Prominent Universities, Associations, Agencies Explore North American AI Landscape In Law Enforcement, Criminal Justice, Security
Experts Weigh in on Technology, Applications, Threats, Accountability, Trends in 2-Hour Webinar
August 28, 2024: How is AI transforming how crimes are committed, investigated, and prevented? How well are law enforcement and security adopting AI tools or responding to AI attacks? Experts in the use of AI in law enforcement, criminal justice, and private security across North America addressed these issues today in an eye-opening webinar that featured both successes and challenges as we head into an age of ubiquitous AI.
Panelists—law enforcement executives, security professionals, technologists, and policy makers—explored applications, threats, governance, future trends, and other issues. Presenters focused on issues specific to each industry—law enforcement, criminal justice, and private security— while also bridging the silos among the three.
“Like any revolutionary technology, Artificial Intelligence can be used for good or for criminal purposes, but it must first be understood, ” said John Farmer, Director of the Miller Center on Policing and Community Resilience. “Today’s session, in exploring the potential implications of this disruptive technology, is an important early step toward developing that understanding.”
“Feedback from the hundreds of agencies, departments, and professionals who attended the session was extraordinary,” said Paul Goldenberg, who presided over the event. Goldenberg, who holds senior roles at the Miller Center on Policing & Community Resilience at Rutgers University, the Professional Development Institute of the University of Ottawa, and Global Consortium of Law Enforcement Training Executives (GCLETE), added that the panelists addressed in real time a range of critical issues posed by moderators as well as by attendees who posted questions on the platform. “It turned out to be a well-balanced and insightful program that tackled many of the thorniest issues of AI,” Goldenberg concluded.
Police1 served as one of the hosts of the two-hour event, joining the Rutgers University Miller Center on Policing & Community Resilience, the Professional Development Institute of the University of Ottawa, GCLETE, the National Sheriffs’ Association, and the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators.
Besides Goldenberg, expert presenters and panelists included:
- Chief Peter Lambrinakos, O.O.M.
Director, Public Safety Program, Centre for Public Safety, University of Ottawa; Deputy Chief Montreal Police Services - Mark Genatempo
Senior Fellow, Rutgers Miller Center on Policing & Community Resilience; GCLETE
- Sheriff Michael Mastronardy
Sheriff of Ocean County, NJ, Representing the National Sheriffs’ Association - Major George Perrera
Commander of Cyber Crime Bureau and South Florida Cybercrime Task Force, Miami-Dade Police Department - Donald R. Zoufal, J.D., CPP
Legal Advisor for the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police and President of CrowZ Nest Consulting, Inc. - Chief Jonathan Parham
Chief of Police (Ret.), Rahway PD, Director Public Safety, Rahway, PD, Business Administrator, City of Rahway, NJ - Chuck Brooks
Adjunct Professor Georgetown University; Top Cybersecurity Influencer; President of Brooks Consulting - Dennis Chornenky
Former Presidential Innovation Fellow at the U.S. White House leading initiatives on artificial intelligence, policy and national security; CEO of Domelabs AI - Jack Zahran
CEO of Pinkerton - Michael Brzozowski
Director, Physical Security Operations, CIBC - Colin Romberger
Solutions Engineering Manager, Skydio
Moderators were:
- Mark Albert
Former Peabody and Emmy award winning CBS News Correspondent & Hearst Investigative Journalist; Media Advisory Experts - Michael Gips, J.D., CPP
Principal of Global Insights in Professional Security; Top Influencer/Thought Leader; Secretary, GCLETE
A bevy of organizations supported the event, including ASIS International, the Life Safety Alliance, the National Association of Women Law Enforcement Executives, the New Jersey State Police, Small and Rural Law Enforcement Executives Association, the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police, Public Safety Media Strategies, IJIS Institute, National PAL, and Brooks Bawden Moore LLC.
Drone-maker Skydio and consulting firm RIIG sponsored the webinar.
A recording of the event is available upon request.
For more information: Mark Genatempo – mark.g@rutgers.edu