingly dangerous environment for both police and civilians. In this whitepaper, you’ll find strategies and specific actions you can take or encourage in your police department to prevent officer misconduct, destructive scandals, and damaging lawsuits from the start.
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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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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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Growing calls for police reform include the creation of a more universal standard to prevent the hiring of officers who have previously been dismissed for misconduct. Efforts are underway to improve uniformity, participation, and access to the existing National Decertification Index in order to keep decertified officers from returning to law enforcement.
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Envisage Technologies announces the addition of integrated internal affairs case management functions to the Acadis Readiness Suite, a training and compliance system that is the gold standard for public safety leaders. This new functionality helps agencies add, track, and manage cases that may require formal investigation – including complaints, use-of-force claims, and employee misconduct.
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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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An “elephant in the room” for many well-intentioned departments, racial bias is extremely sensitive as a topic — and extremely serious as a potential threat to an agency’s stability. For departments, newfound awareness is key to avoiding embarrassing or damaging outcomes, and training – combined with enhanced delivery and documentation tools – can help get there.
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Law enforcement, firefighting, emergency medicine, and corrections are fields often marked by interactions with “difficult” people. Whether their bad behaviors come as the result of a personality disorder or simply a bad day, communications techniques like active listening and de-escalation may be what responders need to provide adequate service—and avoid unpleasant outcomes, such as unnecessary use of force.
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