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Certified Law Enforcement Records Manager

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Membership Justification

Why join: The benefits of membership

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Why Join?

The Institute provides records professionals with the knowledge, skills, confidence, and resources they need to advance their careers and reduce agency risk with a renewed sense of mission-driven purpose.

Through professional development and networking, the Institute ensures members receive the resources, training, and support needed to make an enduring impact on their careers and agencies they serve, and on public safety. Members will have access to exclusive content, special events, a job board, and an online forum to connect with peers about emerging trends, issues, technology, and questions regarding the challenges of compliance with the complex legal framework governing their responsibilities.

Achieving certification reflects the evolving role of records professionals as compliance leaders, quality control experts, and advocates for modern, efficient, and digital records practices. Certification provides:

Professional credibility backed by a national institute
Clear validation of specialized knowledge and leadership competence
A structured path for career development and advancement
Reinforces justification for higher job classification and pay

Certification Courses

Five on-demand courses required to obtain the CLERM Certification:
- » Command of the Records Unit
- » Executive Management of Records
- » Total Quality Management for NIBRS
- » Sealing & Expunging Records
- » Law Enforcement Records Inventory and Purge

IPSRM Access and Certification

Credentials will be sent via email upon purchase (check spam folder if necessary). If you have an existing PRI account, use the same credentials to log in.
All courses taken online at your own pace through the IPSRM website. Courses range from 1-4 hours. Total certification hours: 13
Each class has a student worksheet for note-taking.
Each class has an online 20 question quiz requiring 80% passing grade

course material

Each online course includes a worksheet for note-taking which is encouraged to assist with passing the quiz for each course. You will have access to the courses at any time.

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Pricing

There is a one-time certification fee upon purchase of the membership. An annual $99 certification maintenance and Institute access fee is charged annually per-member beginning the second year of membership.

Initial certification fee first member: $349
2nd member 25% off $261.75
3rd member 35% off $226.85
4th person (or more) 50% off $174.50

CLERM Membership

Certified Law Enforcement Records Manager

Designed for current or aspiring supervisors or managers, this membership provides access to the five on-demand courses required for achieving the CLERM Certification, as well as:

Certification certificate mailed to member
Digital certification badge for use on website and email signatures
Access to the member forum.
Access to member-only resources including sample records management policies, guides and tools.
Access to member-only events including The Records Room Live podcast, webinars, and free training sessions.
Access to post on and view the records Job Board to help with recruiting

See Overview and Pricing sections below for details and important pricing information.

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Additional Resources to Take Your Training to the Next Level

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Public/Open Records 101 for Officers

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Managing FIRE/EMS Records On-Demand

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Case Management On-demand Course

Receive a discounted on-demand version of our Case Management course to provide case management training to anyone in your department. This is a self-paced course with interactive scenarios, downloadable case management guides, and information about managing case status and disposition correctly, ensuring the proper change of RMS status options, and the procedures needed to correctly update cases. Learn how status and disposition fields in RMS function, how they impact NIBRS, and who should be authorized to change case statuses.

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Case Management Guide

This is a very helpful written guide to ensuring Case Status and Disposition is selected correctly in police reports/cases. These fields determine if the report is counted for NIBRS correctly, and if the case is eligible purging once the retention period has been met. Distribute to your personnel. Preview it here.

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NIBRS Offense Cheat Sheet

A great NIBRS coding, lesser included offense, and mutually exclusive offense cheat sheet and matrix. Share with your personnel. Preview it here.

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NIBRS Report Writing Manual

Designed for officers, supervisors and records personnel, this NIBRS report writing manual will guide your agency through writing, reviewing and approving NIBRS based police reports. Upon registering for the seminar, this manual will be emailed to you automatically. It is an editable MS Word document designed to be edited according to your department's procedures. Preview the manual here.

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Report Writing Guide

Get better quality, more consistent police reports with fewer mistakes. Great for new officers and FTO programs. Includes how to write a chronological, fact-based report with sufficient investigative details using proper grammar and sentence structure. Also includes sample report narratives, use of acronyms vs. names, and the importance of quality reporting. Preview the manual here.

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Records Unit SOP

Written for today’s modern operations, our policies actually represent how business is done today. This is a customizable policy that should be edited further to align with your departmental protocols. What’s inside: retention and destruction policy, report review and correction policy, release policy, duties and responsibilities, definitions, security of records. Upon registering, the policy will be emailed to you as a MS Word document which can be customized to your department's protocols. Preview the policy here.

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Records Management SOP

Reduce agency risk and get everyone on the same page with our comprehensive Records Management SOP. Upon registering, the policy will be emailed to you as a MS Word document which can be customized to your department's protocols. It includes policy governing records retention, release, security, access, and systems that can be customized to your department's protocols. Preview the policy here.

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Certification Guide and Pricing Details

Membership Justification

Overview

Why Join?

Certification Courses

IPSRM Access and Certification

course material

pricing

Pricing

CLERM Membership

REGISTER HERE:

Registration Details

Additional Resources to Take Your Training to the Next Level

We recommend these companion courses:

Public/Open Records 101 for Officers

Managing FIRE/EMS Records On-Demand

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Additional Resources

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