Page 34 - PCPA Spring 2025 Bulletin Magazine

TECHNOLOGY UPDATE
Technology
Update
By: Ken Zipovsky, Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association, Grants Management and Technology Coordinator
PAVTN
KEN ZIPOVSKY is the Grants
Management and Technology
Coordinator for Pennsylvania
Chiefs of Police Association
Greetings, everyone! It’s Ken Zipovsky, and I’m
pleased to bring you the spring edition of our training
and technology update. We have finished work on
the four new 2025 MIST training courses. They are
published on the PAVTN for your officers to take at
their convenience 24/7.
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Mandatory Courses:
o Legal Updates
o Law Enforcement Response to
Homeless Persons
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Elective Courses:
o Tactical Response
o Elder Abuse and Exploitation
The PCPA is committed to enhancing our officers’
knowledge and readiness. In addition to the MIST
courses, we have published a series of child abuse
courses that have received MPOETC CLEE Credits.
The course titles are
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Child Physical Abuse
Child Sexual Abuse
Child Pornography Investigations
Report Writing for physical and sexual abuse
Ken Zipovsky
PA CHIEFS OF POLICE ASSOCIATION
Also, a new promotional video highlighting the training
offered on the PAVTN was completed. This video,
and many others can be found on the Association’s
YouTube channel www.youtube.com/@PAChiefs.
Did you know that the PAVTN now has 102 training
courses and serves over 35,000 users? Our goal at
the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association is to
provide top-notch law enforcement training, available
on-demand. All training on the PATVTN is free. Access
it conveniently by visiting www.pavtn.net or by using
the links on our Association website.
Stay informed, stay prepared, and keep up the great
work!
Mobile Fingerprint Identification Devices
The association continues to administer the Mobile ID
project for Pennsylvania’s law enforcement agencies.
Mobile Fingerprint Identification Devices are a great
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