Agencies can face a crisis of faith and trust at any given moment – it’s not a matter of if, it’s a matter of when. But how do you build back trust and connection with your community? In this webinar, instructors will share best practices based on their “Pathways to Trust” article to highlight ways to measure community sentiment, what to do when there is a critical incident resulting in a loss of trust, and more.

In 2012 the state of Georgia faced a significant budget crunch. Needing to slim down expenses, the State Board of Pardons and Paroles offered a radical proposal to the governor: they would do away with a significant amount of office space and move to a nearly fully remote team. The State Board of Pardons and Paroles remains a state agency. The Dept. of Community Supervision is a separate agency created in 2015 to supervise offenders in the com...

For any team to succeed, there must be a significant degree of trust which allows them to perform at their highest level. Most leaders want a well-functioning and high-performing team. But the process to get a team to that level involves a common denominator for any high-performance team: trust. Without creating a culture of trust, a team and organization will not reach it highest potential. Let’s consider Abraham Maslow’s hierarch...

The IJIS Institute is excited to announce an upcoming XML training, scheduled for January 30th, 2023, from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm (EST). The training—XML Basics for NIBRS—is designed to help law enforcement agencies, their technology service providers, and state Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Programs improve the process for transmitting reported crime data. As you know, the FBI transitioned law enforcement crime data reporting to the N...

The annual Trial Lawyers Summit is a unique gathering of America's most outstanding civil plaintiff and criminal defense lawyers. Offering various networking opportunities and informative sessions, the Trial Lawyers Summit provides attorneys the chance to improve their trial skills and business management. Packed with compelling speakers, valuable conversations, exclusive social functions, and plenty of opportunities to enjoy catered meals and...

With a new year comes new goals, priorities and challenges for stakeholders involved in Homeland Defense and Security for the United States. This senior and expert-led Summit will highlight the ongoing efforts to empower knowledge sharing and collaboration with those across the Military, Defense, Law Enforcement, Industry and Academic sectors at the local, state and national level. Recent developments have highlighted the need for technology,...

Police departments nationwide struggle with recruiting diversity to their sworn law enforcement positions. Chief Ken Clary and Sergeant Howard Banks (Bellevue, NE Police Department), will discuss a new approach to this long-term issue, as well as action steps implemented within their Department, which have led to positive change. From giving up control of messaging, to creating a team working towards a common goal, they will give specific exam...

When the term “Next Generation 911” is heard, we often think about changes in technology. What isn’t thought about is how the Next Generation of 911 is not only about adapting to new technology, but new practices and models of training, retention, hiring, and other personnel-related matters in the center and the shifts we’ve seen so far. In this webinar, we’ll take a look at how personnel systems put in place duri...

Understand how a powerful, yet flexible analytics platform like Tableau enables Police Departments globally to address crime more effectively and better manage internal operations.During this informative webinar, we will showcase how a police department of any size, shape, and geography can leverage its own Computer Assisted Dispatch (CAD) and Records Management System (RMS) data to identify patterns and trends in crime to enable a scenario ap...

This is the second of a two-part webinar that addresses a major problem in corrections, specifically the manipulation of correctional staff by criminal offenders. All correctional staff, including juvenile and adult institutions, and community corrections (probation and parole), are targets for the offender manipulator. Also targeted are people who try to help offenders and staff programs, mental health, substance abuse, volunteers, chaplain...