Law Enforcement

Whether designing new public safety communications centers, evaluating and implementing new technologies and systems, or consolidating regional call-taking and dispatching, the Fitch team can help.

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Law Enforcement Consulting

In a highly visible field, law enforcement agencies are constantly striving to adjust to change and growing challenges while working to better serve their communities. Policing has the broadest community based missions, some of which are historical and core to what police represent and others have grown over time to fill a gap that was created by society but cannot be left unfilled. Understanding the difference and balancing that against fiscal and community expectations is key. Fitch & Associates provides expert law enforcement consulting services to county, city and state agencies of all sizes.

Fitch & Associates experts can provide assistance by:

  • Evaluating community needs
  • Evaluating governance structures and dispute resolution models
  • Conducting policy and procedure reviews and efficiently studies
  • Assessing deployment and staffing models
  • Conducting a staffing analysis for all department levels
  • Providing strategic planning services
  • Directing risk evaluation projects and developing mitigation strategies
  • Performing compliance evaluations
  • Providing individual and organizational leadership development and coaching
  • Objectively evaluating consolidation opportunities
  • Leading implementations of new communications and data systems

Resources

The Cornerstone Series:

The State of Data Use in EMS

It’s clear there is increasing interest among EMS leaders in using data to improve our ability to monitor our systems—often in real time—and to translate that data into information that can improve systems and ultimately patient care.

Resource Article

Breaking through the Shadows

EMS leaders have long known that what we do is a high-stress occupation. However, the drastically increasing number of suicides within our workforce compels leaders to shine a bright light into the dark corners of our caregivers’ souls and directly upon our profession’s apathy.

Articles

Fitch Insights & Perspective

Reports

2907, 2020
2020 EMS Trend Report

This will be a defining year for EMS, shaped by new care delivery options, legislative mandates and the public spotlight. [...]