Crowne Plaza - Springfield, Illinois - March 29 - 31, 2026
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ILETSB has approved 11 Mandate Training Hours for attendees:
- Constitutional Use of L.E. Authority – 1.5 hrs
- Officer Wellness – 0.5 hrs
- Procedural Justice – 2.0 hrs
- Legal Updates – 0.5 hrs
- Active Threat Response – 4.5 hrs
- Officer/Youth Interaction – 1.0 hrs
- Firearm Order Restraining Act – 1.0 hrs
Schedule
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Sunday, March 29th |
Start | End | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attendee Check-In | 4:00pm | 7:00pm | 1st Floor/Main Lobby |
| Hospitality | 4:00pm | 7:00pm | 2nd Floor Pre-Function area |
| Monday, March 30th | Start | End | Location |
| Attendee Check-in | 7:00am | 3:00pm | 1st Floor/Main Lobby |
| Continental Breakfast | 7:00am | 9:00am | Sapphire/Diamond Ballrooms |
| Welcome/Opening Session | 9:00am | 11:45am | Emerald/Ruby Ballrooms |
| Vendor Show | 11:00am | 5:00pm | Plaza E-J |
| Lunch | 11:45am | 1:00pm | Plaza E-J |
| General Sessions #1 - #2 | 1:15pm | 3:15pm | Emerald/Ruby Ballrooms |
| Vendor Hospitality | 3:00pm | 5:00pm | Plaza E-J |
| Banquet | 6:00pm | 8:00pm | Sapphire/Diamond Ballrooms |
| Hospitality | 8:00pm | 11:00pm | Plaza E-F |
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Tuesday, March 31st |
Start | End | Location |
| Regional Breakfast Meetings | 8:00am | 9:00am | Various |
| General Sessions #3 - #4 | 9:00am | 11:00am | Emerald/Ruby Ballrooms |
| Closing Session (includes lunch) | 11:15am | 2:00pm | Sapphire/Diamond Ballrooms |
Sessions
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- Nashville - A Community Forever Changed: The March 27, 2023 Response
- Officer Decertification - Before and After the SAFE-T Act
- Karina's Law
- Banquet
- Extremism in Youth: The Rise in Nihilistic Violent Extremism
- Statewide Intelligence Update
- Las Vegas 2017: The Route 91 Harvest Music Festival Mass Shooting
Welcome / Opening Session
Monday: 9:00am - 10:00am
Location: Emerald/Ruby Ballrooms
Nashville - A Community Forever Changed: The March 27, 2023 Response
Monday: 10:15am - 11:45am
Location: Emerald/Ruby Ballrooms
Presenters: Dayton Wheeler - Metropolitan Nashville Police Department
General Session #1
Officer Decertification - Before and After the SAFE-T Act
Monday: 1:15pm - 2:15pm
Location: Emerald/Ruby Ballrooms
Presenter: Patrick Hahn - ILETSB
General Session #2
Karina's Law
Monday: 2:15pm - 3:15pm
Location: Emerald/Ruby Ballrooms
Presenter: Jamie Mosser - Kane County State's Attorney
Banquet
Monday: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Sapphire/Diamond Ballrooms
Speaker: Dan Hampton (Former Chicago Bears Player)
General Session #3
Extremism in Youth: The Rise in Nihilistic Violent Extremism
Tuesday: 9:00am - 10:00am
Location: Emerald/Ruby Ballrooms
Presenter: FBI Special Agent Jake Griffin
General Session #4
Statewide Intelligence Update
Tuesday: 10:00am - 11:00am
Location: Emerald/Ruby Ballrooms
Presenter: Aaron Kustermann - STIC
Closing Session (includes lunch)
Las Vegas 2017: The Route 91 Harvest Music Festival Mass Shooting
Tuesday: 11:15am - 2:00pm
Location: Sapphire/Diamond Ballrooms
Presenter: Deputy Chief Nicholas Farese - Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
Regional Breakfast Meetings - Tuesday 8am - 9am
| Region | Location |
|---|---|
| 2 | Capital I |
| 3 & 4 | Sapphire |
| 6 | Governor |
| 7 | Illinois |
| 8 | Capital II |
| 9 | Capital III |
| 11 | Capital IV |
Floor Plans
