Join us in Austin, Texas, June 13th – 15th, for the first annual IJIS Institute Community Forum. Centered around critical issues that face our communities nationwide, this event will address topics including threat to life concerns, explicitly assessing the issues of school safety, gun violence, and mental health. We will also look at the evolution of emergency service providers’ responses to situations that are both man-made and n...

The IJIS Institute is pleased to announce the first-ever Justice and Public Safety Cybersecurity Summit. This summit aims to bring public and private sector stakeholders together to address the growing need for proper cyber hygiene and managing associated risks with increasing cyber threats. By attending this exclusive summit, you will hear from national and international thought leaders from industry and practitioner communities to better und...

The IJIS Institute is excited to announce an upcoming XML training, scheduled for January 30th, 2023, from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm (EST). The training—XML Basics for NIBRS—is designed to help law enforcement agencies, their technology service providers, and state Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Programs improve the process for transmitting reported crime data. As you know, the FBI transitioned law enforcement crime data reporting to the N...

As reality continues to endlessly bombard us with more and more incidents of violence to include Tops Supermarket, Robb Elementary School, continuous gun violence in our cities — and so many more – the list of incidents synonymous with extreme violence and mass killings keeps growing. There are no singular causes, nor easy fixes to immediately improve the reality that has become part of our everyday life. Though no easy fixes exist...

Over the past several weeks, the IJIS Team has been diligently monitoring the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic and the recent surge of the Omicron variant. Given what we understand from ongoing conversations with our members or what is the experience of our peer organizations, we have ultimately decided to postpone this winter's National Symposium to Tuesday, May 3rd and Wednesday, May 4th, 2022. This rescheduled event will be held at the Ritz Carlto...

Though the world seems to be nearing the corner related to controlling the pandemic, the effects have been traumatic and will be long-standing. What remains plaguing our communities and society at-large is the need for criminal justice reform. Regardless of what side of the aisle that your perspective may come from, those involved in the broader justice community understand well that improvements in efficiency, parity in the application of the...

Join us virtually, February 17-18, 2021, for the IJIS Institute National Symposium. This event will highlight national priority initiatives benefiting all levels of government and brings together industry solution providers, government leaders, and representatives from nonprofit and academic organizations to network and collaborate in a neutral, non-sales environment. The National Symposium offers the unique opportunity to hear first-hand from...

This interactive workshop brings together government and industry leaders to chart the future for architecture and standards frameworks for the national information sharing and safeguarding environment. Attendees and presenters are primarily from Federal, state, and local governments. Other attendees include industry, academia, and members of standards organizations such as the Object Management Group (OMG), Organization for the Advancement o...

Join us for the premier event on information sharing & safeguarding (IS&S) for justice, public safety, and homeland security! The National Symposium focuses on IS&S and national priority initiatives and brings together government and IJIS Institute Members, Partners, Associates and others to network and collaborate in a non-sales environment. It offers the unique opportunity to hear first-hand from state and local government offici...

Each year since 2011, the IJIS Institute has hosted the Badge & Tech Benefit & Awards Dinner in conjunction with the IJIS Institute National Symposium. It is at this event that IJIS Institute Members and Associates come together to benefit a non-profit organization dedicated to making the public safer and more secure. Join us at the IJIS Institute’s Seventh Annual Badge & Tech Benefit & Awards Dinner on Thursday, March 2,...