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OCTOBER 5, 2018 THE FRIDAY FLYER A-7
Sheriff’s Department

Residents are receives Merit Award

invited to honor
a veteran with a The California State Association of Department is able to create, distribute
flag in the Field Counties (CSAC) recently announced and record training items provided to
of Honor at the the winners of their 2018 Challenge employees in electronic formats (pdf,
Veterans Memo- Awards. Out of the 275 submissions, the video) without the overhead costs and
rial Park in the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department delays associated with a paper-based
received a Merit Award in the Admin-
Towne Center. istration of Justice & Public Safety cat- process.
Flags cost $10 egory for the development and deploy- Short quizzes can also be combined
each and bear a ment of its Online Safety and Briefing with training items to ensure employee
yellow ribbon with Training program. understanding or reinforce import as-
the name of the ment’s ongoing efforts to provide qual- pects of the content.
“This award recognizes the Depart-
Once training is completed, the date
veteran on it.
PHOTO BY DONNA RITCHIE ity training to employees as quickly and and topic are automatically added to the
efficiently as possible using technol-
employees training record. Training top-
ogy,” said Sheriff Stan Sniff.
ics can be focused toward employees via
The program was conceived in 2016 the use of their job title or work loca-
to address the need to provide safety and
that pertain to their duties or assignment.
Honor veteran with training items directly to specific groups tions so employees only receive items
of employees in a timely and cost-effec-
If an employee changes work loca-
tive method.
tions or job titles, they will automatical-
Traditionally, informal training ses-
flag in Field of Honor sions are done by law enforcement daily ly be assigned training topics that apply
to their new position if they previously
during shift briefings. Topics include re-
had not been completed.
view of current policies, recaps of recent
The deployment of this solution (Col-
law changes, as well as distribution of
officer safety items. laboris) versus using a subscription-
Each year around Veterans Day purchased at Pack, Wrap and Post These sessions are important but are based training solution provides greater
residents are given the opportunity in the Towne Center and at Canyon difficult to document without a substan- flexibility in the content that can be
to honor a loved one who served in Lake City Hall. The deadline to pur- tial administrative overhead cost due to provided and a substantial financial sav-
the military with a flag in the Field chase a flag is Nov. 8. their short duration, informal nature and ings. This solution provides an annual
of Honor at the Veterans Memorial Volunteers will place the 200 flags frequency. savings of about $250,000 versus the
Park in the Canyon Lake Towne Cen- in the Veterans Memorial Park where The size of this problem scales pro- use of a subscription-based product for
ter. Each flag bears a yellow ribbon portionally with the size of the law en- an agency the size of the Riverside Sher-
with the name of the veteran on it. they will remain on display until Nov. forcement agencies and is compounded
The names of the veterans will be an- 18. Residents who wish to pick up when agencies have multiple stations iff’s Department.
nounced during the 10th annual Can- their flags and take them home may and correctional facilities. Since deployment in late 2016, more
yon Lake Veterans Celebration on do so between Nov. 13 and Nov. 17. Via the use of a commercially pro- than 210,000 training items have been
Nov. 10. Flags left at the park will be removed duced software enhancement to the ex- completed by Sheriff Department em-
Flags cost $10 each and can be on Nov. 18. isting Microsoft Sharepoint infrastruc- ployees via this system and seamlessly
ture, the Riverside County Sheriff’s added to their training records.

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