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The 15th Police Recruitment and Retention Summit: Cutting-edge strategies to find and develop new candidates

The must-attend event for law enforcement professionals will return February 18-20, 2025 in Las Vegas. New this year, registration will include access to the pre-conference workshop on digital recruiting through social media and programmatic advertising.

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Double your conference experience with the FRA police events’ All-Access Pass

FRA is offering an All-Access Pass to all main conference sessions at two of its highly anticipated police events: The Women in Law Enforcement Summit and The Mental Health and Wellness Policing Summit, both held November 17-19 in Atlanta.

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FRA’s 14th Police Recruitment and Retention Summit: Officer Marvin Tevaga on overcoming natural disaster personally and professionally

As a community member and police officer, the wildfires in Maui in August 2023 had an impact on Marvin Tevaga in more ways than one. Alongside his colleague, Officer Zachary Kamaka, Tevaga will deliver a keynote address at FRA’s 14th Police Recruitment and Retention Summit, held August 4-6 in Orlando, where he’ll share his personal story of losing his family home to the fire, the officers’ shared experiences supporting their community through a natural disaster, and the impacts on the Maui Police Department.

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First female NOPD Superintendent to keynote the Women in Law Enforcement Summit

Anne Kirkpatrick, superintendent, New Orleans Police Department, will deliver a keynote address at the upcoming Women in Law Enforcement Summit, held in New Orleans April 15-17.

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Everything you need to know about the 13th Police Recruitment and Retention Summit

The trusted event for police personnel across the country will return for its 13th edition in Las Vegas February 20-22. Here’s an inside look at the session topics, preconference workshop, perks, and more you won’t want to miss.

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Don’t miss out on the FRA police events’ All-Access Pass!

Get double the conference experience at The Women in Law Enforcement Summit and The Mental Health and Wellness Policing Summit with the All-Access Pass.

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FRA’s Women in Law Enforcement Summit: Workshops, sessions steer growth of female officers

The conference, hosted in Dallas October 29-31, will further the movement for the recruitment, growth, and development of women in policing through preconference workshops, targeted sessions, panel discussions, and networking roundtable discussions.

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The Mental Health & Wellness Policing Summit: Sessions to spotlight compassion fatigue, mental health post-retirement, and more

FRA’s inaugural event to prioritize the mental health of police professionals will be held October 29-31 in Dallas. The summit will feature a two-part preconference workshop, insightful sessions with more than 15 industry-leading speakers, and a five-star conference experience with food and beverage included with registration. Ahead of the summit, FRA spoke to a few of the esteemed speakers set to take the stage next month. Here’s a sneak peek at the important topics they plan to address.

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The 12th Police Recruitment and Retention Summit: Tried-and-true themes with new focus on agencies of all sizes

FRA’s event for police personnel will be held August 6-8 in Las Vegas. This year’s program will offer the trusted themes of the past 11 editions plus an additional focus on agencies of all sizes, highlighting low-cost and non-financial opportunities for smaller agencies to gain a competitive edge on a national scale.

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5 reasons to register for the Police Academies and Training Symposium

The 2nd annual event is returning to unite forward-thinking police professionals aiming to advance curriculum design and training best practices for the benefit and improvement of academies across the nation. This year’s conference will be held August 6-8 at the Horseshoe Las Vegas, with a room block conveniently located at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel & Casino.

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2 events, 1 objective: The FRA conferences designed to inspire police and public safety personnel

FRA will host two live events in April tailored to the growth of law professionals. The Women in Law Enforcement Summit will take place April 2-4 at the Fairmont Chicago, Millennium Park, and The Police Recruitment and Retention Summit be on April 17-19 in Tampa, Fla. Here’s your inside look at both events and the special discount available to departments sending groups to both conferences.

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Back by popular demand: FRA’s Women in Law Enforcement Summit returning for second edition

After breakout attendance last year, The Women in Law Enforcement Summit will yet again deliver strategies to empower female officers, supervisors, and those who aim to increase diversity and inclusion in law enforcement. Join forward-thinking leaders from across the country December 14-16 in Coronado, Calif. for the event.

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FRA launches industry survey to empower women in law enforcement

In collaboration with York College of Pennsylvania, FRA has launched a survey to assess areas of success and potential improvement for women in law enforcement across the country. The results will be presented and discussed by industry experts at FRA’s upcoming Women in Law Enforcement Summit in Nashville March 20-22.

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FRA’s 9th Police Recruitment and Retention Summit: Keynote speaker David Atkins on resilience in law enforcement

After 22 years in law enforcement, David Atkins retired as New York State Police Captain and launched his career as a speaker to help others breakthrough fear and adversity to play a bigger game in business and life. Atkins, who will deliver the opening keynote address at FRA’s 9th Police and Recruitment and Retention Summit on January 23-25 at the Hyatt Bellevue in Philadelphia, talked to FRA about his personal growth journey and its impact on his career in law enforcement and beyond.

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FRA’s virtual Women in Public Safety Leadership Summit: Two days of strategies to recruit, retain, and empower women in the industry

The live-streaming seminar will connect female public safety officers and their supervisors with industry leading experts who will share their proven best practices to foster growth and development among women in public safety. With record-breaking registration numbers already seen for the April event, this is a discussion female colleagues, teams, and departments won’t want to miss.

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FRA’s Police Recruitment and Retention Summit: COVID-focused virtual seminar to precede in-person conference, co-located track for women in public safety

FRA’s 7th annual Police Recruitment and Retention Summit will return on January 25-26, 2021 as a virtual event. In advance of this year’s conference, FRA will also offer a live-streamed virtual seminar on November 12-13 to discuss critical tactics to navigate the impacts of COVID-19 as well as the civil unrest currently seen throughout the nation.

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Coronavirus pandemic, government money create perfect storm for financial fraud

The United States may be entering a golden age for financial fraud.

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COVID-19: Police officers on front lines of pandemic face reduced forces, little to no protective equipment, and more

Police departments across the country are grappling with how best to protect their communities and officers with limited resources.

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DOJ provides $850 million to public safety agencies amid COVID-19 pandemic

The Department of Justice (DOJ) created the Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding (CESF) program to help agencies address the outbreak.

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Cultural struggles faced by women in public safety: WIFLE President Cathy Sanz shares life lessons she’s acquired in her 40+ year career

Cathy Sanz, president, Women in Federal Law Enforcement (WIFLE), has faced her fair share of struggles as a woman working in law enforcement. Sanz, one of the speakers at the upcoming 5th Annual Police Recruitment & Retention Summit, shares with FRA her personal experiences and advice for women interested in furthering their professional development.

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Women in Public Safety: Retired FBI agent Rhonda Glover offers lessons on leadership and tips to prepare for the next stage of your career

Rhonda Glover spent 34 years working for the Federal Bureau of Investigation before retiring last year from a career she loved. She had no choice–the age cut off for agents in federal law enforcement is 57. But she had far too much energy and ambition to leave the working world behind. FRA talked to Glover ahead of the 5th Annual Police Recruitment & Retention Summit about what she has learned about leadership and her own career reset as founder and CEO of a training, development, and career coaching firm.

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Public Safety Technology Summit Speakers Preview 5 Can't Miss Sessions at Dual Conference Event, Feb. 27-28

Conference digs deep into challenges, opportunities associated with body-worn camera usage, unmanned aircraft systems, and counter drones

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FRA hosts its first-ever Public Safety Technology Summit, a dual conference event for public safety departments

Conference will feature advanced topics related to body-worn camera usage and public safety, unmanned aircraft systems, and counter drones

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Recruitment and Retention Struggles: Two Ways Law Enforcement Agencies Can Hold On to Their Police Officers and Attract New Ones

It’s not easy being a police officer, especially in today’s environment that has put the behaviors of law enforcement officers under the microscope. And that makes recruiting new ones to the force and retaining existing officers an even bigger challenge.

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National Body-Worn Camera Forum Brings Industry Leaders Together to Share Strategies to Improve BWC Programs

The fall forum will provide attendees with an opportunity to learn from other agencies that have implemented programs to find out what worked and what they'd do differently.