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Membership Group Meeting Confirmation

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Thank you!

You are now registered for the 2018 SEARCH Winter Membership Group Meeting in Birmingham, Alabama!  We’re sending you an email confirming your registration.  Please read and save this email—it provides important instructions and links.  We look forward to seeing you next January in Birmingham.  (Check your spam folder if you do not see this email)

× NOTE: All attendees are responsible for making their own hotel room reservations prior to the January 10, 2018, cutoff date. As a convenience, you may link to the hotel reservation site below. Use this links only on computers or tablets; it does not work on mobile devices.

If you are a Non-Government Observer and need to pay the $395 fee, you may use the PayPal link below.

Next Steps

I’d like to make my hotel reservation now for the 2018 SEARCH Winter Meeting; please connect me to the Sheraton Birmingham Hotel

Make Hotel Reservation.

I’m attending as a Non-Government Observer. Please connect me to PayPal so I can pay the $395 meeting fee.

I’m attending as a Member or Alternate from a state that is non-current on Dues. Please connect me to PayPal so I can pay the $725 meeting fee.

I’ll make my hotel reservations later. I understand my confirmation email will contain the link to make online reservations.

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Karen Lissy

Ms. Karen Lissy is a Justice Information Services Specialist for the Law and Policy Program of SEARCH, The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics. In this position, she provides assistance to state and local justice and public safety agencies to collect, curate, and use National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) data and computerized criminal history record (CCH/CHRI) information for policy analysis and development.

She also guides justice and related organizations in how to craft and implement laws, policies, practices, and technology applications to effectively collect and use CCH and related justice/public safety data; address legal, policy, and regulatory issues associated with CCH data; better manage and operate criminal justice information and identification systems; and develop security and privacy policies that protect justice information sharing systems.

Ms. Lissy has nearly two decades of research and data analysis experience, having led projects and tasks in support of two agencies within the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (the Bureau of Justice Statistics and National Institute of Justice), as well as the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, and multiple foundations, including Ford, Annie E. Casey, and Hewlett. Prior to joining SEARCH in October 2020, Ms. Lissy served as a Social Science Researcher at RTI International, as a regional Crime Analyst for the Redmond (WA) Police Department, and as Director of a research program with the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis. Beginning in 2012, Ms. Lissy’s work has focused on improving data in law enforcement to answer policy questions and improve community/police relations.

Ms. Lissy earned a Bachelor’s degree in Public Policy from Duke University, and a Master’s in Public Health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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