September 2019 John Lynkiewicz, Records Manager Colorado State Patrol Print PDF Often and unfortunately when it comes to resources, law enforcement records units do not fare well in the scramble for staffing or funding. Often because of the nature of what we do as a...
Edward Claughton, CEOPRI Management GroupAugust 2019 Print PDF While in the gym this morning, I overheard a man and a woman discussing last night's presidential debate. One of them said, "I just think she's easier on the eyes; how the person looks, I think, is just...
Brian Cash Director of Training June 2019 Download PDF Does your agency push a lot of paper? Print things out unnecessarily? Create files for records which are already in a system? PRI teaches a lot about the importance of establishing a records management plan. It...
Edward Claughton, President PRI Management Group July 2018 print PDF It's 2018 and yet another tech revolution is upon us. The question is will law enforcement make the changes necessary to traverse it correctly. It is astonishing how many police agencies are to this...
Edward Claughton, President PRI Management Group March 2018 Print .PDF Arrest forms. Booking records. Statements. Bonds. Affidavits. It's time our prosecutors' offices get with the times and start accepting electronic records. Across the country our court systems are...
Edward Claughton, President PRI Management Group November 2017 Collaborative reform. Consent decrees. The need for these is often based on issues that run deep within and throughout the agency, not on isolated problems that are one dimensional. They are matters which...
Edward Claughton, President PRI Management Group February 2017 Print .PDF In the past year or so, PRI has received several calls from agencies seeking grants related to converting to NIBRS through the NCS-X initiative. Accordingly, we are sharing the guidance we...
PRI Management Group August 2016 It's 2016 and we're still talking about police reports written in the 3rd person. After reading literally thousands upon thousands of police reports in our work as police records consultants and auditors, we've seen our fair share of...
Print .PDF Edward Claughton President, PRI Management Group July 2015 “No Records Clerk is going to tell me how to write a report!” That’s what one sergeant recently said to me during a records management assessment I was conducting for the agency. Resisting the...
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...
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