Tag: Online Education: Page 4

Women in Law Enforcement

How to Balance Work, School, and Family

No, I do not hold any super powers giving me the ability to increase the number of hours in a day. My life was chaos until I was able to set up a schedule built on time management and communication.

August 9, 2012

Training

Criminology Degree

Regis University

Regis is nationally recognized as a leader in higher education for adult learners and a pioneer in online learning. U.S. News and World Report has ranked Regis one of the Top Universities in the West for 17 consecutive years. Regis offers on-campus or 100% online criminology degrees.

July 25, 2012

Careers

Self Study Gives You the Edge

It never hurts to drop a few bucks and work on your pistol craft. This goes for hitting the gym or doing some roadwork. So don't tell me you can't burn some midnight oil and sharpen your most potent weapon of all—your mind.

January 3, 2012

Training

15 Questions To Ask Before Enrolling In An Online University

A law enforcement officer who is considering the pursuit of a degree through an online university needs to know the answers to the following questions before enrolling.

December 21, 2011

Patrol

Columbia Southern University Awards Ala. FOP Scholarship

Columbia Southern University (CSU) and the Alabama State Fraternal Order of Police have awarded a scholarship to Sgt. Phillip Myers of the Alabama Alcohol Beverage Control Board

November 7, 2011

Careers

Avoid Diploma Mills for Your Degree

There are always those who try to circumvent the system and purchase their degrees. For me, this is an integrity issue. If you took the low road on one requirement, what else have you shortchanged us on?

September 11, 2011

Training

N.Y. Recruit Terminated for Non-Accredited Degree

A Schenectady (N.Y.) Police recruit has been terminated a day after he was sworn, after it was determined his bachelor's degree had come from a non-accredited online degree program.

July 28, 2011

Patrol

Columbia Southern University Awards 'Hero Behind the Hero' Scholarship

Holly Stanley, a credit union branch manager in Alabaster, Ala., was awarded an online scholarship based on her entry in the scholarship essay contest. Stanley is married to Officer Andrew Stanley of the Alabaster Police Department.

July 7, 2011

Technology

Virginia Chiefs Announce First Mandatory Online In-Service Course

The new course debuts, as the Galax and Covington police departments join the growing list of Virginia law enforcement agencies adapting The Response Network's online in-service training solution at PoliceCommunity.net.

June 30, 2011

Technology

DOJ's CrimeSolutions.gov Rates Justice Programs

The Website, which is under the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) division, is designed as "a central, credible resource to inform practitioners and policymakers about what works in criminal justice, juvenile justice, and crime victim services," according to a DOJ press release.

June 26, 2011

Technology

PoliceCommunity.net Training Portal Reaches 10,000 Subscribers

PoliceCommunity.net currently offers nine general subject domain courses representing more than 50 hours of in-service training with three more courses scheduled to come online before the end of this calendar year, and an additional 10 courses now in-progress.

May 5, 2011

Technology

Virginia Chiefs Implement PoliceCommunity.net Training Portal

The Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police (VACP) has entered into a strategic partnership with The Response Network (TRN) to provide Virginia law enforcement agencies with specific online in-service training courses offered exclusively by TRN at its PoliceCommunity.net, which provides an online in-service training.

April 28, 2011