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Craig Allen

Chair, IACP Communications and Technology Committee/Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.)
Illinois State Police
Worland, Wyoming, United States

LTC Allen, is Chair of International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), Communications and Technology Cmte a public safety technologist with a policy focus. As LTC for Illinois State Police led change though a series of increasing organizational responsibility including: Hostage Negotiator, Chief Fiscal Officer, LTC of Special Operations. Allen was a Supervisor for the Federal Bureau of Investigations; Iowa Statewide Interoperability Communications System Board (ISICSB), Statewide Interoperability Coordinator (SWIC).

Allen held/holds senior leadership positions including: President, Central Illinois Chiefs of Police; Chair, IL State Executive Interoperability Comte; Executive Council (EC) of National Council of Statewide Interoperability Coordinators (NCSWIC); EC member of SAFECOM; Chair SAFECOM/NCSWIC Technology and Policy Comte; FirstNet PSAC member; NPSTC Governing Board; He led two new statewide radio systems as Project Dir./Mgr. and taught for Northwestern University in School of Police Staff and Command, teaching on a variety of topics, focusing on public safety technology development, and government budgeting.

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