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Leadership in law enforcement (and technology) still an issue
Ed Claughton August 2013 In a recent edition of The Records Room I mentioned an article about a failed police technology project in Pennsylvania in which the Chief displayed utter disregard for the concerns of his police officers. Granted, maybe there's more to the...
Baltimore Police spot error in counting city rape statistics
By Justin Fenton, The Baltimore Sun9:30 p.m. EDT, April 18, 2013 Baltimore police have been under reporting the number of rapes across the city this year, but officials described the problem as a data error and stressed that it did not affect the number of cases being...
Is Records Management Taken Seriously At Your Agency?
Edward Claughton July 2012 Print .pdf Is your police records unit undervalued? Are the employees who work there appreciated? Is the records management function one that is taken seriously? If not, then it's time to take an inventory of this important area of your...
New public safety dispatch system stays unplugged
Anne Arundel County will use old network until at least mid-March By SCOTT DAUGHERTY, Staff Writer Published 01/26/12 Anne Arundel County will not turn its new computer-aided dispatch system back on until at least mid-March, according to county's director of...
More crime stat troubles?
Police Chief says crime is truly down in Newport News Police Chief James Fox said he's working to fix discrepancies between state, city crime statistics. By Peter Dujardin, pdujardin@dailypress.com 247-474910:51 p.m. EDT, June 19, 2011 Dailypress.com Police Chief...
Are your crime stats accurate?
PRI Management Group Print .pdf Yes, crime stats and UCR are two very different things (more on that in a minute) and now more than ever it's time to be sure yours are correct. Has the media knocked on your door yet? Have your numbers been called into question even...
Police records accuracy and efficiency
PRI Management Group Print .PDF When police departments produce crime statistics which are inaccurate, whether through UCR or in-house reports, the impact can be felt on various levels (that is if the inaccuracy is discovered). Questions may come from the public,...
Leadership in Police Records Units
PRI Management Group Print. pdf If you have attended my Building a Model Police Records Section seminar you know that I am a fan of change. Change is a good thing so long as it makes sense and is needed. However problems can arise when change is made simply for the...
Today’s records management is everyone’s business
PRI Management Group Print .pdf There is no doubt technology is the driving force of law enforcement today. Information led policing and the use of advanced software programs has been the approach for some time now. Yet with it has come an unintended and not always...
So just how long should you keep your records?
PRI Management Group Print .pdf How long should you keep records and data? While the simple answer is refer to your state’s records retention schedules, the reality is there are several things to consider before destroying your agency’s information. This includes...