Conference Schedule

 

MONDAY, August 3rd, 2026

1:00 PM -5:00 PM:  Participant & Vendor Conference Registration & Information Desk Open

3:00 PM: Vendor Set-Up

6:00 PM: Welcome Dinner and Officer Memorial Ceremony    

 

Tuesday, August 4th, 2026

7:30 AM - 9:30 AM:  Vendor Breakfast

8:00 AM - 11:30 AM Vendor Expo

****LUNCH ON YOUR OWN****

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Platinum & Gold Sponsor Presentations

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM: 1st Amendment Audits/ Drug Recognition

Capt. Tom Moore - Jail Administrator

Forsyth County Sheriff's Office

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Wednesday, August 5th, 2026

8:30 AM - 11:30 AM: Gang Training

Ryan Foles - Chief Investigator

Coweta Judicial Circuit - District Attorney's Office

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM Lunch

1;30 PM - 5:00 PM: Legislative updates, Financial Planning

Sheriff Ron Freeman

Forsyth County Sheriff's Office

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Thursday, August 6th, 2026

• 8:30am – 8:45am – Tate McCotter NIJO Intro.

• 8:45am – 10:00am – “Let’s Not Lose!” (A Liability Discussion)

• 10:15 – 11:30 – “Contraband: Stop it Before it Starts”

• 11:30am – 1:00pm – Lunch

• 1pm – 2:30pm – “It’s Harder When You’re Stupid” (A Formula for Making Confident and Well-informed Decisions)

• 3:00pm – 5:00pm – “How Did the Dumpster Get on Fire?” (Diagnosing/Developing Facility/Agency/Shift Culture)

Tate McCotter / Aaron Dawson

National Institute for Jail Training (NIJO) 

       

Friday, August 7th, 2026

8:30 AM - 12:00 PM: DFC Michael Eaton - Jail Trainor

Forsyth County Sheriff's Office

Conducting Effective Use of Force Debriefs

12:00 PM Gun Giveaway and Closing

 

End of Conference - Travel safe and see you next year!