EFORCE Blog

What is Clery Reporting?

The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Police and Campus Crime Statistics Act, or the Clery Act, is an important part of crime on campuses all over the United States. It is a federal law and applies to colleges and universities, since...

Grant Writing: Why It’s Important and How to Get Started Police departments get a lot of their funding from grants. Each year, a department gets an operational budget, but there are other needs that cost money too, like extra equipment, training,...

Police records are important, which is why officers are required to fill out so much paperwork. The records help keep everyone up to date on the latest happenings in a case, what procedures were followed, and keep everyone accountable. Records are...

People who work in public service have big jobs. From dispatch operators to firefighters and police officers, they depend on technology to help them get the job done. While these jobs have existed a lot longer than computers and software, the...

Behind the Blue Line: How Police Software Works Police officers are out in the community working every day. With so many different patrol cars and one or two off-site dispatch centers, the communication systems are unique. Finding the right, most...

The relationship between technology and police work has come a long way since 1933 when the first time a two-way radio was installed in a patrol car. Now police officers rely on technology to help protect them, solve crimes, and stay ahead of...

When there is an emergency, calling 911 has become an instinctive reaction. For 50 years, Americans have been calling 911 for help and there are approximately 240 million people do it each year. The number was created to be easy to remember and...

Police officers, or cops, are held to a very high standard of law. They work hard to keep communities safe and educated, but train too. We know cops put their lives on the line, but most people don’t know what goes on in their day to day life....

Sex trafficking is the fastest growing criminal enterprise in the world. Nearly two million children worldwide live as sex slaves. “Good people don’t know how vast this problem is,” said Tim Ballard, Founder and CEO of Operation Underground Railroad

An abolitionist is defined as “a person who favors the abolition (or termination) of any law or practice deemed harmful to society.” The word is commonly used when referring to someone who wanted to end slavery in the United States before the...