Since 2012, the LEIM Section has hosted a daylong IT Summit to discuss the important technology issues facing law enforcement agencies. During his keynote speech, Smith challenged the audience to look to the future and anticipate the technology available to officers in the field and the infrastructure required to store, manage, and utilize the ever-increasing volume of data that the technology will generate.

The LEIM Section of IACP comprises over 700 chiefs and information technology professionals from agencies of all sizes, jurisdictions, and geographies. Every state in the United States is represented, as are five Canadian provinces and eight other nations. Since 1977, the IACP LEIM Section has sponsored a conference and technology exposition, and the 2014 event took place at the Westin Peachtree Center and AmericasMart in Atlanta, Georgia. More than 500 law enforcement, industry, and IT professionals from the United States, Canada, and as far away as the Netherlands and Nigeria attended this year’s event.