Captain Jim Britt

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Captain, Seattle Police Department Jim Britt is a captain with the Seattle Police Department. Jim has served 20 years with the department as a patrol officer, gang detective, patrol sergeant, and patrol watch commander. Currently, Jim is the captain overseeing technology for the Department. Jim holds a Master of Science in Law Enforcement Public Safety Leadership from the University of San Diego.

Concurrent Session Two – Policing Partners: How data is changing policing

State and local public safety agencies are exploring new ways to collect, store, and analyze large amounts of data to improve emergency response, criminal investigations, and operational excellence. The Seattle Police Department is finding this data extremely valuable, and has modernized their systems by migrating to the cloud. In this session, you’ll hear from a panel of public safety thought leaders, discussing the impact that data and cloud computing will have on policing, strategies to better use data for mission, common challenges and pitfalls to avoid, and what this all means for your agency and community.