training
criminal law vs. NIBRS: Accurate Coding of Offense Reports
Who Should Attend:
- Records personnel
- Crime Analysts who do NIBRS reporting
- Anyone who approves, reviews, or codes reports
- Crime Analysts who use NIBRS stats for data-driven analysis
- Law enforcement and support personnel who do NIBRS reporting
Overview
The difference between criminal law definitions and NIBRS offense definitions requires understanding the importance of reconciling state statutes/codes and NIBRS offenses to ensure accurate classification of crimes. Assuming your RMS automatically assigns the correct code for every offense will lead to inaccurate crime data. Learn how state criminal laws are counted for NIBRS purposes and how they should be coded. This training includes practical scenarios commonly found in offense reports.
The training is state-specific and will cover your individual state’s laws.
Topics include:
- Statutory definitions of common NIBRS-reportable crimes
- Reconciling state law with NIBRS offenses
- NIBRS coding
Included materials
Materials will be provided for download during the webinar including:
- Course slides
- Articles of interest
- Course certificate
Optional Materials For Purchase and Download When You Register
Case management course on-demand for your agency $49
Receive an on-demand version of our Case Management course to provide case management training to anyone in your department. This is a self-paced course to learn 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, when supplements must be written, and who should be authorized to change case status.
Records Employee Performance Improvement Plans on-demand $49
Improving employee performance and resolving “issues” comes down to having quantifiable accountability measures. Learn how to develop and implement an employee performance improvement plan (PIP) in this interactive, self-paced course. The course includes downloadable sample PIP’s and forms for tracking performance. Learn about the “Meeting” and importance of notifying employees of deficient performance, developing performance standards, tracking key performance indicators (KPI), how to initiate a PIP, documenting performance and conversation points, and what to say and how to say it.
Customizable Departmental NIBRS Report Writing Manual $195
Get officers, supervisors, and records personnel on the same page with writing reports according to NIBRS standards. A comprehensive manual which can be customized to your existing policies and procedures. Preview here.
- NIBRS data elements and definitions
- Report writing standards
- Scenarios for officers
- Supervisor responsibilities
- Report review & correction policy
- Situations requiring a report
- By the end of shift policy
- How many reports do I write? (Time and Place Rule, Acting in Concert, Hotel Rule)
- How crimes are counted
- Clearing cases by exception
- Unfounding cases
- Error-tracking and performance metrics
Records Unit and Records Management Policies $9.99
Drafting policy isn’t easy, but ours makes it a whole lot better. Written for today’s modern operations, these 2 policies establish S.O.P. for records management and for records unit operations. Insert your state’s statutory references and agency protocols. Preview them here.
Checks, credit cards, PO’s accepted.
DISCOUNTED PRICING
One person: $279
2nd person 25% off: $209.25
3rd person 35% off: $181.35
4th person (or more) 50% off: $139.50 each
Each person registered will receive a certificate.
Please note, the price for training is per-person. While it’s possible for multiple people to view the training online, the format of the training doesn’t change the value of the knowledge learned by each attendee. Just as if the seminar was in-person, we ask that you register each person who plans on participating and receiving the information that will be provided. Each will receive a certificate. Thank you.
Dates and States (all courses online)
COURSE CATALOG
Course catalog download 2024
Budgeting?
Remember to budget for our training courses.
Dates & States
- 10/31/2024: 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM CST - WI
- 11/05/2024: 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM CST - IL
- 11/07/2024: 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM PST - OR
- 11/14/2024: 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM EST - MD
- 12/05/2024: 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM PST - CA
- 12/12/2024: 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM EST - KY
- 01/09/2025: 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM MST - NM
- 02/04/2025: 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM EST - FL
- 02/06/2025: 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM MST - AZ
- 02/11/2025: 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM EST - NJ
- 02/18/2025: 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM CST - TX
- 02/27/2025: 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM EST - MI
- 03/20/2025: 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM PST - CA
ALL COURSES
RECORDS MANAGEMENT
Intro to Law Enforcement Records Mgmt.
Conducting a Records Inventory & Purge
Eliminating Risk & Liability in Records
CAD/RMS Procurement & Project Management
PUBLIC RECORDS and COMPLIANCE
Redacting Law Enforcement Records
Criminal Law for Records Personnel
Evidence Records: Retention & Disposition
PROPERTY/EVIDENCE
Property and Evidence Management
Supervising a Property/Evidence Unit
CRIME REPORTING & NIBRS
Report Writing 102: What the Academy Doesn't Teach
Reviewing and Approving Reports: Who Should Do It and How
Crime Stats & NIBRS for the Police Executive
Transitioning to NIBRS: What You Need To Know