Arthur Femister is the Founder and Principal Owner of the Public Safety Software Group, the developer of VIMS, the Volunteer Integrated Management System; ODISS, the Off-Duty Integrated Scheduling System; and TIMS, the Training Integrated Management System. Art is also the Founder and Principal Owner of the Public Safety Volunteer Institute, the first company in the nation to offer two-day volunteer management workshops to members of law enforcement and public safety departments across the country, the Founder and President of the National Association Citizens on Patrol, a national non-profit corporation dedicated to the support, growth and recognition of Citizen Patrol volunteers, units, and coordinators, and the Founder of the “COPS for the Troops Kids” program, which collected new toys for the children of deployed U.S. Marines during the holidays.
Art’s additional professional and volunteer experience and recognition includes:
- Successful 22-year sales and marketing career in the Information Technology sector, working for companies such as Cisco Systems, SAIC, Motorola, and Wellfleet Communications
- Featured monthly author on the subject of law enforcement volunteers for the leading law enforcement daily news website, officer.com, with more than 50 published articles
- Active Specialist Reserve Volunteer for a Major California Police Department since 2009
- Five years as a Citizen Patrol volunteer for the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department
- Five years as a Citizen Patrol volunteer, Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, Norco station
- Seven years as a Volunteer Firefighter, Riverside County Fire Department Com-33 MEOC
- Former member of the City of Corona Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
- Four years as a full-time, active duty member in the U.S. Coast Guard as a Radioman, E-5, conducting SAR and LE missions based out of Southern California
- Two years in the California Air National Guard
- California POST Level II Reserve Officer Training certificate, Riverside County Sheriff’s Citizen Academy completion, FEMA CERT training completion
- ICS 200 Check-in and Status Recorder, and ICS 248 Staging Area Manager certification
- Recipient of the International Association Chiefs of Police “Presidents Coin”
- Recipient of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Chief of Police Recognition and City of Los Angeles, city council resolution thanking for work performed on behalf of the Counter-Terrorism Bureau’s Community Outreach iWatch program
- Published accolades from Assistant United States Attorney General Deborah Daniels, on behalf of Attorney General John Ashcroft
- Certificate of Appreciation from the Director of the United States Secret Service for efforts that have assisted law enforcement
- Coordinator’s Choice Award for leadership and efforts to establish a new COP unit, and city-wide volunteer of the quarter as a Citizen Patrol Volunteer
- Sponsored associate member of the International Association Chiefs of Police. Invited member of the USDOJ National Criminal Justice Editors Group (CJEG)
- Interviewed and quoted by various local and national TV, radio, and newspaper media outlets, such as USA Today and the Wall Street Journal, on the subject of police volunteers and crime prevention
- Featured presenter at numerous law enforcement related national conferences