With summer here and the 32nd annual IACP Law Enforcement Information Management (LEIM) Training Conference and Exposition now past, some might think it safe to slow down and put some of their law enforcement technology projects on the “back burner” until the fall arrives. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Traditionally, the summer months are the busiest for most law enforcement agencies, and this year promises to be no different. In today’s economy, where every agency is asked to do much more with much less, many agencies are turning to technology to help accomplish this objective. Whether setting up a video camera surveil­lance system streaming in a wireless environ­ment or giving officers the latest mobile latent fingerprint identification devices, law enforce­ment technology personnel are all stepping up to do their part.

The 2008 LEIM annual conference, held at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Conven­tion Center in Nashville, Tennessee, owed a large part of its success to Colonel Mike Walker, Superintendent of the Tennessee Highway Patrol, and Director Mark Gwyn of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigations for the overwhelming support their agencies pro­vided. The largest LEIM conference to date was outstanding, based on the feedback obtained through attendee surveys. Respondents were very pleased with both the lessons learned at the many workshops and the priceless opportu­nity to network with other law enforcement information technology professionals.