Welcome Remarks

Mike Boward, Sergeant

Fort Collins Police

Marvin “Ben” Haiman, Chief of Staff,

Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department

Capitalize on Cutting Edge Technology for Success

• Discover new technology products on the market that can improve your recruitment process
• Enhance communication with candidates to keep them engaged
• Decrease wasted man hours by relying on tech solutions that can save time to reach your recruitment goals

Marvin “Ben” Haiman, Chief of Staff,

Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department

Pre-Screening Efficiency to Improve Hiring Process

• Decrease processing time to secure top candidates to join your department
• Save valuable recruiting budget dollars by streamlining organizational flow
• Improve quality of candidate pool by offering additional assistance where needed
• Remove negative hires that damage organizational culture and departments image

Todd Mickelsen, CEO,

Converus

Austin Mead, Deputy, Recruiter/Mentor 

Davis County Sheriff’s Office 

Tools & Technology Spotlights

Leading service providers will showcase their offerings in a quick-pitch setting. Evaluate the latest and greatest tech tools to bring back to your organization. 

Sabih Khan, Global Industry Leader, Public Safety & Justice  

Salesforce 

Dilshad Albert, Vice President State & Local  

Incapsulate 

Best Practices when Hiring Lateral Candidates

• Assess department needs and identify lateral candidates that fit in the culture of your department
• Investigate the pros and cons of hiring a lateral candidate
• Examine the process of hiring lateral candidates including any regulatory restrictions
• Prepare a seamless transition for hire when entering a new department

Kristen Wright-Van Meter, Former Recruiting Sergeant 

Arizona Department of Public Safety 

Marketing Excellence: A Case Study Featuring the Iowa Department of Public Safety and Epic Recruiting

• Recognize major differences in toady’s applicants to pinpoint recruiting efforts
• Build a recognized brand and create professional content to reach target audience
• Assess the impact data has on your recruiting efforts
• Increase reach and create awareness by utilizing online advertising

Brittany Winfrey, MBA, Digital Marketing Manager
Epic Recruiting

Alex Johnston, Chief Creative Officer,
Epic Recruiting

Mike Ford, Creative Director 
Epic Recruiting 

Shannon Hedges, Recruitment and Hiring Coordinator, 
Iowa Department of Public Safety 

Driven by Data: Capitalize on Data to Improve Recruitment

• Identify which data sets are valuable for your recruitment efforts to avoid costly mistakes
• Examine current recruitment efforts through data analysis to identify which efforts are most successful to maximize your recruiting budget
• Maximize data analysis to monitor traffic on your website and social media platforms to improve recruiting efforts

Rachel Frizzell, Administrative Coordinator, Recruiter

Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office

Step by Step: A Guide to Creating Dynamic Recruitment Videos with A Phone

• Tips for creating a full-service in-house video marketing team
• Learn critical editing tips to improve the content quality to increase positive response from viewers
• Identify the equipment and tools that are needed to create and upload the video to all of your platforms

Stephen W. Benson II, MBA, Sergeant

Metropolitan Police Department

Customer Service Excellence: Applicant First Approach to Improve Recruitment

• Unlock techniques to improve communication and interactions with candidates throughout the recruitment process
• Analyze candidate and new hire feedback to improve application experience
• Streamline the recruitment process by reducing the process time to enable candidate to remain engaged and eager to join your department

Moderator  

Sabih Khan, Global Industry Leader, Public Safety & Justice  

Salesforce 

Panelists 

Mike Boward, Sergeant,

Fort Collins Police

Dr. Vereen Barton, Assistant Division Chief, Director of Recruiting, Criminal Investigation And the Office of Accountability and Oversight  

Maryland-National Capital Park, Prince George’s County

Omni-Channel Approach to Recruiting

• Develop a schedule to maximize your recruitment teams efforts throughout the course of the year that aligns with your budget
• Analyze community engagement opportunities, regional and national recruitment fairs, college career days, and military recruitment opportunities to identify the best fit
• Collaborate closely with your marketing team to maximize exposure on social media platforms to highlight the departments recruitment efforts

Julie Nabors, Sergeant, Background and Recruitment

Metro Nashville Police Department

Garren Hoskins, Officer, 

Metropolitan Nashville Police Department 

Closing Session

Mike Boward, Sergeant,

Fort Collins Police

Marvin “Ben” Haiman, Chief of Staff,

Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department

Opening Remarks

Mike Boward, Sergeant,

Fort Collins Police

Marvin “Ben” Haiman, Chief of Staff,

Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department

Tabletop: Recruiting and Retention Strategic Planning Session for Chiefs, Managers, and Recruiters

• This session is a series of interactive tabletop activities designed to engage participants about the current and future status of their recruiting activities 
• Think strategically about current processes and practices to improve recruitment and retention within departments of all sizes 
• Identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of approaches to recruitment and retention 

Mike Boward, Sergeant, 

Fort Collins Police 

Marvin “Ben” Haiman, Chief of Staff,  

Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department 

Combat Retention Issues from Day One

• Focus additional attention for officers with 1-5 years’ experience within the department to avoid losing valuable employees at an early stage
• Gauge common retention issues for new employees including leadership styles, adjusting to schedules, stresses of the profession to ensure guidance and education is utilized
• Utilize leadership from longstanding employees as mentors to improve organizational culture and retention of young officers

Chase Winterberg, JD, PhD, Director of the Hogan Research Institute 

Hogan Assessments 

Daniel King, MS, Consultant 

Hogan Assessments 

Colette Jaeger, Captain, Technical Operations Division Commander 

Grand Chute Police Department, Wisconsin 

Prioritize Women in Law Enforcement to Improve Retention

• Utilize strategies to create a supportive and nurturing environment for women in law enforcement
• Assess new techniques to improve workforce culture and inclusion to promote female professionals role within the organization
• Explore tested tactics to retain and empower female officers through mentorship

Ettice Brickus, MSM, M.S.ED, Lieutenant Colonel, Deputy Chief of Patrol, Area 2 Commander 

Baltimore Police Department

Yasmin Brown, Captain, Assistant Chief, Support Operations

Maryland-National Capital Park Police

Capitalize on Exit Interviews to Improve Retention

• Design a comprehensive survey to capture critical information to identify retention issues
• Create and utilize metrics to assess why employees are leaving your agency to identify areas of improvement
• Monitor levels of retention over a 3-5 year period to calculate if changes based from exit interviews is improving retention

Rachel Frizzell, Administrative Coordinator, Recruiter

Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office

State of the Industry Address: Policing Success Tactics for 2025 and Beyond

• Address the current climate for police recruitment and retention across the country to identify major issues
• Analyze new techniques discussed throughout the conference that can be implemented in your department
• Discover tweaks that can be made to your current recruitment and retention efforts that can move the needle to achieve your organizational goals

Moderator

Mike Boward, Sergeant,

Fort Collins Police

Panelists

Ettice Brickus, MSM, M.S.ED, Lieutenant Colonel, Deputy Chief of Patrol, Area 2 Commander,

Baltimore Police Department 

Marvin “Ben” Haiman, Chief of Staff,

Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department

Closing Session

Mike Boward, Sergeant,

Fort Collins Police

Marvin “Ben” Haiman, Chief of Staff,

Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department