Our Public Safety Summit is an online event that will bring together all types and levels of public safety officials - law enforcement, fire, EMS, telecommunications, emergency management and allied emergency responders from around the United States and internationally. It is designed to be an incredible learning opportunity for everyone that attends. Attendees will walk away with several educational resources, tips, and strategies that they c...

The 2023 International Public Safety Association Annual Conference will bring together public safety officials - law enforcement, fire, EMS, telecommunications, emergency management and allied emergency responders from around the United States and internationally. It is designed to be an amazing networking and learning opportunity for everyone that attends. Attendees will walk away with several educational resources, tips and strategies that t...

In public safety, every second counts. Not just a paramedic unit arriving on the scene for a heart attack or for COVID. How about law enforcement showing up on scene to a fight to find 20 people in a clash? Would it be beneficial for the fire department, to respond to an alarm for a big box store, to have size up before arriving, so additional alarms could be called before arriving on the scene? The Drone as a First Responder program also know...

Jail correctional officers, prison staff, and juvenile staff work inside facilities where operations are governed by policies and procedures. All staff, both sworn and non-sworn, must keep a step ahead of the inmates and their con-games and schemes. Inmates will attempt to circumvent corrections staff authority and create cracks in the security network. While officers and staff may think that all is well and operations are running smoothly, in...

Equipping field personnel with smartphones can increase situational awareness, expand capabilities, and enhance community engagement. Smartphones can even serve as effective body-worn cameras and deliver a level of utility that far exceeds single-purpose devices. Chief Todd Lemoine, Kimberling City Police Department, Missouri, decided to use the compact Samsung Z Flip smartphone paired with Visual Labs software to equip his officers with a fea...

The Texas Department of Public Safety is one of the largest state patrols in the country and has an area of responsibility of almost 270,000 square miles. Texas DPS has recently expanded its use of smartphones to include issuance of mobile devices to all officers. The agency established a Solutions Center to effectively work through bureaucratic constraints and provide space for collaboration that would identify business and operational soluti...

The Texas Department of Public Safety is one of the largest state patrols in the country and has an area of responsibility of almost 270,000 square miles. Texas DPS has recently expanded its use of smartphones to include issuance of mobile devices to all officers. The agency established a Solutions Center to effectively work through bureaucratic constraints and provide space for collaboration that would identify business and operational soluti...

In an effort to change the culture surrounding post-traumatic stress, a public safety health and wellness program collaborated with the Boulder Crest Foundation for Post-Traumatic Growth to pilot and scale that organization’s first responder initiative called “Struggle Well.” This presentation will outline the strategy and framework behind the coalition, discuss the impact of post-traumatic stress in public safety, and the im...

Procedural Justice, at its core, is rooted in treating all people with respect, transparency, and neutrality while providing them with a voice. These principles are integral in increasing the public’s perception of police legitimacy. Research shows that when communities view police authority as legitimate, they are more likely to cooperate with the police and obey the law. Establishing and maintaining police legitimacy promotes the accep...

Suicide by cop, is an incident in which a subject intentionally engages in behaviors for the planned purpose of drawing first responders to the scene in order to confront them with violent action to precipitate a police shooting. While the psychological aspects of these incidents has been the topic of several research studies in the past several years, little has been done to address the tactical response aspects which should be considered. Th...