Cyber security should be a MUST for every organization. The cyber threat landscape is continuously evolving, which is why routine cybersecurity assessments are a crucial component of a holistic risk management program. An organization must keep an eye on the cyber hygiene of its entire ecosystem, including third- and fourth-party vendors, at all times. The Center for Safety Assessments & Inclusion conducts a cybersecurity risk assessment by identifying the cyber risks that affect your security protection process, leading to more informed decision-making on how best to allocate funds to implement controls and protect the network. Failure to identify these areas leave organizations open to Cyber Hijacking which is costly.
The Center for Safety Assessments & Inclusion conducts all manner of reviews and consulting for law enforcement agencies. These include comprehensive reviews of entire departments, as well as more pinpointed mission focused projects. More specific focuses include use of force and use of force policy reviews, logistics and training analysis, diversity and inclusion reviews, and many other topics related to law enforcement functions. We are adamant about maintaining our neutrality and our pragmatic orientation that is geared towards identifying problems, documenting issues and concerns, and offering potential solutions and strategies. We strive to include the community and all applicable stakeholders in every review we complete.
We offer services to fire and EMS departments as well. Much in the same manner as law enforcement reviews, we endeavor to engage with all stakeholders in studying a given departments strengths and weaknesses. Fire and EMS reviews also implicate deep analysis of hiring and firing practices, staff morale, budget and logistics analysis, as well as diversity and inclusion metrics. Again, our goal is to maintain neutrality towards all stakeholders and to offer practical and logical advice to bolster these important governmental units.
Local and municipal governments maintain many different types of emergency communications organizational structures. Some jurisdictions combine all of their emergency communication centers into a centralized unit, and may even combine those functions with surrounding cities and jurisdictions. Other governments may choose to keep these communications separate amongst each public safety department.Whatever the structure, the Center stands ready to evaluate every aspect of these vital functions.
Corrections are often subsumed within municipal police departments, but they are just as often separated as a distinct entity. In either event, the Center offers a complete range of evaluation tools to ensure best practices are being adhered to. Just as in the other scenarios above, we seek to provide real-world solutions and strategies to ensure corrections activities are the safest, most humane, and efficient they can be.
Part of evaluating any public service unit encompasses a financial and budgetary review. The Center’s mission is to strengthen financial controls where possible, to offer solutions for inefficiencies, and to note overall trends and practices that may indicate risks or liabilities. Funding of public safety units is increasingly an issue that attracts political controversy. For this reason, we adhere to strictly neutral analysis of budget and financing questions that is aimed at giving the fairest assessments based on our extensive conversations with stakeholders and on our independent research.
All government units, whether public safety oriented or not, are engaged in efforts to assure a diverse and qualified workforce. Part of our expertise is in evaluating the processes, procedures, and policies that encourage this development of human capital. Again, our research and analysis incorporates a wide range of sources, including national guides on best practices in these areas, prior case studies, and empirical analysis.
Each of our endeavors is aimed at bringing community members in to our conversations. We engage in a wide variety of strategies designed to engage with all applicable stakeholders. Thus, our work is also effective in assessing and analyzing those governmental units with a community and development oriented focus. We are able to provide a kaleidoscope of perceived strengths and weaknesses of every governmental unit, helping to be a part of delivering the best possible service to the communities these units serve.
We employ a wide-reaching, community-driven strategy of gathering data from all stakeholders, including leadership, rank and file employees, community leaders, local media, and local interest and activist groups.
Our information gathering methods include listening sessions, one-on-one interviews, community meetings and presentations, and group discussions.
Our recommendations are based on our years of experience, national standards and best practices in these areas, and our commitment to improving the communities we work with.
We have applied these methods towards public safety strategies, logistics analysis, diversity and inclusion reviews, and many other aspects of managing first class public safety entities. We invite you to review our experiences and previous reports.
