PoliceOne.com Announces Strategic Partnership with the Street Crimes Training Seminar

Partnership reinforces PoliceOne’s position as the leading source for law enforcement training

SAN FRANCISCO – PoliceOne.com, the leading online information and training resource for law enforcement, today announced that it has entered into a partnership to take over operations of the Street Crimes Police Training Seminar, one of the premier law enforcement training programs in the market.

Beginning Jan. 1, 2010, Street Crimes will join PoliceOne’s training division, which includes the Calibre Press Street Survival® Seminar, placing PoliceOne at the forefront of police training. Together, the two seminars will provide law enforcement officers with the full spectrum of police training and techniques. While Street Survival focuses on training officers to stay safe and adopt the proper mindset, Street Crimes teaches techniques that officers can use to put criminals behind bars.

PoliceOne and Calibre Press will be responsible for the day-to-day operations and marketing of the seminar, leveraging both organizations’ significant expertise in effectively running law enforcement training seminars and delivering mission critical content. With joint marketing across both seminar properties and the power of PoliceOne’s brand and reach, both courses will be able to better connect with the many officers and agencies across the country in need of high quality training.

Founded in 1994 by Pat McCarthy, a 25-year veteran of the Chicago Police Department, Street Crimes conducts 160 training seminars at departments across the country and trains nearly 5,000 officers in person each year. All Street Crimes Instructors have at least 25 years of street experience, allowing them to blend their many unique experiences in addressing key law enforcement topics like Patrol, Gang Crimes, Undercover work, S.W.A.T. Team and Federal Task Forces.

“We are thrilled to be headed into 2010 with Street Crimes as our partner in providing critical training to the law enforcement community,” said Alex Ford, CEO of PoliceOne.com. “The reputation Street Crimes has built as the leader in offensive tactics and techniques will serve as a perfect complement to Calibre Press’ focus on defensive, survival-focused curriculum, strengthening the ability of both seminars to reach officers across the country.”  

“This is a really exciting partnership for our team and a great opportunity to reach the law enforcement market in new ways,” said Pat McCarthy, founder of Street Crimes. “Our expertise, combined with the reputation and experience of the PoliceOne and Calibre Press teams, will enable us to develop a training program that is stronger and more successful than ever before.”

McCarthy will join PoliceOne as a law enforcement subject matter expert, where he will contribute a monthly column and provide editorial consultation. He will continue to be involved in the growth and expansion of Street Crimes brand and curriculum.

With the partnership, PoliceOne will train nearly 15,000 officers each year at more than 200 locations between Street Crimes and the Calibre Press Street Survival® Seminar, reinforcing its position as the leading source for law enforcement training and information nationwide.

For a Street Crimes’ complete 2010 Seminar Calendar, visit
http://www.policeone.com/training/Street-Crimes/

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About PoliceOne.com:
With more than 290,000 registered members, PoliceOne.com is the leading law enforcement Web site in the country. PoliceOne provides law enforcement-specific resources designed to help officers stay safe on the streets and more effectively protect their communities. PoliceOne is the only site to confirm the active law enforcement status of all members, creating a trusted and safe community for the exchange and discussion of key law enforcement issues, including breaking news, top products and important officer safety strategies.

About Calibre Press:
For over 25 years, Calibre has been the leader in law enforcement education, training and information, helping to save officers' lives while reducing officer and agency liability. Through the widely recognized Street Survival® Seminars, Calibre’s mission is to provide the most informative and motivational survival training experience available to the law enforcement community. This unique needs-based training seminar, developed and presented by the industry's leading trainers, is designed to help police personnel stay safe and healthy throughout their careers regardless of assignment. For more information on Calibre Press, visit www.calibrepress.com.

About Street Crimes:
Since 1994, the 3-day “Street Crimes” law enforcement training seminar, sponsored in over 150 cities a year by John E. Reid and Associates, has developed a reputation as the most informative and entertaining police training program in the country. This police seminar is very unique and contemporary and is presented through a combination of lectures and a state of the art multimedia creation, to provide the best law enforcement training available today. Street Crimes Instructors are able to blend their many unique experiences in Patrol, Gang Crimes, Undercover work, S.W.A.T. Team and Federal Task Forces to create the fastest growing law enforcement training program in the country. For more information on Street Crimes, visit www.streetcrimes.net.

Contact Information:
Jon Hughes
The Praetorian Group
415-962-8326
Jon.hughes@praetoriangroup.com