Written By: Prince William County – Community Safety

Elevating Coordinated Response Efforts

The Office of Community Safety (OCS) is pleased to announce the Community Safety Innovations Symposium: Elevating Coordinated Response Efforts on June 13, 2025, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Potomac Science Center at George Mason University. 

This regional event is designed to bring together public safety professionals, policymakers, researchers and community leaders from across Northern Virginia, Maryland and Washington, DC. Through a full day of expert panels, interactive discussions and networking opportunities, attendees will explore emerging strategies, technologies and collaborative models that strengthen community safety, enhance emergency response and improve violence intervention efforts. The Symposium highlights Domestic Violence: Fatality review insights and best practices in intervention, Fire and Emergency Services: Leveraging GIS data to improve coordinated response, Human Trafficking: Multidisciplinary team approaches and recent legislative advancements, Innovations in Policing: Forensic science enhancements in criminal investigations, Cross-Agency Collaboration: Transformative information-sharing platforms, Gang Intervention: Community-based models that have successfully reduced violence.

In addition to traditional panel discussions, the symposium will also feature a trauma-informed wellness session, providing participants with an opportunity to learn tools for stress management, resilience, and self-care in high-pressure public safety and crisis response roles.   

This symposium is ideal for law enforcement, fire/EMS, and public safety communications professionals, public health and emergency management stakeholders, prosecutors, judges, and criminal justice personnel, community violence intervention specialists, social service providers, non-profits, and advocacy organizations, and researchers, data analysts, and technology experts.