Essential Personnel

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2020

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Greg P.
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Greg P.
Chief of PoliceMid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
10/01/2026
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Exceptional Service and Easy-to-Use Software

Customer service and ease of use with the software.
Kevin H.
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Kevin H.
Founder / OwnerMid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
10/01/2026
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Intuitive Performance Management, Exceptional Support

I like that Essential Personnel gives us one location to see just about everything related to an employee, from education and certifications to taskbooks, 360 reviews, evaluations, records, and awards. The master brief sheet is invaluable because it gives me a quick and easy full historical view of an employee’s performance. I did not realize how much we needed Essential Personnel until we had it, and it has become a top-tier tool for our agency. Their customer support is the best I have experienced in 23 years of public safety technology—they are responsive, open to input and customer ideas, and involved in creating a tool that works for us specifically. The user interface looks good but performs even better. I have never gotten frustrated navigating it; it is intuitive, the logic makes sense, and our people like its ease of use. People use it daily for 360 reviews and leader notes even though they are not required. Setup was very easy and personalized, with a team member assigned to help us.

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Wilmington, NC

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What is Essential Personnel?

Essential Personnel is professional standards software for public safety. Police departments, fire and EMS agencies, and municipal HR teams use it as the system of record for their people, holding performance, training, conduct, wellness, and equipment on one record instead of across five systems. Two firefighters founded the company in Wilmington, North Carolina in 2020, and the platform is shaped by how a department actually runs. Generic HR software tracks employment. Public safety software has to track readiness and then prove it. Essential Personnel keeps the evaluation, the task book, the counseling note, the critical incident, and the issued equipment against the same personnel record, so a chief can answer who is current, who is qualified, and what was documented without rebuilding it from spreadsheets and shared drives.

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Year Founded
2020
Website
www.essper.com