by Julia Flaherty | Aug 28, 2016 | Our Articles
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...
by Julia Flaherty | Jul 20, 2015 | Our Articles, Uncategorized
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...
by Julia Flaherty | Sep 19, 2013 | Our Articles
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...
by Julia Flaherty | Jul 26, 2012 | Our Articles
Edward Claughton July 2012 Print .pdf Is your police records unit undervalued? Are the employees who work there appreciated? Is the records management function one that is taken seriously? If not, then it’s time to take an inventory of this important area of...
by Julia Flaherty | Jun 2, 2011 | Our Articles
PRI Management Group Print .pdf Yes, crime stats and UCR are two very different things (more on that in a minute) and now more than ever it’s time to be sure yours are correct. Has the media knocked on your door yet? Have your numbers been called into question...
by Julia Flaherty | Jun 1, 2011 | Our Articles
PRI Management Group Print .PDF When police departments produce crime statistics which are inaccurate, whether through UCR or in-house reports, the impact can be felt on various levels (that is if the inaccuracy is discovered). Questions may come from the public,...