What You Need to Know About Vector’s Law Enforcement Training Software

Policing today is more demanding than ever. Agencies have to earn and maintain the trust of their communities, keep up with constantly changing laws, and deal with public scrutiny, all while facing new and unpredictable threats. To succeed, officers need programs that help them react quickly, make sound decisions, and keep themselves and the people they serve safe.

That’s where Vector Solutions can help. Our law enforcement training management tools make it easier for agencies to manage training, meet mandated training requirements, and prepare officers for what they’ll face on the job. With the right support, they can stay focused on what matters most: protecting and serving their communities with confidence.

For more than two decades, Vector Solutions has partnered with public safety agencies to support their training and software needs. Today, we are honored to continue that work and welcome new agencies to the 10,000+ who trust Vector for their training and operational readiness needs.

Keep reading to learn more about how TargetSolutions can support law enforcement training at your agency!

How does Vector Solutions’ law enforcement training platform help agencies?

For law enforcement agencies, training isn’t just another box to check. It’s about making sure officers are prepared for their vital job duties, keeping communities safe, and protecting officers and community members from unnecessary risks. But keeping on top of all aspects of training management can quickly become overwhelming, especially when training data is entrenched in multiple systems, buried in stacks of paperwork, or scattered across spreadsheet after spreadsheet.

TargetSolutions makes it easier. Our training platform brings everything together—online courses, in-service training, FTO/PTO programs, and professional development—so departments can see every officer’s progress in one place and make sure nothing gets overlooked. With accurate, easy-to-access records, proving compliance, responding to audits or public records requests, and reducing liability become a whole lot simpler. And because the platform simplifies scheduling, delivering, tracking, and reporting training, agency leadership and training supervisors can spend less time chasing down data and more time building the skills of their officers.

But how does TargetSolutions do all of this?

Centralizing All Training Activities

Easily assign, track, and manage all training within a single system and check training progress with just a few clicks.

 

Offering Certified Online Training Courses

Vector Solutions’ online police training course catalog contains over 60 courses certified by the IADLEST National Certification Program™. Agencies can leverage Vector’s online courses to meet in-service mandates as well as make use of the extensive library of EMS, cybersecurity, human resources, and office productivity courses to supplement other areas of necessary training.

 

Keeping Things Customizable

Import custom-developed training content (videos, slide decks, tests, and more), materials from overseeing entities, or shared from neighboring agencies via the Community Resources library. Agencies can also incorporate training from other third-party sources. Vector’s training management system supports SCORM 1.2, SCORM 2004, and xAPI/Tin Can file types in the United States and SCORM 1.2 internationally.

 

Eliminating Data Siloes

Keep all documentation and records from all categories of training in one secure, digital repository. All training data and records are stored in one secure place, so agencies don’t have to dig through multiple systems to find what they need.

 

Supplying Legally Defensible Training Records

Show proof of officer competency, training activities, and more. Quickly and easily respond to public records requests and gather documentation for annual reporting, overseeing entities, budget requests, and more. TargetSolutions also makes it easy to provide records for programs officers may qualify for including grants, incentive pay, training reimbursements, and other state-specific activities.

 

Securely Storing Records

Never worry about illegible writing, lost paperwork, or coffee rings again. With Vector, training records and documentation are digital and safely stored in the cloud, which makes it easy to adhere to records retention schedules and quickly access officer training records when needed.

 

Providing Custom Training Tracks and Credentials

Build custom training tracks or utilize pre-built in-service training credentials customized
for your state and aligned with the respective certification(s) that your officers hold to ensure every hour needed for recertification is tracked and reportable. Set up notifications of upcoming due dates to ensure every training hour is completed on time. Training tracks can also be set up to create custom career pathways or training matrices for promotions and other advancement opportunities.

 

Empowering Officers to Take Charge of Their Careers

Courses and other learning activities can be self-assigned, allowing officers to take their training into their own hands.

 

Incorporating Comprehensive Data Analytics

Dashboards for user progress and assignments make it easy to quickly check progress towards training requirements or agency goals. Automate reporting by setting up recurring reports to be sent via email to training supervisors and other stakeholders. Easily export data to share with overseeing entities or take advantage of Vector’s automatic reporting to state certification authorities (in select states). Identify officers who are behind on their training or those who are going above and beyond.

 

Simplifying FTO/PTO with a Native Mobile App

Equip FTOs with 24/7, 365 access to Vector’s field training mobile app, Evaluations+, which integrates with TargetSolutions. Leave paper and clipboards behind and move all field training materials to a digital, secure, cloud-based system that streamlines all aspects of the FTO process, including daily observation reports, end-of-phase reporting, and more. Utilize Vector’s form library, which meets the standards for major FTO/PTO models like San Jose and Reno, or create your own. Even capture and attach photos and videos for review with trainees or to share with agency leadership! Leverage the Evaluations+ mobile app for all your live skills training, including annual weapons qualifications and defensive tactics.

 

Connecting Local Agencies via Enterprise

Vector’s Enterprise solution helps large, co-response and mutual-aid agencies provide consistent training and ensure effective emergency response. Enterprise sites allow individual agencies to retain their autonomy while equipping a central authority with the power to assign training, policies, and events to all agencies or individually as needed.

 

Partnering with Certification Authorities

Vector Solutions also offers AgencyConnect, which is a one-of-a-kind software solution that connects local agencies with state certifying authorities and academies, helping to ensure compliance, reduce manual data entry, and boost accountability.

 

New and Exciting Features!

In addition to all of the ways TargetSolutions has been making life easier for law enforcement agencies for years, there are a host of new and exciting features that have been recently released to make the platform even better!

• A new modern design and mobile responsiveness which dramatically improves the user experience for trainees and supervisors.
• The new “To Do” section of TargetSolutions which helps users manage their assignments and credentials more intuitively and effectively.

• Improvements that streamline managing multiple occurrences of the same live training event, simplifying training management and saving admins time.

Want to learn more about the future of TargetSolutions and get additional insights into recently released features?

To learn more about how Vector Solutions can support operations at your agency with our law enforcement training software, please request a demo today.

Vector Solutions’ suite of industry-leading software solutions includes training management systems, online training courses, FTO and live skill evaluations, academy automation, equipment and inventory management, shift scheduling, and an early intervention and conduct management system.