Look back over the past decade, and you will see a dramatic and rapid evolution of public safety.

When the Public Safety Summit first convened in 2015, leaders were focused on enhancing operational efficiency and effectiveness to meet pressing demands. Forward-thinking leaders seized opportunities to integrate new technologies, develop innovative operating models, and build organizational capacity.

In a turbulent and politicized world, forward-thinking public safety leaders are mobilizing to turn change and disruption into levers for building greater trust, value, and legitimacy. These progressive leaders are not only shifting their vision and mindset but also cultivating culture change, activating new policies and practices, and redefining what it means to lead and create a future-ready public safety organization.

The world is demanding not only swift and robust response to crime, but also innovative and equitable methods of ensuring community safety. Incremental change won’t be enough. Public safety leaders must activate a bold new vision.

The future of policing is emerging all around us. Rapidly evolving public demands, powerful social and digital technologies, and new methods of engaging with the community are upending past practices in policing and opening up entirely new models of community safety. Now is the time for public safety leaders to not just respond to change – but lead into the emerging future.

Around the globe, progressive public safety leaders are moving the needle on innovation – they’re designing new policing services, building new digital operating models, and fostering new organizational cultures. Yet amidst all the innovation and change one element is imperative: Solid results require leaders to sustain transformation.