At the Glenville Police Department a series of spreadsheets have evolved over the years as the method to create the shift schedule and track time off balances. This process also includes multi-part time off and overtime slips. The situation became even more challenging as the people who created the spreadsheets are no longer with the Department. “We have faced staff cut backs at the PD so we need to look for ways to streamline our operation” stated Chief Michael Ranalli “POSS will allow us manage the shift schedule, time off requests and overtime as an integrated system and save time for administration and supervisors.
The Town of Glenville has 35 employees in their Police department which serves a population of approximately 28,000 residents including the Village of Scotia.
“The spreadsheets in use for the scheduling system at the Glenville PD had become difficult to maintain and lacked integration” stated Mike McGuire (VP of Business Development). “We look forward to working with GPD to implement POSS.” The project will be kicked off this month.
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The Poughkeepsie Police Department led by Chief Ron Knapp is always looking for ways to leverage technology to make the Department more efficient by streamlining processes, reducing the paper shuffle and putting critical information at their fingertips. The innovation will continue as the Poughkeepsie PD will start maintaining and monitoring compliance with their policy manual online with Policy & Procedure Manager™. (more…)
Last month, the White Plains Department of Public Safety which includes the Police and Fire Departments went live with a very informative and interactive website. It includes integration with software services from PoliceReports.US for the online distribution of accident reports and the ability of citizens/businesses to request and obtain (after Department approval) incident or other Department reports online. (more…)
Earlier this month, the West Haven CT Police Department started a business relationship with North Carolina based PoliceReports.US. The company provides a free service to local police departments that will place West Haven’s accident reports on-line so they’re available 24/7 for residents and insurance companies. “Our department gets a fair number of requests from insurance companies for the PR-1 reports. This takes our records staff a good portion of the day trying to fulfill these requests,” said Chief John Karajanis. “We expect this service will save our employees valuable time that we can use in other areas of the department.” (more…)
In order to improve shift scheduling and efficiently manage overtime rotations, the Town of Dartmouth, MA recently purchased and implemented the Police Officer Scheduling System (POSS) from Visual Computer Solutions out of Freehold, NJ. “We were constantly struggling with managing our schedules and payroll systems which was pretty much done on a manual basis. The POSS system will allow us to more accurately manage our officer’s time banks and payroll information. The system also forces our employees to become more accountable for when they can ask for time off or take vacation time,” said Deputy Chief Gary Soares. (more…)
Earlier this year, the Bethlehem Police Departments started offering a software service from PoliceReports.US that allows them to distribute their accident reports online “The Town of Bethlehem has several online applications for their residents so it is nice that the Police Department is able to offer this online convenience at no cost to the Town” stated Chief Lou Corsi. (more…)
The Town of Fairfield, CT has signed an Agreement to implement the Police Officer Scheduling System (POSS) and Fire-Rescue Scheduling System (FIRES) at the Town Police and Fire Departments. “In the last several years we have faced staff cut backs at the Police Department, so we need to use our resources as effectively as possible and POSS will help us do that” stated Police Chief Gary MacNamara. “The Fire Department has used the same “file box” system for managing overtime that I instituted 40 years ago; FIRES will assist the Fire Department in streamlining this process,” said Fire Chief Richard Felner. (more…)
Since the start of 2011 four more Massachusetts Police Departments will be providing better service and saving administrative costs with the online distribution of crash reports from PoliceReports.US. They are as follows:
- Dedham Police Department
- Stoughton Police Department
- Wakefield Police Department
- Leicester Police Department (more…)
This month the Hartford CT Police Department started offering their Accident Reports online with PoliceReports.US. “We were looking for ways to reduce the amount of paperwork our records department faces on a daily basis. I think you will see more agencies in the future embrace this sort of convenience for their citizens,” stated Capt. Daniel DePinto, Commander of the Support Services Bureau. “We liked the idea that we had total control over how the website was going to be designed and the flexibility in which insurance companies and residents can query the report database.” (more…)
The Glens Falls Police Department became the first in upstate New York to implement Policy Tech’s Policy & Procedure Manager, the newest software application represented by Empire Software Solutions. The software, designed by Policy Tech, assists agencies with drafting, distributing, tracking and archiving their policy and procedure manuals. “Every day we are finding the software capable of doing things for us far more than we anticipated.” stated Captain Lloyd Swartz. (more…)