November 2024

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Introducing Our Next-Generation Public Records Request Platform – Launching January 2025


GovQuest 2.0 transforms public records operations from overwhelmed and unsupported to efficienteffective, and fully compliant—all while remaining the most user-friendly platform on 

the market.


Schedule your personalized demo today to secure the best pricing before the official 

Launch in January 2025, with appointments available starting in January 2025.



This exclusive pricing offer is valid until November 30th, 2024. 

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PRI's Recent Projects


Explore our recent projects and see how we can help.

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Cost-Efficient Training Options for Your Budget Constraints


Securing funds for training is a challenge. Explore PRI's tiered pricing to maximize the value of your training budget.


How it works:

  1. Register the initial attendee at the regular price.
  2. Enjoy a 25% adjustment for the second attendee.
  3. The third attendee benefits from a 35% adjustment.
  4. For the fourth attendee and beyond, a 50% adjustment is automatically applied.


No need for codes – our adjusted pricing is effortlessly integrated.

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Free Online Agency Records Management Assessment


Think you've got issues in Records? Want to know how your department compares to best-practice?


After you take the assessment, you'll receive an instant findings report with a grade based on your answers. And, you will be able to download our Law Enforcement Records Management and Technology Governance Guide.

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Unlock Your Potential


See what PRI does and how we can get your department beyond industry standards and in compliance.

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NIBRS Report Writing Manual


How would you like to improve the quality of your reporting and ensure compliance with NIBRS? Having this instructive manual is the first step.


Available for purchase and download (customizable MS Word doc) on our site for only $479. Also available for only $195 when you register for one of our seminars. 

NIBRS RW Manual

Getting ready to replace your CAD / RMS?


Complete the CAD/RMS readiness assessment below to see if your department is prepared for your project and download your findings report.

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What is PRI?


PRI is a highly specialized consulting firm that provides public safety agencies information management and technology consulting, advisory, training, and project management services.


With core competencies in public records compliance, UCR/NIBRS, CJIS, RMS/CAD systems, and digital transformation, PRI has proudly served agencies throughout the U.S. since 2008. 

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Public Records for Elected Officials: How We Protect You from Mistakes

Regardless of whether you’re elected as POTUS or a local city council member, public records are a part of the job. While politicians can’t agree on a lot of things, most agree on the importance of public transparency and complying with existing laws. This is easier said than done with public records as the rules are often complex and subject to frequent updates. Even those with the best of intentions can quickly run afoul of public records rules where a simple mistake can turn into headlines and headaches.

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Good digital evidence management begins with retention.


Problem: Data is everywhere, likely stored in several places or several formats, with growing storage fees.


Solution: Implement good policies and retention schedules. Conduct a cost-benefit analysis to find the right system that meets your needs. Develop sound business process to prevent duplication of data, and of effort. Learn how PRI can help.

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Lock in and secure reduced rates with our budget-friendly training packages—purchase now and select courses later.

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FLORIDA STATE RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYMPOSIUM

Onsite 2-Day Event at The University of Central Florida


PRI invites Florida law enforcement agencies to join us for two days of networking, industry insights, and hands-on learning, providing actionable strategies and connections to enhance records management success.


Key Topics at a Glance


  • Handling First Amendment Auditor Requests and YouTube Inquiries: Understand your legal obligations and best practices when responding to these requests.


  • Body-Worn Camera (BWC) Video Management: Best practices for managing and releasing BWC footage, including effective redaction techniques.


  • Marsy’s Law Compliance: Latest practices to ensure victim information protection under Marsy’s Law.


  • Florida Crash Reports and Uniform Traffic Citations (UTCs): Best practices for public access and information security.


  • Florida Public Records Law UpdatesStay up-to-date on recent developments and how they impact records transparency.


  • Digital Evidence Management: Proven strategies for efficient, compliant digital evidence handling.


Special ONSITE Training Events




New Leadership Trilogy Series


You will receive a PRI challenge coin and trilogy certificate for completing the Leadership series.


First-Level Leadership in Police Records (formerly Leadership in Police Records)


You will learn how to contribute to the motivation of staff and develop effective teams to meet your agency’s objectives. Learn about the different personality types, how to better manage conflict, increase communication, and help others embrace change more effectively.


Topics include:

  • Your leadership style
  • Employee engagement
  • Leading with intention
  • Emotional intelligence
  • Building a team
  • Trust and credibility
  • Having difficult communications




Middle Management Leadership


This course equips aspiring and current middle managers in civilian divisions with the skills needed to effectively bridge executive goals and daily operations, focusing on leadership strategies, performance monitoring, and interpersonal dynamics within a paramilitary setting.


Topics Include: 

  • Enhancing Leadership Abilities
  • Fundamentals of Project Management
  • Strategic Planning (6-12 months ahead)
  • Leading Effectively from the Middle
  • Adaptive Leadership Practices
  • Advocating for Resources
  • Communicating Non-Commissioned Realities to Executive Leadership




Executive Leadership


This course is designed to strengthen the strategic leadership skills of executive leaders, senior managers, and command-level civilian staff, focusing on developing individual, team, and organizational competencies for effective communication, negotiation, and influencing team dynamics. 


Topics Include: 

  • Budgeting and Fiscal Planning
  • Practical Measures of Civilian Work
  • Strategic Planning (Developing a 5-Year Plan)
  • Staffing and Succession Planning
  • Executive Presence and Presentation Skills
  • Establishing Vision and Strategy
  • Cultivating Organizational Culture





Take your leadership skills to the next level by purchasing our complete Leadership Trilogy series. Instead of paying $279 per course, you can get access to all three for only $649. This bundle gives you the tools and insights to master leadership across multiple levels and challenges.


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New CJIS Course


CJIS: Making The Connection- Introduction to Criminal Justice Information Systems


Learn how the CJIS system’s ability can assist criminal justice agencies in interconnecting throughout the world, as well as be more efficient and effective in promoting public safety




Inventory & Purge Course



Conducting a Records Inventory and Purge


Many organizations retain too many records for too long. Learn procedures for conducting a records inventory and purge, including best practices and defensible disposition for both paper and electronic records.


Includes tips for getting buy-in from staff and developing a standardized annual destruction process.




Property/Evidence Courses


Digital Evidence Management


In this class you will learn best practices for the creation, collection, management, and destruction of digital evidence. Learn about the importance of case management and disposition in the retention of digital evidence, including auditing and mitigating against lost files. Understand the relationship between evidence and records, and how something can be both.


Topics include:

  • Tagging BWC videos
  • Managing law enforcement body-worn and dash-camera video
  • Crime scene photos
  • Documents such as evidentiary records and where they should be stored




Property and Evidence Management


In this class you will learn about effective management of property and evidence operations, items, and systems. To help ensure compliance, and lower risk and liability, law enforcement agencies must recognize the high-liability nature of this function, and the importance of having consistent personnel, oversight, and program policy.


You will learn about best practices for inventories, auditing, and guidelines for destroying property and evidence, and the requirement for this unit, and your records unit, to closely collaborate and reconcile records and property on an ongoing basis.


Topics include:

  • Audits and inventories
  • Chain of custody
  • Use of technology
  • Reconciling case dispositions with property/evidence operations
  • Maintaining proper records
  • Disposing of evidence
  • Policy




Supervising a Property and Evidence Unit


Property rooms are often ignored or tucked away into a dark corner with little to no supervision. Staff are sometimes assigned to oversee the operation with minimal training in property/evidence operations, risks, and compliance. Then the surprise comes when an issue arises, such as missing evidence or evidence destroyed too soon.


Learn how to supervise a property/evidence unit, including:


  • The importance of hiring the right personnel and providing ongoing training
  • Developing policies and procedures
  • The difference between audits and inventories
  • Evaluating workload
  • Proactive practices to prevent problems




Records Management Courses



Managing Police Records


In this class you will learn records management principles and legal requirements, including determining how long records must be kept, when they should be destroyed, records formats and storage mediums, imaging records, and developing a records management program for your agency. You will also learn a modernized approach to managing agency files both electronically and those which are still on paper.




ALL COU

Intro to Law Enforcement Records Management


New to Records? In this informative course, you will learn records management procedures in law enforcement, including retention, review, and disposition of paper and electronic records. This training is specifically designed to orient you to basic procedures and best practices and can be attended by personnel from any state.



Going Paperless: Why and How


Legacy approaches for managing records and the prevalence of manual, paper-driven business processes are indications of a real need for digital transformation… modernizing how you create, share, store, and access information and how you provide service to both employees and external stakeholders.




CAD/RMS Procurement and Project Management


Your technology project’s success or failure will have a lasting impact on your agency and career. Make sure it goes right by attending this high-impact learning and networking event, and leave with the tools you need to fast-track getting the right system. This executive-level course is a money-back guaranteed program that will lower the risk of project failure and help ensure a successful procurement process.




Eliminating Risk and Liability in Records -


Attendees will participate in strategic risk analysis and prevention and learn how to implement the approaches needed to protect the agency. You’ll receive various resources/tools for the agency- and self-assessment risk analysis, measuring key performance indicators, and keeping track of productivity.




Public Records and Compliance Courses



Intro to Sealing and Expunging Records


In this 2-hour state-specific course, learn what the law says about sealing and expunging records and best practices for processing these court orders. Topics Include:


  • Overview of state law
  • Processing court orders
  • Understanding the difference between a sealed and expunged record
  • Who has access to these records







Criminal Law vs. NIBRS: Accurate Coding of Offense Reports


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.





Florida Public Records Law for Public Safety (Previously Florida Sunshine Law)


A one-day course covering the application of Florida Chapter 119 to law enforcement records. This seminar focuses on public records held specifically by law enforcement agencies and understanding what should or should not be released to the public according to Florida law and corresponding legal opinions.




California Public Records Act


A one-day in-depth course covering the California Public Records Act and how to respond to subpoenas. Taught by California's resident expert, Joseph Surges, learn the ins and outs of public records requests from a practitioner's perspective.




Releasing and Redacting Law Enforcement Records


Learn how to identify and redact information from police reports, audio, video, juvenile, traffic records, personnel records, and internal affairs records following state law. You will also learn which exemptions may apply beyond the closure of a case, and your state’s requirements for managing requests for records including time requirements, acceptable request methods, fees, and best practices for protecting the interests of both the requester and your agency. This class includes the latest legislative changes/updates.






Crime Reporting and NIBRS Courses



Crime Stats and NIBRS for the Police Executive


NIBRS is here, so learn all about it in this one-day, extraordinarily informative course about your crime stats. This course is for those who need to understand the changes, how the numbers work, how to keep them accurate, and how they will change.




Writing Reports NIBRS Style


Whether you are transitioning to NIBRS or already there, this practical and informative course will help your officers, FTO's, supervisors, and records personnel better understand crime reporting. In addition to learning about NIBRS and crime reporting under this program, personnel will understand their respective roles in the report writing, reviewing, and coding process. 





Transitioning To NIBRS


This presentation will include a 4-step guide to ensuring your agency successfully transitions to NIBRS. There’s a lot more involved than just updating your system. 




Hate Crimes: Reporting NIBRS Bias-Based Offenses


This presentation will include guidance in the recognition, proper documentation, and reporting of bias-based offenses to NIBRS. Reporting issues and discrepancies rest on the shoulders of law enforcement agencies, which share local data with the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program. 




Case Management: Status and Disposition of Cases


Learn what case management is and how it affects your NIBRS data, clearance rates, record retention periods, and the procedures needed to keep case status and dispositions correct throughout an investigation and prosecution.





Report Writing 102: What the Academy Doesn't Teach


Every report must contain the information needed to correctly document a crime, aid detectives in follow-up investigations, ensure a conviction, and lessen the burden on reviewing supervisors and records personnel.





Reviewing and Approving Reports: Who should do it and how


Learn how to bring clarity, consistency, and buy-in to the importance of rejecting and correcting errors through a two-tiered review process that ensures transparency, prevents risk in court testimony and resolves the challenge of getting everyone on the same page. Learn how to review reports, correct errors, and document changes to reports the right way.





LEOKA and Cargo Theft: Specialized NIBRS


With cargo theft on the rise each year, proper reporting is critical. This training is intended to assist law enforcement agencies in reporting incidents of cargo theft to the NIBRS program. It addresses the types of offenses that constitute a Cargo Theft incident, how to identify cargo theft, and guidelines for reporting cargo theft.




Staffing and Management Courses



Staffing Analysis- Calculating How Many Personnel You Need in Records


Learn how to correctly calculate how many personnel are needed in your Records Unit. Using a detailed staffing model based on quantity and time measurements of work tasks, this data-driven approach reveals true staffing needs.





On-Demand Training


These web-based, self-paced courses can be purchased for anyone in your agency to complete. Upon registering, you’ll receive a link to join the webinar with instructions. Check your junk mail folder in case you don’t see it.


Case Management


Duration: about 1.5 hours.


This self-paced online accessible course takes the student through an immersive learning experience beyond the live seminar version and can be completed by anyone in your department. Duration: about 1.5 hours.


We see many departments keeping closed cases forever, over-and under-reporting crime data, and misreporting their clearance rates, all due to issues in the world of case management. From too many status options in the RMS to gaps in case management procedure, learn the procedures needed to maintain the proper status and disposition of cases throughout the course of an investigation and the judicial process.


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Records Employee Performance Improvement Plans


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.


Register Here

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