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20th Annual Training Conference
Pennsylvania Law Enforcement Accreditation
The 2025 accreditation training conference is scheduled for March 31 - April 2, 2025. Training on the schedule this year includes the following:
Monday, March 31, 2025 Select ONE class for Monday
9:00 am – 4:00 pm PowerDMS Training Class
PowerDMS is conducting a training class on the following topics:
PowerDMS File Maintenance
This session is great for new administrators to PowerDMS. Learn how to upload, organize and manage your document revisions that will directly support your accreditation.
PowerDMS 101
This session is great for new administrators in the accreditation process. Learn how to create consistency as you start your assessment, build your files to demonstrate compliance, and leverage built-in tools to maintain your progress.
PowerDMS 201
Learn how to manage updates to your standards manual, archive your old assessment, assign roles for mock/final assessors and copy your tasks/attachments into your new assessment.
Compliance Unleashed: Turning the mundane into extraordinary excellence
Are you ready to take your compliance assessment skills to the next level? Look no further! Discover creative ways to demonstrate your agency's compliance with standards that go beyond the typical report. Impress your assessor and keep the AM happy. No previous experience with PowerDMS is required – we welcome everyone!
Content Hub
Join us for an informative session, where we will introduce PowerDMS’s Content Hub. This powerful tool streamlines access to crucial resources, allowing law enforcement agencies to obtain model policies and other important resources directly from the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association. In this session, you'll learn how to seamlessly integrate vetted and up-to-date policies into your department’s existing framework within PowerDMS. We’ll walk you through the simple steps to access, customize, and implement these model policies, ensuring your agency stays compliant with state standards and best practices. Even if you are not a current PowerDMS customer, you can still access these model policies through Content Hub! This session is essential for any law enforcement executive looking to enhance their policy management processes with the latest tools and resources. Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn how to leverage PowerDMS and Content Hub to keep your department’s policies current and effective.
9:00 am – 4:00 pm New Accreditation Manager Class
This class is required for newly appointed Accreditation Managers. This class is also recommended for AM’s who are preparing for their first PLEAC assessment. Due to class size, accredited agencies are limited to 1 attendee. Any additional attendees must be approved by the PLEAC Coordinator.
9:00 am – 4:00 pm New Assessor Training Class
This class will prepare individuals to perform on-site assessments. This class has prerequisites which are listed on the assessor application. If you wish to attend this class, an assessor application must be completed and submitted with your resume and Acknowledgment Form as soon as possible but no later than February 16, 2025, to be approved by the Commission. Click here for an assessor application. Click here for the acknowledgment form.
Monday, March 31, 2025 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Networking Sessions (Sponsored by PPAC)
Tuesday, April 1, 2025 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Retired Chief Michael Ranalli (Sponsored by Lexipol)
Beyond the Standards: “Living” the Policy While Effectively Managing People
Compliance with the accreditation standards and achieving accredited status is an admirable achievement. Fulfilling the spirit of the standards, however, can be challenging. For example, a policy on the duty to intervene is required, but what does that mean? How will the policy be implemented and accomplished in a meaningful way? The rapid proliferation of video and artificial intelligence adds yet additional challenges. Adherence to standards can help mitigate risk and protect both the public and your officers. But do you have proper procedures in place to effectively diagnose and correct organizational failures when they happen? An organizational culture founded upon the proper application of the Five Organizational Pillars - People, Policy, Training, Supervision and Discipline - can create redundancies to help prevent and/or mitigate tragedies when in both high-stress situations and routine operations. Using videos and contemporary incidents, this presentation will address all these topics and include:
* How law enforcement leaders can and must build the duty to intercede and root cause analysis into agency culture and why members should embrace it.
* A discussion of how video may not be the best evidence of what happened in an incident, including a review of human performance factors and limitations of video evidence.
* A discussion of the need to balance the transformative possibilities of artificial intelligence for law enforcement with ethical considerations.
Tuesday, April 1, 2025 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Networking Sessions (Sponsored by PPAC)
Wednesday, April 2, 2025 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
PA Standards Updates & Panel Discussion - PLEAC Standards Committee
This session is recommended for all agencies and is mandatory for assessors who are due for their update training and wish to remain on the active assessor list. Assessors must sign the attendance sheet to get credit.
Monday, March 31 – Wednesday, April 2, 2025 8:00 am – vendor area opens
Monday, March 31 – Wednesday, April 2, 2025 9:00 am – 4:30 pm
PowerDMS One-on-One Training Sessions
PowerDMS will be on site all three days offering one-on-one LIVE in person training sessions with users of their software at the PLEAC Conference. The sessions are offered to answer questions, provide technical support and discuss ways to maintain efficiency.
Sessions will be scheduled on a first come first served basis. Those enrolled in either the Accreditation Manager Class or the Assessor Training Class and interested in this one-on-one training must sign up for either a Tuesday or Wednesday session.
PowerDMS one-on-one sessions will be available for anyone interested who registers for the conference. Once you have registered for the conference, you will receive a confirmation email with a link to register for these one-on-one sessions.
Click here to register for the conference.
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A reminder to all currently certified PLEAC assessors, you are required to have update training at least once every two years if you wish to continue to be on the active assessor list for PLEAC. If you do not receive the required update training, you will be removed from our list of active assessors. If you are in question as to your training needs, please contact us and we will provide you with that information.
Also, the Pennsylvania Police Accreditation Coalition (PPAC) will be sponsoring networking sessions on Monday and Tuesday evenings (7:00 pm – 10:00 pm). The room will offer light snacks, beverages and most importantly an opportunity for you to network with others who are working in the accreditation program. We wish to thank PPAC for their sponsorship!
The conference will be held at the Sheraton Harrisburg Hershey Hotel, 4650 Lindle Road, Harrisburg, PA 17111. We have reserved a block of rooms for those of you who wish to stay over. You can contact them directly at 717-564-5511 or use the following link: https://www.marriott.com/event-reservations/reservation-link.mi?id=1714763454313&key=GRP&guestreslink2=true. They will provide you with a room rate of $117.00 per night. The block will be held until March 7, 2025. You must make your reservations prior to that to take advantage of this special rate.
There is a non-refundable conference registration fee per attendee as follows:
$150.00 thru February 28, 2025
$200.00 March 1 – 15, 2025
$250.00 March 16 - 31, 2025
Inquiries regarding the conference may be made by calling 717-236-1059 Extension 100 or by emailing Sara Feaser at [email protected]
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