2027 Agenda
Before the 911 Call: Wearables That Prevent Harm
Liz Kohler (Founder & CEO, Nexion Solutions)
Lindsey Gray (Regional Operations Coordinator for Safe House Project and Board President of Virginia Coalition Against Human Trafficking, Safe House Project)
Matthew Crook (Project and Technology Coordinator, Northwest Domestic Crisis Services, Northwest Domestic Crisis Services)
Annemarie Domurat (Deputy Director of Emergency Communications, City of Milwaukee, City of Milwaukee Police Department)
Track:
Services and Applications
Format:
Panel Session
Vault Recording: TBD
Public safety technology is built to document what already happened. But for survivors of domestic violence, stalking, and human trafficking, "after the fact" is often too late — in two-thirds of domestic assaults, the attacker takes the victim's phone before a call can be made.
This panel introduces a different model: discreet, wearable safety technology that lets a person in crisis summon help with a single gesture, feeding real-time information directly into the public-safety response before an incident escalates. Rather than replacing existing systems, it strengthens them — improving situational awareness for 911 operators, sharpening officer response, and extending protection to people who fall through the gaps of traditional safety planning.
Hear from a panel spanning the full response chain: the technology's application among domestic violence survivors in rural communities, where help is farthest away; its use in human trafficking cases, where discretion is life-or-death; and its measurable impact on 911 operations, where richer real-time information is changing how telecommunicators support callers in crisis.
Attendees will leave understanding how proactive, survivor-centered technology integrates with public-safety infrastructure — and why the industry's next frontier isn't just responding faster, but intervening sooner. For anyone working in emergency communications, PSAP operations, law enforcement technology, or public safety innovation, this session reframes what these tools can do: not only capture the emergency, but help prevent it.
This is a conversation about closing the gap between threat and response — and the technology, and people, making it possible.
This panel introduces a different model: discreet, wearable safety technology that lets a person in crisis summon help with a single gesture, feeding real-time information directly into the public-safety response before an incident escalates. Rather than replacing existing systems, it strengthens them — improving situational awareness for 911 operators, sharpening officer response, and extending protection to people who fall through the gaps of traditional safety planning.
Hear from a panel spanning the full response chain: the technology's application among domestic violence survivors in rural communities, where help is farthest away; its use in human trafficking cases, where discretion is life-or-death; and its measurable impact on 911 operations, where richer real-time information is changing how telecommunicators support callers in crisis.
Attendees will leave understanding how proactive, survivor-centered technology integrates with public-safety infrastructure — and why the industry's next frontier isn't just responding faster, but intervening sooner. For anyone working in emergency communications, PSAP operations, law enforcement technology, or public safety innovation, this session reframes what these tools can do: not only capture the emergency, but help prevent it.
This is a conversation about closing the gap between threat and response — and the technology, and people, making it possible.
Takeaway
- A new model for public-safety technology: how discreet wearables enable proactive intervention before an incident, rather than after-the-fact documentation — and how they integrate with, not replace, existing PSAP and response systems.
- Real-world application across three high-stakes contexts: rural domestic violence response, human trafficking cases, and daily 911 operations, each with distinct lessons for the industry.
- The 911 operator's changing role: how increased real-time information flow from people in crisis is reshaping situational awareness and telecommunicator response.
- Why "intervening sooner" is the industry's next frontier: practical guidance for agencies and technology leaders evaluating survivor-centered tools for their own communities.
- Real-world application across three high-stakes contexts: rural domestic violence response, human trafficking cases, and daily 911 operations, each with distinct lessons for the industry.
- The 911 operator's changing role: how increased real-time information flow from people in crisis is reshaping situational awareness and telecommunicator response.
- Why "intervening sooner" is the industry's next frontier: practical guidance for agencies and technology leaders evaluating survivor-centered tools for their own communities.