Agencies across America are struggling to staff their streets with qualified Officers. See how agencies are finding innovative ways to address this issue.
Even with many states lowering the hiring standards, law enforcement agencies across the country find themselves unable to find willing and qualified candidates. Our research shows this to be the number one issue facing administrators today.
With a waning public opinion being driven by money hungry media and 15 second clips of incidents, it’s no wonder that nobody wants to be a cop anymore. Many administrators are finding ways to take charge of their own press releases through social media and other platforms, but to be frank, it’s a bandaid on a bullet hole, and the law enforcement industry is bleeding out.
It’s a complex issue, and one that is difficult to solve at a scale large enough for it to impact your community and hiring pool. Because of this, many administrators are having to find ways to “make do with less,” a theme Policing has been forced to embrace for the past couple of decades. One of the best ways to address these staffing shortages “with less” is by using software to help streamline processes and increase efficiency.
SaaS, Software as a Solution
Software can help by automating repetitive tasks. This can free up officers’ time to focus on more important responsibilities, such as community policing and investigations. For example, software can be used to automate the process of taking incident reports, allowing officers to spend more time on the streets. Additionally, software can be used to automate the process of tracking and analyzing crime data, which can help agencies identify patterns and make data-driven decisions about how to allocate resources.
Another way software can help law enforcement agencies tackle staffing shortages is by providing officers with better tools for communication and collaboration. This can help officers work more efficiently and effectively, even when they are working in different locations or on different shifts.
Additionally, because software has quickly become a critical component of policing, providing a software to your agency that is user-friendly and effective at accomplishing its prescribed tasks is a crucial part of Officer retention. The job is hard enough without adding frustration with broken tools on top of it. Wise administrators know that if it’s not easy to do, it’s not getting done. And if you’re spending hundreds of thousands, even millions of dollars on a system to fix those issues, it damn well better fix those issues.
How can EFORCE Software address my needs?
EFORCE Software is a leading provider of software for law enforcement agencies. They offer a range of software solutions that can help agencies tackle staffing shortages by automating repetitive tasks, providing better tools for communication and collaboration, and helping agencies retain officers.
- Automation of Repetitive Tasks: EFORCE Software offers a range of software solutions that can automate repetitive tasks, such as incident reporting, evidence management, and records management. These solutions can help officers spend more time on important responsibilities, such as community policing and investigations.
- Communication and Collaboration: EFORCE Software’s applications are purpose built to allow officers to share information and collaborate on investigations in real-time, regardless of their location or shift. They’re tools designed by people who have done the jobs they’re built for and they solve problems in a user-friendly way.
- Recruitment and Retention: Because EFORCE Software’s tools are so designed by former Patrol Officers, Dispatchers, Jailers, Administrators, etc., they are incredibly user-friendly, and effective. This improves job satisfaction, which directly impacts retention.
In addition to the above, EFORCE Software also offers other solutions such as Citizen self-service portals which allows Officers to focus on the most important incidents, while still serving your community’s needs on the lower priority calls for service.
Overall, EFORCE Software offers a range of software solutions that can help law enforcement agencies tackle staffing shortages by automating repetitive tasks, providing better tools for communication and collaboration, and helping agencies recruit and retain officers.
We’d love the opportunity to talk more about how we can help you do that. Feel free to call us at 888-570-4943, x. 3 or send an email to [email protected].
