As the past five years have shown, community policing is more than a buzzword — it is a legitimate movement within the law enforcement world. As more agencies adopt the philosophy and its tenets, on-demand training will provide much of the content that makes topical training possible.
Changes in marijuana legislation at the state level reflect a highly challenging and contradictory enforcement landscape.
Ever since the first recognized mass shooting event in the United in 1949, a continued uptick in active shooter activity has left law enforcement agencies at all levels to rethink their approach—an outcome that could result in fewer injuries and lives lost. With this unpreventable and often unpredictable crime wave on their hands, agencies are adopting a variety of strategies to keep their communities safe.
Between their unique staffing model and tendency to work in rural areas, volunteer fire departments face many challenges unique among first responder agencies — and on-demand training’s strengths are perfectly suited to overcome them.
Across the country, public sector organizations have found themselves subjected to an ever-intensifying wave of financially and politically motivated cyberattacks. For responder organizations, taking preventative measures means saving money, protecting privacy, and maintaining public trust—making effective cybersecurity training for personnel a critical first step.
With an abundance of jobs and an increasingly optimistic outlook, the EMS industry’s growth shows no signs of slowing. In fact, most projections have this growth continuing into the mid-2020s. As the industry grapples with the ups and downs of protracted growth, cloud-based training management tools will prove an increasingly useful ally for the growing size and complexity of your organization.
In late 2016, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) quietly unveiled a project named AUDREY, otherwise known as the Assistant for Understanding Data through Reasoning, Extraction, and sYnthesis. Combined with NASA’s sterling public image, the experimental technology’s lofty goal and cutting-edge approach […]
Cooperation. Preparedness. Information sharing. These qualities and capabilities are what keeps governments at the federal, state, and local levels ready to confront the looming threat of terrorism — and changes made in the wake of the 9/11 attacks only prove their value.
For many, the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks is a time of deep remembrance. With the 17th anniversary drawing near and the 20th soon to follow, these seven statistics illustrate the sheer impact of the events — and the ways victims, responders, and their families continue to suffer nearly two decades removed.
Generic software is simple to use and built for a broad number of potential use cases, but that does not make it the best choice when choosing a training management system (TMS). The unique needs of public-sector organizations are best met by software built to serve the industry—a fact that holds both in the field and in the courtroom, where a lack of effective documentation can bring down even the most stringent training policies. This whitepaper will discuss the hidden and not-so-hidden downsides of “going generic” when considering a TMS by contrasting their value against purpose-built solutions, with topics that touch several aspects of first-response life: fieldwork, cybersecurity, certification, and learning exercises, among others.
