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PA CHIEFS OF POLICE ASSOCIATION | BULLETIN | WINTER 2016 | 9
TECHNOLOGY
UPDATEBy Christopher J. Braun, MSIT, PCPA Technology Coordinator
TECHNOLOGY UPDATE
PAVTN
In January 2017, the Pennsylvania Virtual
TrainingNetworkwill start its sixth year.
We will add nine new courses. Available
on January 1, 2017 will be Legal Update
(17-001), a Mandatory MPOETC Course
- 3 Credit Hours; Procedural Justice &
Police Legitimacy (17-002), a Mandatory
MPOETC Course - 3 Credit Hours;
Handling Drug Overdose (17-003), an
Elective MPOETC Course - 3 Credit
Hours; Intelligence Assisted Policing
(17-004,) an Elective MPOETC Course-
3 Credit Hours and Conviction Integrity
(CLE00488), an Elective MPOETC
Course - 3 Credit Hours. During the
first quarter of 2017, we will release
these additional courses, Responding to
Veterans in Crisis, an Elective MPOETC
course -3 Credit Hours; Responding to
Trauma Victims; Elderly Justice; and
Protection from Abuse Orders Training.
While you now have a greater number of
elective courses for certification, please
don’t stop taking course just because you
meet the minimum 12 hours. All of these
courses will increase your knowledge of
policing in the Commonwealth. They
are free and available 24 hours a day, 365
day a year.
MOBILE ID
The Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police in
cooperation with the Pennsylvania
State Police is providing local police the
Evolution handheld fingerprint scanner
and a dedicated secure cellular network to
connect to the PCPA secure sever which
securely connects to the State Police
Automated Fingerprint Identification
System (AFIS) and the FBI Repository
for Individuals of Special Concern
(RISC). The Mobile ID project has been
working through several technology and
policy issues that have kept it behind
schedule.
One of the problems is the FBI CJIS
Security Policy defines a minimum
set of security standards to ensure
the protection of Criminal Justice
Information. Agencies must comply
with the standards to have access to CJIS
information and data. To address this
problem, PCPA will now require each
device to use a dedicated cellular network
with Secure Mobile Data Service (SMDS)
Mobile, Device Management software,
and two factor authentication to ensure
that every agency complies with the FBI
CJIS Security Policy.
Another set of problems surrounded
the appropriate circumstances to use
the Mobile ID devices and developing
training and policies to meet those
circumstances. We have drafted the
documentation to address these issues
and they are undergoing State Police
review.
The last hurdle is developing an
application procedure for police
departments to be approved by the State
Police to connect and second to apply to
have grant funds pay for their devices.
Again, the appropriate forms have been
drafted and are now under review. It will
be a two-step process. Frist, the agency
will complete an application to the State
Police. They must have an arrest ORI,
an updated CLEAN/USER agreement,
all user must be CLEAN certified and
they must submit their use policy on
departmental letterhead. Second, the
department will submit a grant request
form that will be reviewed by the
Pennsylvania Crime and Delinquency’s
local technology workgroup.
We hope this dual application process
will be available in January 2017. Please
check the PCPA website,
for updated information.