The SmartForce® Team
SmartForce Technologies Inc.
Your agency may be focused on 1 or more Proactive policing strategies. Learn more about the 4 types and tips through this white paper on PoliceOne.com from Drs. Rachel and Roberto Santos from the Criminal Justice Department of Radford University.
The SmartForce® Team
SmartForce Technologies Inc.
Hot Spot Policing is a proven, highly effective technique for agencies focused on a Place-based crime reduction strategy. The research from Dr. Chris Koper shows Hot Spots policing can positively deter and therefore reduce crime (if executed correctly) as well as enhance community trust and legitimacy.
The Police Foundation encourages police leaders to consider using the “Koper Curve” research and results to maximize their agency’s hot-spot policing strategy. Click here to see the 5 Things You Need to Know About Hot Spots Policing & The “Koper Curve” Theory.
However, to execute correctly and make the most out of Hot Spot policing, I’d like to expand on the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th things you need to know about the “Koper Curve” Theory. Officers must document their activity and crime analysts and supervisors must analyze what’s been documented.
This kind of accountability provides data that ensures the proper number of minutes of patrol (10-16) are executed randomly instead of at the same times. It also shows whether officers are “running the right play” or conducting the right activities in the Hot Spot based on the type of crime they are hoping to deter. And finally, this kind of accountability provides analysts and supervisors the ability to report on the effectiveness of these patrol ops and decide on whether resources are still needed in this area or should be moved to another Hot Spot.
But many agencies fall short on documenting, organizing, and reporting on their Hot Spots because they do not use an agency management system designed specifically for pro-active policing. Instead, they rely on email or other less effective methods and fall short on their potential for preventing and reducing crime.
Enter SmartForce™, the first and most widely used software solution designed specifically for Hot Spot Policing and all other proactive policing strategies. SmartForce™ provides a mobile and officer-friendly interface for patrol to document their Hot Spot activity and for crime analysts, detectives, and supervisors to receive real-time updates and reports in one singular environment.
Agencies who have converted to SmartForce™ have seen dramatic improvements in the execution of their Hot Spot and other crime reduction strategies as well as increased job satisfaction from catching more criminals and clearing cases faster.
The Grand Junction Police Department in Colorado is one such agency. GJPD officers, detectives, crime analysts, and supervisors have worked collaboratively on Hot Spots in their jurisdiction using SmartForce™. On one such Hot Spot Op, self-initiated officer activity increased by a massive 75% and calls for service in this over-indexed area plummeted. To see and read more about their success, click here.
Leading your agency to reach its crime reduction potential through Hot Spot policing is more possible today than ever with the advent of proven cost-effective tools like SmartForce™. Best wishes adding accountability and real-time communication to the “Koper Curve” theory and watch your Hot Spot policing efforts deter and reduce more crime this year!
The SmartForce® Team
SmartForce Technologies Inc.
If you’re like most agencies, breaking through to a new level of success with your crime reduction strategies can be challenging. Read this case study at PoliceOne.com to see if you are facing similar challenges that this Fusion Center overcame.
The SmartForce® Team
SmartForce Technologies Inc.
Government efforts – be they in terms of something like law enforcement or just the daily activities that make our communities safer – depend on communication and collaboration above all else. Imagine a situation where everyone – from employees to administrators to even external partners – had instant access to real-time, accurate and actionable information by way of a secure city intranet architecture.
You can stop imagining. That situation is here and it’s possible thanks to SmartCity by Adventos™.
SmartCity by Adventos™ is more than just a city intranet. It’s a single solution that instantly unlocks a wide range of different benefits, including but not limited to ones like:
The city intranet functionality of SmartCity by Adventos™ is broken down into six core sections: Departments, Employees, Projects, Policies, Training and Community.
For the first time, department teams can collaborate via a literal community of practice sites. This makes it easier than ever to accomplish essential but time consuming tasks like accessing payroll, human resources and other benefits information, tracking projects, tasks, resources and so much more.
Not only that, but by having access to a single location that contains all of this information it increases accountability and transparency in an instant. Policies and procedures can all be managed by way of one sleek, sophisticated and state-of-the-art user interface. Document sign-offs and compliance information are captured for all time and accessible at a moment’s noticed. You can see what type of training content has been made available, see who is currently engaged in which activity and view historical records dating back years depending on the situation.
The best part of all is that the city intranet capabilities of SmartCity by Adventos™ offer secure access to the people who need it the most – both in terms of internal members of your own organization and with regards to external partners or other key constituents. If your agency is currently participating in a very important public/private partnership, for example, everyone can have access to the same information at the same time from ANY device on planet Earth with an Internet connection – all without worrying about the types of security issues that could potentially bring progress to its proverbial knees.
But as a tool, SmartCity by Adventos™ and the city intranet capabilities you can now enjoy don’t just have a community impact – they have a significant business impact, as well. Not only do you have a unique opportunity to empower members of your staff by guaranteeing access to the right tool for the right job at the right time, but you also get to mitigate operational risks, improve effectiveness and reduce costs all at once.
SmartCity by Adventos™ is a single, beautiful starting point to easily locate ALL information across an agency – whether you happen to be a member of that agency or you’re a community partner working closer to make your neighborhoods safer no longer matters. Those silos that previously existed amongst employees and across locations have finally been broken down, both for now and for all time. You don’t just get to create opportunities for collaboration amongst employees – you get to promote and empower it. You make it not a recommended option, but the obvious and most appropriate option.
SmartCity by Adventos™ also effortlessly integrates with Microsoft Project Online or any other third party project management tools that you may already be using.
In terms of government efforts, any opportunity that you have to maximize what you’re doing and guarantee superior outcomes is an opportunity that is more than worth taking. Though we may be biased, we at Adventos believe that SmartCity™ is that opportunity for the modern era.
To learn more about our current and expanding features of SmartCity, please , visit our site at www.adventos.com.
The SmartForce® Team
SmartForce Technologies Inc.
At Adventos, the larger goal behind all the products and solutions that we release can essentially be summed up in a single word: empowerment. We want to do whatever we can to empower our clients and agency partners, so that they in turn can empower their own employees daily. With SmartCity By Adventos, we’ve taken another significant step in that direction that we couldn’t be more excited about.
SmartCity By Adventos is more than just a city intranet solution – it’s a way to truly maximize government efforts by providing employees, administrators and absolutely everyone in between with instant access to current information from one single and easy-to-use source. It’s built on the rock solid foundation of a Microsoft SharePoint cloud-based architecture, allowing it to be easy-to-use, secure, scalable and beautifully straightforward to implement.
There are six primary functional areas that are currently a part of the SmartCity By Adventos solution, including ones like:
This ability to focus on both the small and the big picture at the exact same time gives way to many incredible benefits, including but not limited to ones like:
With SmartCity By Adventos, department teams can effortlessly collaborate by way of a community of practice sites. Never has it been this easy to access Payroll, Human Resources and Benefits information – all with just a few quick clicks of your mouse or taps of your finger. Superior visibility is now a guarantee, allowing people to track projects, tasks and resources with greater ease.
SmartCity By Adventos also creates a bold new opportunity for increased accountability and transparency, both internally and externally outside of an agency. It’s very easy to manage policies and procedures, capture document sign-offs and compliance in formation, manage training content, employee certifications, training records and so much more.
The best part of all is that SmartCity By Adventos’ city intranet functionality provides secure access for external partnerships or key constituents, which is particularly helpful in terms of public/private partnerships.
In the end, the city intranet functionality of SmartCity By Adventos is our way to help guarantee the type of positive, forward-facing business impact that our partners need when they need it the most. Not only can you now empower your own staff by giving them access to every piece of data they need to work smarter, not harder, but you also reduce costs, mitigate operational risks and improve effectiveness – all at once.
You now have a single starting point to easily locate all agency information, shattering the silos that previously existed amongst all employees across ALL locations. This in turn makes it easier than ever to promote collaboration amongst employees in a way that can be effortlessly integrated with Microsoft Project Online or any other third-party project management tools that you may be using.
At the end of the day, we at Adventos understand that technology is just a tool – the same as any other. You not only need to be sure that you’ve chosen the right tool for the right job, but that this tool can be used in exactly the way that you need given the ever-changing circumstances that you’re facing. Thanks to the ability to share information with anyone at any time, it is now possible for all our agency partners to work smarter, not harder – particularly within the context of their relationships with outside forces.
We absolutely could not be more excited about all the many benefits that only the SmartCity By Adventos city intranet brings to the table and we believe that when you see it in action you will be, too.
To learn more about our current and expanding features of SmartCity, please , visit our site at www.Adventos.com.
The SmartForce® Team
SmartForce Technologies Inc.
The Grand Junction Police Department has found the utilization of proactive policing can make a difference in their community. Over the past three years alone, CFS (or “calls for service”) in the 2100 North Avenue area grew to an unsettling average of about 130 per week. Calls ran the gamut among nearly every type of crime you could think of and the department was devoting a huge amount of its resources to this one area and trends still showed no signs of reversing. It was clear that a new approach was needed and it was needed as soon as possible.
The new approach decided upon was to leverage a police-centric intelligence collecting and sharing platform to collect and disseminate operational information, align manpower, manage equipment, and account for officer activity.
With the addition of the SmartForce™ Agency Management System (AMS), the Grand Junction Police Department embarked on an active, focused operation for 13 weeks (February 17, 2017 to May 17, 2017) on the 2100 North Avenue area.
By creating an “Ops Discussion” in SmartForce™ for the different units within GJPD to post and access information in real-time, officers and supervisors gained immediate visibility over key data, direction, manpower, equipment, and other resources associated with the 2100 North Operation. Officers could view real-time updates from their crime analyst on where crimes were taking place, what kinds of crimes, and contact information about suspects in the area as well as those calling for service. Supervisors made decisions on deploying manpower and equipment resources based on the real-time data so as to deter crimes from occurring through such a pro-active policing approach.
The results speak volumes. From the charts below comparing Calls for Service over like time periods to the 2100 North Avenue, a full 50% decrease was seen or 65 per week. Even after the operation had completed, the CFS rate dropped to only six per week – a record low for the area and the department. 
In short, SmartForce™ gave the Grand Junction Police Department something much more powerful than simple information – it gave them real-time insight and operational organization never before realized to significantly elevate public safety to this problem-area for the first time in years.
The SmartForce® Team
SmartForce Technologies Inc.
We are very proud to announce that the number one enhance requested by our clients has been completed. Many of you asked for the ability to create multiple Groups for sharing bulletins. This feature is now live and details can be found here.
Groups Section
We have added a new section called “Groups”.
This section allows you to create groups of collaborators in order to share all the bulletins that you or others have created.
Groups Section | Create Group
You can create your groups with any name as long as it is unique. Once the group is created you can invite members. They will receive an email with the invitation. When they accept it, they will be part of that group to view and edit bulletins.
Important: Only the owner can invite members.
Groups Section | Views
You and the members of this group will have two possible views: “Bulletins” and “Members”.
Groups Section | Views | “Bulletins” View
In the “Bulletins” view, the owner and the members will be able to see and edit all the bulletins that were created.
Groups Section | Views | “Members” View
In the “Members” view, you will see every single member of this group.
Important: Only the owner has the permissions to delete a member or the entire group.
Important: Any member can leave the group whenever they want.
Groups Section | List of your “Groups”
In order to see the list of your groups, you should click on “Groups”.
Groups Section | List of your “Groups”
In that list, you can see all your groups, the owners and the members of each one.
A full list of enhancements can be found here.
The SmartForce® Team
SmartForce Technologies Inc.
We are incredible proud of our Bulletin Wizard and today we announce the release of a new features: Groups Sharing. This new functionality allow members to share Bulletins in a fast and secure way.
Group Section
We have added a new section called “My Group”.
This section allows you to create a group of collaborators in order to share all the bulletins that you or they have created.
Group Section | Create Group
You can create your group with any name as long as it is unique. Once the group is created you can invite members. They will receive an email with the invitation. When they accept it, they will be part of that group to view and edit bulletins.
Important! Only the owner can invite members.
Group Section | Views
You and the members of this group will have two possible views: “Bulletins” and “Members”.
Group Section | Views | “Bulletins” View
In the “Bulletins” view, the owner and the members will be able to see and edit all the bulletins that were created.
Group Section | Views | “Members” View
In the “Members” view, you will see every single member of this group.
Important! Only the owner has the permissions to delete a member or the entire group.
Important! Any member can leave the group whenever they want.
Important! A member user can only be part of one group at the time.
A full list of enhancements can be found here.
The SmartForce® Team
SmartForce Technologies Inc.
At Adventos, we’re big believers in the idea that tracking Response to Resistance incident reduces violence. However, you will be surprised to hear that one of the most under-reported features of our Response to Resistance application is the ability to report instances when the use of force was justified, but instead, it was avoided by officers.
We are not alone on this belief. Please take a look at this article posted by PoliceOne.
This is a consistent vision of SmartForce™ line of products since 2015. In fact, we are in the forefront of Agency Management System providing state of art tools where Police departments across the nation can use hard data to showcase the outstanding job that officers are performing day to day in our communities to keep us all safe, and not only as a way to highlight the negatives that we sometimes see highlighted in the media.
We believe Use of Force and other similar common terms/ products are outdated on terms not only of functionality but also in terms of negative connotations for both the law enforcement agencies, as well as, the communities they serve.
To learn more about our current and expanding features, developed in collaboration with our Law enforcement customer partners, visit our site at www.adventos.com.
The SmartForce® Team
SmartForce Technologies Inc.
We continue to make improvements on our bulletin Wizard application based on feedback from customers and prospects around the country. Please take a look at some of the main improvement this new version has to offer.
“Attemp To Identify” and “Attemp To Locate” bulletins
Now you have an specific template to make your “Attempt To Identify” and “Attempt To Locate” bulletins. You can find these new templates using filters on “My Bulletins”.
“Attemp To Identify” and “Attemp To Locate” bulletins | Photos
On both templates, you can add up to six photos.
Also we added, in all templates, a field where you can write a comment over each image and select the format you need.
A full list of enhancements can be found here.
