Technology Summit

August 14-16, 2024

How Tech is Shaping the Future of Law Enforcement

Training

Revolutionizing Policing in the Digital Age

An intensive deep-dive into tech's impact on law enforcement. Stay ahead in this fast-paced world, harnessing technology's benefits while tackling its challenges.Join us at this pivotal summit where experts and innovators unite to reveal cutting-edge advancements, effective strategies, and best practices in law enforcement tech. Engage in interactive dialogues and illuminating discussions, discovering transformative solutions to revolutionize policing in the digital age.

Schedule

DAY ONE: Wednesday, August 14, 2024

10:00 AM EST: Current Trends for Technology – Expectation of Privacy
Attorney Eric Daigle – Daigle Law Group, LLC
This seminar will provide an overview of technology law, focusing on the Expectation of Privacy. The Supreme Court of the United States first established legal standards for this concept back in 1967. However, with the rapid expansion of technology since then, the law has struggled to keep up and provide clear guidance to officers under the Fourth Amendment.


11:40 AM EST: Current Trends for Technology – AI Innovations in Policing
Attorney Eric Daigle – Daigle Law Group, LLC
This seminar will look at court rulings evaluating the tools of the trade. From Body-worn cameras, Pole cameras, ALPR, GPS trackers, Drones, and more.


2:00 PM EST: Lurking & Sliding into DMs: Police Use of Social Media
Attorney Eric Atstupenas – MCOPA General Counsel & DLG Consultant
This seminar will review how law enforcement has begun to use social media more within the context of criminal investigations and surveillance. With the development of this powerful technology, courts have also faced new challenges in interpreting how this use of social media may implicate the First and Fourth Amendments. This program will address some of these developing areas, discuss the arguments being considered, the potential constitutional implications, and how agencies can utilize social media to conduct criminal investigations and surveillance while complying with federal law.


3:40 PM EST: Basic Digital Evidence and Investigation
Detective Sergeant Kevin A. Connolly – Barnstable Police Department
This seminar is designed to give all officers the foundation for identifying physical and cloud-based digital evidence paramount in today’s criminal investigations. Participants will be instructed to utilize the tools necessary to research, preserve, and request data from various cell service providers, social media platforms, and other service providers.

DAY TWO: Thursday, August 15, 2024

10:00 AM EST: New Technology, Policies and Accreditation Standards
Attorney Joseph Race – Daigle Law Group
This seminar will address law enforcement agencies’ challenges as they amass new technological products. Primarily, it is crucial that they follow a standard process for implementing these new products within their organization. Departments must draft sound constitutional policies and provide training before these new products hit the street with the officers. This course will discuss new technology and the associated policy requirements for each implementation. This course will also review accreditation standards and statutory restrictions that may impact your policies and your use of these new technological products.


11:40 AM EST: Technology Panel Discussion
Panelists: Jessica Tyler, Chief Christopher Workman, Chief Joel Fitzgerald, Scott MacDonald, Tim Conner, Brent Berkley


2:00 PM EST: TBA
Josh Guthrie – Subject Matter Expert, Axon Investigate


3:40 PM EST: Evolving Technology in Law Enforcement (and How it Can All Play Nice in the Sandbox)
Johnmichael O’Hare – Business Development/Sales Director Cobwebs Technologies
This Seminar Technology “Evolution-Revolution” is upon us, and it’s hard to understand what is out there to assist Law Enforcement Investigations. From Video analytics through Ad-Tech, and some in between, we will delve into some innovative software/hardware and discuss how they can work together to add hidden insights to all investigation types.

DAY THREE: Friday, August 16, 2024

10:00 AM EST: Drone Use by Law Enforcement: The 400’ View
Attorney Mickey H. Osterreicher, General Counsel – National Press Photographers
This seminar will explore ways departmental guidelines and procedures should be established before such uses. An overview of the latest FAA and state regulations will be provided, along with a discussion of the benefits and risks posed by drones during emergencies and search and rescue operations, as well as best practices and next steps in law enforcement drone operations.


11:40 AM EST: Body Worn Cameras – Current Trends
Attorney Eric Daigle – Daigle Law Group, LLC
This seminar will focus on understanding current trends in legal standards, operational standards, and community concerns. More importantly, the intersection between these topics provides departments with evaluation and recommendations to move forward.

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The Daigle Law Group's Tech Summit is going digital, delivering its powerful insights and conversations straight to your screen. Streaming online, the summit offers unparalleled convenience, enabling attendees to join from anywhere in the world. This tech-focused spectacle is powered by the DLG Learning Center, an advanced digital platform committed to fostering knowledge and innovation. The platform's seamless interface ensures an immersive and engaging experience, putting you at the heart of law enforcement's technological revolution. Tune in to the summit, and prepare to be enlightened by the thought leaders and industry pioneers leading the charge in law enforcement technology.

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Speakers

Eric Daigle

Attorney Eric P. Daigle
Daigle Law Group

Attorney Daigle specializes in Civil Rights litigation and Law Enforcement Operations Consultant. Attorney Daigle also conducts training on use of force standards, including electronic control weapons and responses to force/deadly force incidents. Attorney Daigle acts in his capacity as a Law Enforcement Consultant providing guidance and oversight to department command staff on operations, force response, and risk management. He has served as an expert witness in use of force cases and has reviewed use of force incidents around the Attorney Daigle serves as a member of independent monitoring teams and acts as an auditor in reviewing police department organizational compliance with procedural revisions directed or overseen by the Federal court system.

Kevin Dillon

Lt. Kevin F. Dillon (Ret.)
L.O.C.K.U.P.

Lt. Kevin F. Dillon (ret) is a twenty-five-year veteran law enforcement officer. As an instructor of use of force, communications and defensive tactics since 1988, Lieutenant Dillon has developed the internationally recognized L.O.C.K.U.P. ® Arrest and Control System. L.O.C.K.U.P. ® is a comprehensive approach, based on gross motor skill concepts, that actually reduces injuries to citizens and police officers. Lieutenant Dillon also developed the L.E.A.D.S.-Law Enforcement Active De-escalation Strategies curriculum course in 2007 which is also a nationally recognized communications program. It has been presented to officers in the states of FL, CT, RI, MA, ND, MN, MO, MI, SD, CO, AK, CA, AZ, WY TX and NM. Lieutenant Dillon, a highly sought-after speaker and trainer, has trained and consulted civilian and law enforcement use of force issues and programs throughout North America and Europe.

Eric Daigle

William Lewinski, Ph.D.
Force Science Institute

Dr. Lewinski is the co-founder and executive director of the Force Science ® Institute. He is a leading behavioral scientist whose work has focused on the intensive study of human dynamics involved in high stress, life-threatening encounters. He has a Ph.D. in Police Psychology and is a professor emeritus of Law Enforcement at Minnesota State University, Mankato, where he taught for more than 28 years, was an L.E. Program Director and also chair of the Department of Government.

Kevin Dillon

Paul Taylor, Ph.D.
University of Colorado Denver

Paul Taylor is an Assistant Professor in the School of Public Affairs at the University of Colorado Denver where he studies decision-making, human factors, and system safety in the context of police interactions with the public. He is also the founder and lead instructor for the Association of Force Investigators (AFI). Dr. Taylor has over ten years of practical law enforcement experience including time as a department training manager, patrol sergeant, and use-of-force instructor. He has delivered law enforcement related instruction for academy, field training, and advanced in-service audiences as well as graduate and undergraduate level courses. Dr. Taylor is actively engaged in law enforcement research and training across the United States and internationally.

Kevin Dillon

Josh Guthrie
Pennsylvania State Police

Josh Guthrie is a 24-year veteran of the Pennsylvania State Police. He is also a partner/owner at Force Analysis and Multimedia Review, LLC which provides services relative to the analysis of police use of force incidents. Josh is an A.C.T.A.R. accredited collision reconstructionist and a LEVA certified forensic video technician specializing in speed estimation from video data. Josh has served as a patrol officer, police instructor, and is currently assigned as a critical incident reconstructionist and multimedia specialist for his agency. During his time as an instructor, he has trained thousands of law enforcement officers in collision reconstruction, scene analysis, video examination and police use of force policy and tactics. He also provides court-ready digital evidence demonstratives for numerous District Attorney offices across the state of Pennsylvania.