2025 Mississippi Public Safety Summit Agenda

Wednesday, May 28th 

8:00 AM – Noon: Golf Tournament at The Refuge Golf Course

10:00 AM – 2:00 PM: Registration Opens

Noon – 5:00 PM: Exhibitor Hall Opens 

1:15 – 1:30 PM: Welcome Address with Attorney General Lynn Fitch and Public Safety Commissioner Sean Tindell

1:30 – 3:15 PM: Lessons for Modern Policing Practices with Chris Hsiung, Executive Director of The Curve

3:15 to 3:30 PM: Break

3:30 – 4:45 PM: Hiring for Retention with Dr. Charlie Scheer, Director of the Mississippi Statistical Analysis Center & Associate Professor at USM

5:00 – 6:30 PM: Welcome Reception 

Thursday, May 29th 

7:30 – 8:30 AM: Breakfast 

8:30 – 9:45 AM: Case Study: The Carlee Russell Abduction Hoax with Lt. Daniel Lowe, Hoover Police Department

9:45 – 10:00 AM: Break

10:00 – 11:30 AM: Ethical Leadership, Moral Resiliency, and Suicide Prevention with Vincent J. Bove, National Speaker, Confidant, & Author

11:45 AM – 1:15 PM: Governor’s Awards Luncheon

1:15 – 1:30 PM: Break 

1:30 – 2:45 PM:  Local Criminal Trends: Juvenile Violence and the 764 Gang with Robert Eikhoff, Special Agent in Charge of the Jackson FBI Office

2:45 – 3:45 PM: ICE 287(g) Partnership Opportunities with the United States Department of Homeland Security 

3:45 – 4:00 PM: Break 

4:00 – 5:00 PM: Innovative or Dangerous? The Impact of 3D-Printed Weapons with Ryan Gholson, Cyber Fraud Investigator, Office of the Mississippi Attorney General

5:15 – 6:15 PM: Networking Reception 

Friday, May 30th 

7:30 – 8:30 AM: Breakfast 

8:30 – 9:30 AM: Update from the Mississippi Capitol  

9:30 – 11:30 AM: Lessons in Protecting Against Cybercrime from a Former Cybercriminal with Brett Johnson, Security Consultant and Public Speaker

11:30 – 11:45 AM: Closing Remarks