1. National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center - West The Security Summit Law Enforcement – Finding, Evaluating & Employing Best-of-Breed Technologies from around the World Mike Epstein Center Director, NLECTC-West May 21, 2009

2. National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center - West Law Enforcement Customer Of the 18,000 law enforcement agencies in the U.S., 80% have less than 25 sworn officers Smaller through mid-sized agencies have no technical experts on staff May not have experience buying complex systems In many cases agencies buying systems use grant funds which may not allow paying for technical help

3. National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center - West How Law Enforcement Agencies Find Technologies - Networking Contacts in local area agencies Vendor contacts Their local government

4. National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center - West How Law Enforcement Agencies Find Technologies - Internet Product compilation web sites Search engines – Vendor web sites News stories

5. National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center - West How Law Enforcement Agencies Find Technologies - Associations IACP –Publications –Semi-Annual Conference –Knowledge of Federal publications and assistance –Knowledge of out of state, or out of country agencies working similar projects State Law Enforcement Associations –Conferences –Access to agencies within their own state –Knowledge of Federal publications and assistance

6. National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center - West How Law Enforcement Agencies Find Technologies - Federal Government Resources NIJ –Web Site & Publications –Conferences –Technical Assistance from the NLECTC Center System –The Technology Product Network DHS –Conferences –Responder knowledge base System Assessment and Validation for Emergency Responders (SAVER) Program

7. National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center - West How Law Enforcement Agencies Find Technologies - Federal Government Resources (Continued) DoD property transfer / procurement programs –1033 - transfer, without charge, excess U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) personal property (supplies and equipment) to State and local law enforcement agencies –1122 - State and Local Law Enforcement Equipment Procurement Program for counterdrug activities. –1401 - identify, evaluate, deploy, and transfer to Federal, State, and local first responders technology items and equipment in support of homeland security. 1401 acts as an “umbrella” over other existing technology and equipment transfer programs and aims to coordinate these efforts.

8. National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center - West How Law Enforcement Agencies Evaluate Technologies Product demonstrations Pilot programs Networking Internet reviews Federal Government testing & guidelines –NIJ / NIST –IACP –DHS

9. National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center - West How Can Vendors Leverage This Environment Product demonstrations Ask the regional NLECTC Center for assistance (emerging technologies) Display at conferences Speak at association meetings Enroll in State / Regional approved vendor lists –CMAS / WSCA –GSA