Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Orlando, Fla. (February 6, 2013) — PowerDMS, a leading document management solution company focused on policies and procedures, and multiple public safety organizations have partnered to improve the accreditation process, striving to continue to professionalize and encourage a standard of excellence within the law enforcement and public safety industries.
Effective today, the following organizations will publish their Standards Manuals electronically using PowerDMS Standards Lite for all its members, where users can view them electronically, use the Intelligent Search feature to enter a search term and pull up all related passages of the most recent manual, track revisions and review from any anywhere via a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform. In addition, the Standards and Policy tools within PowerDMS integrate, allowing users to attach policies related to specific standards enabling proof of compliance.
Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs (WASPC)
American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board (ASCLD/LAB)
Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA)
International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA)
Federal Bureau of Investigations DNA Quality Assurance Standards
ISO/IEC 17025:2005* *(additional subscription fees apply to access these standards)
WASPC’s Director of Professional Services, Michael Painter, says “WASPC’s partnership with PowerDMS will allow our members to leverage technology and better facilitate the accreditation process within their agencies. PowerDMS customers have indicated that the software tools not only support accreditations, it enhances training, policy development and agency communication. That is a win-win for every employee.”
WASPC members will join the nearly 1,000 law enforcement agencies already using PowerDMS for employee testing, training, accreditation and policy and procedure management, and anonymous team-member surveying.
“We are excited to partner with WASPC,” said Josh Brown, founder and CEO of PowerDMS. “Our main goal is to help these agencies streamline their compliance process so they can focus on the day-to-day work of protecting citizens and enforcing the law.”