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Category: Risk Management
The Importance of the First-Line Supervisor in Public Safety Agencies
Too many agencies fail to properly prepare supervisors for the job
4 Factors That Can Provoke Media Scrutiny of Public Safety Agencies
Your agency may only be minutes away from reputational damage or an expensive lawsuit
Learning from Mistakes – Before They Become Tragedies
We must develop non-punitive close call reporting systems that allow us to learn from each other’s mistakes
Proceed with Caution: Using Risk and Needs Assessments in Probation
RNAs are a valuable tool for assessing recidivism risk, but probation officers must be aware of their limitations and use them carefully
Why Public Entity Risk Pools Should Strive for Consistent Law Enforcement Policies
Differences in policies across the pool can create a liability risk
3 Stages of Public Safety Training
After the academy, is your department’s training program effective?
Good Public Safety Policies Support Good Public Safety People
Without effective policies, even excellent workers will make serious mistakes
Making Public Safety Performance Evaluations Work
Done right, performance evaluations can reduce lawsuits and enhance employee knowledge of core critical tasks
Performance Evaluations for Public Safety: Sowing the Seeds of Risk?
An annual performance evaluation is an excellent risk management tool—but only if your agency takes the process seriously.
Evaluating the Probationary Employee
Proper use of the probation period will help prevent your organization from making poor hires.
Responding to Jail Deaths: Initial Steps
A thorough jail death review seeks answers and gets to the root cause of why a death happened.