Police Tech Conference & Expo

Discover how police services are now using AI for administrative work from transcription to report writing.

• Algorithmic policing technology to analyze large amounts of data, predictive methods and identifying high-risk places or individuals
• Transcribes body-worn camera audio to draft reports, using the product Draft One from Axon and Microsoft, and Azure OpenAI
• Summarising case files and interviews, and report writing using Microsoft Copilot
• Discussing how AI will be used across organizations, and by individual members
• Integration of technology and policy
• Safeguarding AI usage—what checks and balances are needed?
• Determining how an AI-powered chatbot can assist an officer during a call for service
• Assisting officers with employee administrative duties such as booking vacation time
• A crystal ball view of the future of AI in policing

Speakers will address data storage challenges amid an increasing volume of digital evidence from Body Worn Camera (BWC), in-car cameras, CCTV and other video and digital evidence. Learn how technology can ensure privacy, security and data sovereignty and find efficiencies.

• Solving the data storage challenges, managing data, accessing and securing
• Evaluating data sovereignty and who owns your data
• Examining the benefits of a DEMS system to the police service, and to law enforcement partners, such as Crown counsel
• Opportunities for automating the process
• Overcoming the challenges of integration, including storage volume concerns

This session will examine criminal trends involving cryptocurrency transactions, fraud, money laundering and digital assets with a look at the technology used to track and disable criminal activity.

• Following the flow of digital assets
• Detecting suspicious activities
• Gathering evidence to support investigations

Discover lessons learned and how to safeguard your organization against highly complex cyberattacks against police agencies and government departments. This presentation will explore recent attacks to prescribe a framework for cyber defense in an AI-saturated future.

• Calculating the cost of a cyberbreach, the cost of implementing safeguards, and the cost of not having a security plan
• Examining the hallmarks of an attack, what to watch for, and the latest in deepfake scenarios
• Preparing and executing a cyberattack plan—who does what and when?
• Safeguarding critical infrastructure and other systems against the increasingly sophisticated threat of adversarial Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Developing AI expertise and competence across our workforce

This session will focus on the latest in tech capabilities for Automated Licence Plate Readers (ALPR) including mobile and stationary devices and the integration with police vehicles and headquarters’ databases.

This session will also address how the evidence from ALPRs is considered from a legal perspective, the privacy implications, and how it is being used in court.

• Integrating in-cameras and ALPR into your vehicle’s system
• Examining how different systems integrate together, from ALPR and cameras to the DEMS at the office
• Comparing the cellular solution versus an antenna versus a cloud connection
• Patching an Application Programming Interface (API) solution
• Evaluating the accuracy of licence plate reading, vehicle make and model, and provincial registration
• Background checks on vehicles involved in crimes, including drivers without a licence or insurance, or outstanding warrants, and unregistered vehicles
• Reviewing statistics on charge increase

Balancing community needs, politics, organizational structures, and budgets while trying to bring innovation in a swiftly changing tech world is challenging. This session will discuss how police leaders are keeping their services on the cutting-edge of technology amid changing culture inside and outside the department.

• Top tips for non-tech savvy leaders—how to take your department into the future
• Communicating between leadership up and down the chain and outside of the department
• Determining what is best for the service
• Balancing the budget with department needs
• Determining what is best for public safety
• Perpetuating the tech integration plan amid leadership changes