Top Changes in Policing in the 21st Century
“Do we want to police in the future the way we are policing today? I don’t think so,” Police Chief Jim Fox explains in a recent publication on policing trends. We want to highlight some of those trends here and find out where your police department falls when it comes to the integration of all […]
Data Analytics in Policing: the Rise of Predictive Policing
Businesses across industries are now looking at the value of analytics in analyzing patterns and predicting behavior from vast amounts of information available now that many corporations have gone digital. Police have become proactive as their mission has expanded to incorporate strategic measures. To that end, the rise of predictive policing has emerged and departments […]
20 Ways PD’s are Leveraging Technology in 2015
How are police departments across the country leveraging technology to create innovative solutions to their mission to keep streets safer, fight crime, close cases more quickly? With technological advances enabling organizations to do more with less, law enforcement is benefitting too. From license plates readers to text-a-tip to in-car computers/tablets, the options are growing by […]
iRecord Technology is Helping People, Saving Lives
It’s common knowledge that special victims units, SVU’s within police departments have their hands full with clients who may even be repeat victims of domestic, sexual or child abuse. What is less commonly relayed is the passion and dedication those detectives involved bring to each case, whether it’s the first time seeing the victim or […]
Want to Know More about the Recent iRecord/Microsoft Partnership?
Last fall iRecord and Microsoft announced an exciting partnership: the first Surface tablet designed to create digital video recordings of interrogations. One of the most crucial jobs of law enforcement is the ability to gather information. And a critical aspect of that is video. Video provides a fuller, better and more accurate understanding of the […]
Talking about Community-Police Relations and Technology
Technology isn’t just changing how law enforcement do their job in the field, but it’s also changing where they go to do their job. In addition, it’s changing how those in the community can help police do their job. In fact, technology is changing the way communities and law enforcement relate, in a positive way. […]
Tablets are the New Direction in the Digital Age for Law Enforcement
As industry after industry takes the digital dive, the demand for mobile tools that will improve productivity and efficiency grows. In law enforcement, a lightweight tablet in the hands of an officer means big gains. How so? You may be surprised. A recent article from Microsoft demonstrated how police in several parts of the world […]
Why PD’s Nationwide are Expanding their Mission to Include Proactivity
When your kids tell you that they want to grow up and be a police officer, they are going to need a whole lot more than responsiveness and decision-making skills to do the job. In 2015, policing has expanded to include more than the traditional reactive responsibilities such as “calls for service and crime investigation.” […]
How iRecord helps You Maximize your Interview Space
Are you getting the most out of your interviews? There are a variety of reasons as to why recording an interview will improve your process. Increased Transparency Observation of nonverbal behaviors Accountability of Interviewers Provides Support for Hiring Decisions Complements Lie Detector Tests Ensure Integrity within the Interview Process With the scrutiny the government and […]
How iRecord can Help You Meet Counselor Training Standards
The Council for Accreditation of Counseling & Related Educational Programs (CACREP) accredits master’s and doctoral degree programs in counseling. As a part of their standards, they write, “The development of program-appropriate audio/video recordings for use in supervision or live supervision of the student’s interactions with clients.” Recording is an essential aspect to any counseling program. […]