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Pittsburgh police purchase new systems and never implements them
Publicsource.org Jeffrey Benzing and J. Dale Shoemaker | March 21, 2018 Pittsburgh Police Chief Scott Schubert confirmed Wednesday for the first time that three police software systems the city paid for have never been implemented. Those systems are the same ones...
read moreDoes your prosecutors’ office require the “original”?
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...
read moreDenver police acknowledge errors with 1,000 crime reports, prompting internal investigation
By NOELLE PHILLIPS | nphillips@denverpost.com | The Denver Post PUBLISHED: January 23, 2018 at 7:46 pm | UPDATED: January 24, 2018 at 2:21 pm The Denver Police Department has discovered problems with 1,000 of its crime reports, prompting an investigation into who is...
read moreVancouver Police Hires PRI
By Katy Sword, Columbian staff writer Published: November 13, 2017, 6:01 AM The Vancouver Police Department is in the market for a new software program. Known as a records management system, the program in question manages police reports, police-related public records...
read moreTransforming a police agency one record at a time
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...
read moreAurora asks for dismissal of lawsuit over officer records given to imprisoned felon
Hannah Leone Aurora Beacon-News September 27, 2017 The city of Aurora and its former records manager are asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit alleging they released personal information on seven officers to a gang associate imprisoned because of their police...
read moreThe RegJIN Project: a major RMS project gone wrong
Edward Claughton President, PRI Management Group September 2017 Print .PDF $12.6M spent. $6M over budget. 4 years late. 43 law enforcement agencies impacted. Decline in service to the public. And most importantly, officer and citizen safety called into question. ...
read moreApplying for NCS-X Grants
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...
read moreProvidence police: Dept. clerk sold accident reports to chiropractor hunting for patients
By Amanda Milkovits Journal Staff Writer Providence Journal PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A clerk in the Providence Police Department’s records bureau is accused of illegally providing accident reports to a local chiropractor. Chief Hugh T. Clements Jr. said Rosmery Garcia, 36,...
read moreVT Supreme Court to decide if private emails/texts can be public record
By Morgan True, VTDigger.org MONTPELIER — Vermont Supreme Court justices peppered both sides with questions at a hearing Wednesday in a public records case with far-reaching consequences for government transparency. The central issue is the application of the state's...
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