There are now powerful, effective, evidence-based approaches to preventing homicide and gun violence. This session will address: Preventing group violence; Preventing violence by individual violent offenders; Preventing intimate partner violence; The role of police and other criminal justice agencies in launching and sustaining these efforts.

Industries leading Product Showcase open Free of Charge to Law Enforcement, Security, Government & First Responders only - Identification Required. Showcasing the latest goods & services in the Atlantic City, New Jersey Convention Center.

On-scene commanders make decisions in the high-threat law enforcement context of hostage rescue, armed barricaded suspects, and armed suicidal individuals that can result in successful or catastrophic outcomes. The OpTac International Critical Incident Leadership and Decision-Making Program is based on Dr. Stuart A. Meyers’ research published in the books, High-Threat Decisions: When It’s a Matter of Life and Death and SWAT Operati...

At NENA 2023, you will not only hear about the public-safety issues of today and tomorrow, but also gain practical, real-world know-how that you can take home with you and put into action immediately. Featuring inspiring keynote speakers, more than one-hundred hours of breakout sessions that inform and empower, career-building courses and workshops with real-world applications, nightly networking events that help you make the right connections...

Most homicide and gun violence is far from random and can be analyzed, understood, and addressed at the local level. This session will set out: The key varieties of homicide and gun violence; The concentration of victimization and offending; How victimization and offending overlap; The key role of groups and networks The central role of police and other criminal justice agencies in understanding homicide and gun violence.

Smart cities and sensors are the way that cities are moving but they are limited by data working in silos alone rather than cohesively working together. Limitations of “Smart” capabilities are also “reactionary” by design…but “Informed Environments” are proactive – delivering prioritized, predictive, and complete sensor-inclusive awareness. In this forum, Byteworks would like to discuss collabor...

Stress-management provided us with the tools we needed when we were already stressed, but did not help us to keep from getting stressed. Self-care was introduced to help us prepare for stressful situations, but focused primarily on the body’s response to stress. We recognized that our perceptions, the way we think, our goals and expectations also create stress, and the concept of Resiliency was developed to address this. Now we recognize...

NEW CITY: We're taking you closer to the action.Nearly 100 years ago in 1924, the U.S. Border Patrol was established by Congress in El Paso, Texas. So, we’re bringing Border Security Expo back to where it all began: El Paso—home to Joint Task Force–North, CBP Special Operations Group including BORTAC and BORSTAR, the DEA's El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC), and of course, the thousands of men and women responsible for 1,000...

This is a follow up to Brian Lovins’ webinar on “Referee or Coach: How a Coaching Identity May Just Save Probation”. We present a new coaching system for working with clients that officers can learn and use to improve outcomes. The COVE model (Coaching Options that are Versatile and Effective) combines evidence-based practices from coaching, role clarification, motivational interviewing, feedback-informed treatment, and cogni...

While the focus is on tactics such as de-escalation, physical techniques, and new control weapons, little training is applied to the area of decision-making. Criminal justice professionals work in an environment of uncertainty and complexity. Complexity can undo the best strategy by failing to be aware of changes in the environment, be it person, place, or thing. Join us as we look at two models to assist the criminal justice professional make...