Today, Peregrine launched Peregrine Academy, our on-demand training program, utilizing a centralized Learning Management System (LMS) to streamline the management, tracking, and delivery of customized educational courses.  

Each course includes interactive elements, knowledge checks, and completion badges, ensuring a personalized experience that enhances user engagement and provides comprehensive education on how to maximize the Peregrine platform. 

We built Peregrine Academy because training for new technologies often falls short within public safety agencies. Generalized training – the unfortunate norm – doesn’t meet each agency’s unique needs and requirements. It lacks clear objectives and fails to address long-standing problems within a given department. 

“Training simply isn’t prioritized by many companies,” said Paige Burley, Peregrine’s Head of Training & Client Advocacy. “Law enforcement is a hard job. Most companies don’t even do the standard level of training law enforcement deserves. If they do training, it’s a basic overview unconnected to what an agency actually wants to achieve.” 

We’ve taken the opposite approach. Our training is not a generalized overview of features within Peregrine. Instead, our training program is geared towards teaching department members how to solve their specific challenges. Doing so means personnel will immediately have daily-use solutions that solve critical problems. 

“Law enforcement officers are being thrown so much technology. We want to make training as simple as possible and interactive. We use agencies’ own data; we want them to see Peregrine in action on real-world scenarios they might encounter that aligns with the problems they have and their departments’ priorities,” said Ryann Stefanye, Training Manager at Peregrine. 

Peregrine Academy is one more way for law enforcement personnel to learn how to use Peregrine to solve their hardest problems, aligned with Peregrine’s training principles. 

Tailored content 

We develop training programs tailored to the roles and responsibilities for public safety personnel, taking everything from each, individual agency’s goals, priorities, procedures, and skill sets of their team into account to curate training. 

“The first thing we do is dive deep into an agency’s data,” Stefanye explained. “We want to understand their data and how they’re using it. Then, we train personnel to solve specific problems. It gives people those a-ha moments we love.” 

In Peregrine Academy, there are persona-based learning paths, meaning an analyst’s training on Peregrine will be different from an investigator or member of the executive leadership team. 

Interactive learning 

Whether it’s a virtual or in-person training, agency personnel are using their own data in Peregrine during training. Our training team also leverages scenario-based training, role-playing exercises, and simulations. These methods allow participants to apply knowledge and skills in realistic situations, enhancing retention and readiness. 

“It’s very question-oriented,” Burley said. “The question I love to hear is, ‘Can Peregrine do X?’ Because Peregrine can.” 

“A police captain told us that our trainings being based on real-world data from their department distinguished Peregrine,” Burley continued. “We want to know what’s working for them, and what’s not. If their team is still having challenges achieving a particular outcome or solving a certain problem, we’ll do follow-on trainings. Peregrine Academy is another avenue to unlock interactive, continual learning.” 

Collaborative training and peer learning 

One of our main goals is to facilitate opportunities for interagency collaboration and joint training exercises involving multiple law enforcement agencies within a region – Peregrine User Group Communities. We’re starting with Northern California agencies and will be expanding soon. 

“We’re planning in-person gatherings where select personnel across agencies will have the chance to share how they’re using Peregrine with peers in their region and get a first look at new features in our platform,” Stefanye said.