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Virtual Academy's training is the most advanced, professional, and cutting-edge online training of the future. We have been using Virtual Academy for over a year and we can't imagine training without it.
Captain Phillip Kemper, Jackson Police Department

Virtual Academy allows me to customize training to each officers skill level and easily track progress.
Chief Eades, Belle Meade Police Department

Virtual Academy has been a wonderful asset to our department. The virtual training allows our officers to train at their own choosing, and allows them to better customize their training experience. With the advent of the new FTO software, we could not be more thrilled to be partnering with Virtual Academy. You will not find a better training platform at this price point, period.
Chief Michael Pitts, Savannah Police Department

I am amazed at the amount of valuable information and am highly impressed with the professional courses.
Chief Ranger Shane Petty, TN State Parks

The Virtual Academy team is exceptional. They helped us get started in no time.
Chief Rick Scarbrough, Clinton Police Department

The value of this partnership comes down to providing opportunities to departments so that communities have officers with the most current and up to date training at their fingertips. The ultimate beneficiary is the public.
Executive Director, Jennifer Duffy, Kansas Association of Chiefs of Police

I am amazed at the amount of valuable information that I obtained, and highly impressed with the professional courses that Virtual Academy provides.
Herold Scott, Oak Ridge Police Department

Definitely the most intuitive way to train!
Jamison Peevyhouse, Director E-911 and EMA

By partnering with Virtual Academy, we are enabling many departments to achieve the majority of their P.O.S.T. requirements without losing valuable time away from their assignments. The ability to eliminate one day of academy training and replace those hours with Virtual Academy courses will save our Department of 850+ nearly $250,000.
Lt. Director Steve Hampton, St. Louis County and Municipal Police Academy

Virtual Academy is world-class. Everything they do is top-notch.
Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, Author, Speaker and Trainer

Good tool for training. We have been assigning courses over the past quarter and we have uploaded policies and memos into the system and everything is going great.
Sergeant Brian Murphree, Flint Michigan Police Department

Resources

COVID-19 has stressed our local public safety departments’ budgets and people. Public Safety staff are essential and that means they are showing up whenever they are called, no matter what’s going on in our world.

Well guess what, that is stressful… see, all our public safety partners must do their daily jobs with ZERO margin for error. That is on a normal day, and now, dealing with COVID-19 and Civil Unrest, not only are they expected to walk the line day in and day out, but now they’re doing with a heavier weight on their shoulders.

So how do we take care of our employees and keep professionalism and excellence intact while still mitigating the risk of the job?

COVID-19 has made most agencies pivot to online to finish out 2020 and look ahead to 2021. While most everyone is using Zoom, Webex or GoToMeeting as a quick fix to their in-service, it’s not a complete solution to manage all your training & data. Here are five things to keep in mind when bringing your agency online.

As leaders in Public Safety, we are constantly defining scopes and goals for our organizations and mission. New information, additional intelligence, changing political landscapes, and increasing public expectations requires adjustment to our vision and focus almost overnight. For public safety in America, this year has transitioned from dynamic to volcanic, and has added deep complexity to our mission and goals. In such an environment, SMART goals seem a novel idea that might work “next year”.

But what about SMART Training? During this season of grief and unrest, can we deliver training to our team that is Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relatable, and Timely?

Face-to-face training is the standard of Public Safety training. It’s here to stay. From basic academy courses to defensive tactics, to shooting at the gun range, all these must be done in person. But we noticed a while back how things are beginning to change, for the better. See, a lot of agencies are now using hybrid learning models in the way they teach. With technology being awesome, sometimes you find a solution to a problem you didn’t know you had.

In today's increasingly changing world, most PSAPs struggle to recruit and retain qualified Telecommunicators. The most successful PSAPs are implementing robust training and communication programs.