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2009 IT Hero Awards Nominees: CPKN online training helps TO police deal with real-life situations
Posted June 23, 2009
Courtesy ITworldCanada
By: Nestor E. Arellano - ITWorldCanada.com
Balancing the need to deliver relevant and up-to-date training for police officers and provide adequate police coverage of city streets is a constant concern for many law enforcement agencies.
In the Toronto Police Service’s efforts to solve this challenge, the use of self-directed online learning modules from the Canadian Police Knowledge Network (CPKN), a non-profit learning provider, is a vital tool.
For instance, CPKN’s recently released course titled Recognition of Emotionally Disturbed Persons, has helped Toronto police officers to conveniently access information and training on a subject that would have been difficult to obtain without research and classroom instructors.
The Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island-based CPKN is among several Canadian companies that were nominated for the 9th Annual ITAC IT Hero Awards presented by Intel.
The IT Hero Awards will be presented at the annual ITAC Chair’s Dinner on June 23, 2009. The IT Hero Awards program was developed in 2001 by ITAC in partnership with Industry Canada to celebrate and recognize the achievements of people across Canada who used technology in innovative ways to help others. The award was launched as a feature of IT WEEK, a time to reflect on the successful impact of IT on society. There are two aware categories: The Community IT Hero Award, sponsored by Innovapost, recognizes an individual, group or not-for-profit organization that is able to creative use IT to improve the lives of Canadians. The Corporate IT Hero Award recognizes a for-profit public or privately-owned business that can demonstrate the creative application of IT in improving the lives of Canadians. For more information, go to: http://www.itheroawards.com
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