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Successful Cyber Security Regional Seminars
Crossing the state from Gering, to Ogallala, to Kearney, to Lincoln, to Norfolk, NIRMA spent the better part of two weeks this April working directly with officials and employees on improving cyber security. Now, approximately 225 officials and employees will be...
In Memoriam – Terry Baxter
Terry Baxter(1960-2022) We honor the memory of Terry Baxter, Law Enforcement and Safety Specialist for NIRMA, who passed away unexpectedly on January 26, 2022. After an admirable career on the front lines of law enforcement, Terry joined the team at NIRMA in 2009. He...
NIRMA Online University Expands
On July 1 our online training catalog expanded to include a vast array of courses specifically for county corrections and communications/dispatcher personnel. Partnering with LocalGovU/Lexipol, our training platform through NIRMA Online University will now feature the...
ATTENTION NIRMA CONTACT PERSONS
NIRMA maintains an extensive database containing the names of officeholders, their mailing addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers. This information is used when sending out the monthly Safety Shorts newsletter, our bi-monthly Interchange magazine, periodic...
Message to Our Members re: COVID-19/ Coronavirus
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services March 12, 2020 As we here at NIRMA along with our valued Members and the rest of the world deal with the unprecedented efforts underway to stop the spread of the COVID-19...
NIRMA Webinar Series Scheduled Through March
NIRMA will extend its series of free monthly webinars through March. Presented at 10:00 a.m. the third Thursday of each month, these webinars will address subjects that are of timely importance to our members. Our upcoming webinars are scheduled as follows: December...
Safety Shorts
Safety Committee Responsibilities and Duties
By Chad Engle, Loss Prevention and Safety Manager Beginning this month, and for the next four months, I’m going to discuss the different...
Are Your Signs Larger Than They Appear?
By K C Pawling, Road Safety and Loss Prevention Specialist County road departments must install and maintain signs according to the latest edition...
Open Carry in Public Buildings
By Todd Duncan, Law Enforcement and Safety Specialist If you attended this year’s NIRMA Self Defense for County Officials conference in Kearney, you...
Winter in Nebraska, a.k.a. Slip and Fall Season
By Chad Engle, Loss Prevention and Safety Manager Last weekend Nebraska experienced its first snow fall of the season with reports of 2 – 3 inches...
Please, Manage the Risks
By K C Pawling, Road Safety and Loss Prevention Specialist I’m writing this about two weeks after a local (to where I live) NDOT employee was...
Property Inspections – It’s That Time of Year
By Chad Engle, Loss Prevention Manager and Safety Specialist NIRMA’s Best Practice for Safety Members # 8. Perform regular documented inspections of...
Law Enforcement Roll Call Training
August 2022 Roll Call Training
High Risk Critical Task / Sexual Harassment, Discrimination, Misconduct All law enforcement agencies must have a policy prohibiting Sexual...
July 2022 Roll Call Training
High Risk Critical Task / Off Duty Action Local law enforcement agencies should adopt safety directives and guidelines for dealing with the carrying...
June 2022 Roll Call Training
High Risk Critical Task / Property and Evidence Law enforcement agencies should provide for the reasonable safekeeping of all property that comes...