Elevating Innovation to New Heights

Your agency is leading the way with innovative solutions that enhance community support and service. By embracing creative problem-solving, you’re addressing challenges both within your organization and in the communities you serve. The Versaterm Innovation Award celebrates these efforts, big and small, and showcases the unique and impactful ways you’re driving progress. This is your opportunity to highlight your successes and shine a spotlight on the meaningful work you do every day.

Versaterm Innovation Award

The Versaterm Innovation Award recognizes public safety agencies, forensic labs, court systems, schools and others that use any Versaterm solution(s) from the ecosystem (and related technology) to help solve their problems that results in better outcomes for their organization and respective communities.

 

Why You Should Enter

In today’s fast-changing world, public safety agencies and organizations are finding smarter ways to overcome challenges, often with limited resources. This award recognizes clients who have created innovative solutions and strategies that led to real results. By sharing their stories, your stories, we hope to provide practical insights and inspiration to help you tackle future challenges with clarity and confidence.

The award presentations are typically on the second day of Versaterm Re:Invent Users Conference. This keynote session provides the opportunity to hear more about the winning projects. The timing also allows for onsite meetings at the conference, because we believe the opportunity to hear directly from those involved offers more value to you, our Versaterm customers.

Submissions for the 2025 Versaterm Innovation Award are now closed. They will reopen in early 2026.

2025 Versaterm Innovation Award Winners

Congratulations to this year’s award recipients. We look forward to your presentations at the 2025 Versaterm Re:Invent Users Conference in November!

First Place: Phoenix Police Department

Project: Using Versaterm CommunityConnect to Enhance Community Relations

Second Place: Bakersfield Police Department

Project: Analyzing Versaterm CommunityConnect Survey Feedback within Versaterm CAD/RMS

Third Place: North Louisiana Criminalistics Laboratory

Project: Using Versaterm LIMS-plus with Reporting Tools to Streamline Lab Operations and Increase Data Visibility

Important Dates & Overview

Award Opening Date

Award Opening Date

Deadline for Entries

Deadline for Entries

Announcement of Winners

Announcement of Winners

Important Dates

Award Opening Date – Monday, January 27, 2025

Deadline for Entries – Monday, March 17, 2025

Announcement of Winners – Tuesday, April 2, 2025

Award Overview

The Versaterm Innovation Award recognizes public safety agencies, forensic labs, court systems, prosecutor offices, schools and others that use Versaterm solutions (and related technology) to help solve their problems that results in better outcomes for their organization and respective communities.

Versaterm is looking for INNOVATION, or finding creative, new and unique ways to do something! This award is meant to showcase successes in your organization, and to elevate the work that you do.

Your successes should be celebrated and emulated. As we are all partners, sharing your knowledge with your industry peers makes us all stronger.

Aims of the contest

Raise awareness that Versaterm customers can present at the Versaterm Re:Invent Users Conference

Raise awareness that sharing best practices and training is the purpose of the award and conference

Showcase innovative measures taken in public safety organizations, forensic labs, court systems, prosecutor offices, schools and others that use Versaterm solutions

Eligibility

To be eligible to participate in the Versaterm Innovation Award, your organization must be using at least one Versaterm solution. In addition to Versaterm CAD/RMS, this list below highlights some of the other eligible solutions but is not exhaustive.

In addition, your organization must have used Versaterm’s solutions (and perhaps technology from other suppliers) to solve a problem faced by your group.

We encourage every client to participate in this year’s Versaterm Innovation Award

Submission Rules & Instructions

 

Participating organizations must complete the submission form fields listed on the application which outlines information about the project, or the submission will not be processed. Please submit your entry via our online form.

You may either enter the information directly into all the fields or upload the Word document. Versaterm will acknowledge your submission once received.

Submissions should be approximately 500 words per section, with up to five supporting materials (screenshots, graphics, etc.) in addition to the text fields. However, the written portion should be a maximum of four pages.

Submissions remain valid only for the year in which the submission is received. However, the same project may be resubmitted the following year, if it did not receive an award the previous year. It is the responsibility of the agency to re-submit.

Submissions will be evaluated by the content of the forms. A small panel of agency-neutral evaluators will review all submissions. The decision of the evaluators will be final. Please refer to the Important Dates section above for the date winners are expected to be announced. The announcement of the winners will allow Versaterm to schedule them in the next annual Versaterm Re:Invent Users Conference and will allow the winners to plan their attendance for the workshop.

Points will be given based on the results, the WOW factor, and the effectiveness of the solution, rather than to the sophistication of the solution. Solutions that primarily use Versaterm ecosystem applications may get extra points. Points will also be awarded based on the magnitude of the project or the number of people impacted, and to projects that discuss the measurement of success.

Since the Versaterm Innovation Award is built on the importance of sharing, Versaterm retains the right to post or publish any information included in contest submissions.

  • Versaterm Adashi
  • Versaterm CallTriage
  • Versaterm CaseWorX (Courts/Schools)
  • Versaterm CommunityConnect (formerly SPIDR Tech)
  • Versaterm CommunityReport
  • Versaterm Document Conversion & Management
  • Versaterm eJust
  • Versaterm IAPro (BlueTeam, EIPro, MakeNote, Public Portal)
  • Versaterm JusticeTrax
  • Versaterm Mindbase
  • Versaterm OpsIntel (formerly Street Smart)
  • Versaterm Visual Labs

2025 Prizes

1st Prize
  • All expenses paid by Versaterm, for two people to attend the annual Versaterm Re:Invent Users Conference, which includes their registrations, flights, hotel and food allowances
  • A plaque will be presented to the organization or individual recognizing the benefits to public safety and the community
  • The organization will be given a time slot in the agenda of the next annual Versaterm Re:Invent Users Conference to provide a presentation showcasing their accomplishment
2nd Prize
  • Registration costs paid by Versaterm, for two people to attend the annual Versaterm Re:Invent Users Conference
  • The organization will be given a time slot in the agenda of the next annual Versaterm Re:Invent Users Conference to provide a presentation showcasing their accomplishment
3rd Prize
  • Registration costs paid by Versaterm, for one person to attend the annual Versaterm Re:Invent Users Conference
  • The organization will be given a time slot in the agenda of the next annual Versaterm Re:Invent Users Conference to provide a presentation showcasing their accomplishment
Note

The prizes are awarded to the organization, and therefore, the organization shall determine who will attend the annual Versaterm Re:Invent Users Conference and who will present the project.

Achieving a Win

This is an international contest. Submitting a winning entry is an achievement worth celebrating. It shows that your organization is creative in how you use technology to become more effective and efficient for driving better outcomes and safer communities.