As National Police Week (May 7-14) approaches, I take a step back to reflect on my background and why I started PowerDMS™. Beginning my career with the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office outside of Tampa, Fla., gave me the foundation and appreciation I have today for those who care about our safety and put themselves in danger for us—every single day.  

National Police Week honors tens of thousands of law enforcement officers and those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice. Approximately 30,000 law enforcement professionals will descend upon Washington, D.C. where there is a Peace Officers’ Memorial for a conference, ...

We recently attended the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA®) spring conference in Charleston, S.C. Their purpose is “to develop professional standards and establish a process that would recognize excellence”. CALEA® was celebrating their 100^th conference—quite a milestone. This particular conference centered on the review of over 100 agencies seeking accreditation. There were additional Commission business meetings, training sessions, and a vendor expo.

PowerDMS™ has been an exclusive CALEA® partner for three years, and we’re very proud to be included in their programs. We have a true teaming relationship and work closely together by providing their standards in the PowerDMS™ system, ...

Moving from an installed solution, i.e. one your IT team manages locally, to a hosted or cloud-based solution can be nerve-racking if you’re unsure of what’s involved and why making the switch is beneficial. We receive a multitude of questions on a daily basis regarding security, access, the overall migration process and much more. Contra Costa County’s Stephanie Williams, a PowerDMS™ customer for five years, shares her experience of joining the ranks of the hundreds of PowerDMS™ customers who migrated from installed to hosted. We hope this paints a clearer picture of why it’s time to consider the cloud.

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Since our inception, PowerDMS™ has always had a passion for providing technology and solutions that best meet the needs of our customers. Over the past decade, the amount of technology we consume at work, home or play on a daily basis has increased drastically. With this increased usage, consumers’ demands for functionality, availability and security are at an all-time high.

With all these factors in play, we at PowerDMS™ put a lot of time and effort into crafting a solution that is feature-rich, available anytime and anywhere, and utilizes security and disaster recovery strategies not found in many customer environments ...

Here at PowerDMS™ we value our culture as an indispensable part of what makes our company what it is. We strive to infuse it into our products as well as our employees and as a result, it has become part of our tradition to encourage team building practices and provide our employees with creative outlets. These practices result in a more family like environment that caters to cross departmental collaboration and breaks ties with more traditional corporate hierarchies. Our employees know that their voice is heard and that empowers them to think outside the box and come up with truly innovative ideas.

Every ...