3 2026 midwestern states crime prevention conference

SUNDAY, MARCH 22 - WEDNESDAY MARCH 25, 2026

• Midwestern States Crime Prevention Conference

  43^rd Annual Crime Prevention and Community Policing Conference

  Hosted by the Ohio Crime Prevention Association 

  Join fellow Crime Prevention Practitioners, Crime Analysts, Volunteers, Neighborhood and COP Officers, and Law Enforcement Officers for our forty-seventh annual conference and training. This event provides participants with professional crime prevention training and a uniquely structured agenda that emphasizes peer networking as a valuable learning tool. From nationally recognized speakers and workshops on current crime prevention trends and topics, you will receive training and materials to more effectively build a safer community.

  General Sessions.

• ·       Targeted Violence – Assessing the Threat
• ·       Church Safety & Security – Held at Crossroads Eastgate Campus

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• Breakout Sessions:

• ·       Crime Trends Roundtable
• ·       Leveraging free Cyber and Infrastructure Security Agency Resources
• ·       Community Oriented Policing - “Back to the Basics”
• ·       Community Oriented Policing - SARA    
• ·       Community Oriented Policing - Organizing Community Engagement Events
• ·       Community Oriented Policing - Police Chaplains - Powerful Assets
• ·       The Psychology of Safety
• ·       Physical Security
• ·       Police Therapy Dog Programs
• ·       Security Challenges in Senior Living Communities
• ·       Cell phones - The New International Currency of Crime
• ·       Senior Medicare Patrol and Resources for Identity Theft
• ·       Leveraging Data to Predict Violent Crime
• ·       Predictive Analytics, Violent Crime, and Proactive Interventions
• ·       Securing Digital Assets
• ·       Law Enforcement Accreditation Standards
• ·       Bereavement and You - Understanding Grief and Trauma
• ·       Church Security
• ·       The Psychology of Safety
• ·       Public Safety and Private Security Working Together
  
  

• Who should attend:       

• ·         Crime Prevention Practitioners
• ·         Community Policing Officers
• ·         Homeland Security Analysts             
• ·         Intelligence & Crime Analysts
• ·         School Resource Officers    
• ·         DARE Officers
• ·         Law Enforcement Administration    
• ·         Health Care and Social Service Providers
• ·         Loss Prevention Personnel  
• ·         Government Officials
• ·         University and Campus Police          
• ·         Community Leaders and Volunteers
• ·         Volunteers in Public Service
• ·         Community Liaison Officers
• ·         Law Enforcement Personnel              
• ·         American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS) Members

Who Should Attend              Conference Agenda

OCPA  continues to recognize the outstanding efforts our members and community volunteers at our annual awards ceremony.  Please click on the Annual Awards tab to the left for more information.