2027 NSA Winter Conference

How it compares

The closest alternative is NSA Annual Conference, the association's summer gathering. Its exhibition spans police equipment, jails, prisoner transport and courtroom security, with education covering recruitment, retention, wellness and technology. It makes more sense for a team building a broad equipment shortlist or bringing several operational specialists. Winter offers a more concentrated setting for sheriff leadership, committee work and federal policy relationships.

IACP Annual Conference and Exposition reaches across the policing profession and gives visitors a much wider vendor comparison. IACP 2026 promotes more than 600 vendors and an audience exceeding 16,000 public safety professionals. Choose it when municipal police, international contacts and extensive product discovery matter as much as county agencies.

NSA Winter is particularly relevant when a purchasing decision touches both public safety and jail operations, or when a supplier needs to understand the policy pressures on a sheriff's office. Its tabletop format suits software, communications and service discussions. The annual conference is the better setting for a broader equipment program, while IACP widens the audience beyond the sheriff community.

A focused Washington trip for sheriff leadership and suppliers whose work connects county policing, jail operations and federal policy.

Who exhibits

Axon and Flock Safety give the exhibition a familiar policing-technology presence, but the directory's center of gravity extends into corrections. NaphCare, Wellpath, YesCare and Wexford Health Sources bring healthcare alongside inmate communications providers such as Securus and ViaPath. Guard1 and GUARDIAN RFID add custody-monitoring specialists. The mix lets a sheriff's office examine operational services as well as field technology, while the tabletop format keeps the emphasis on discussion and compact demonstrations.

1. 

   ZOLL Medical

2. 

   Extron

3. 

   Verizon

4. 

   Federal Signal

5. 

   Flock Safety

6. 

   Brother International

7. 

   Axon

8. 

   Compliant Technologies

9. 

   Guardian RFID

10. 

    SymbolArts

11. 

    Southern Software

12. 

    Bridgestone

13. 

    Smart Communications

14. 

    FaceTec

15. 

    Wellpath

16. 

    Securus Technologies

17. 

    Wexford Health Sources

18. 

    ViaPath Technologies

19. 

    Off Duty Management

20. 

    Black Creek Integrated Systems

21. 

    Extra Duty Solutions

22. 

    Critical Response Group

23. 

    Whalls Group

24. 

    NCIC

The largest exhibitor countries are United States (51) and Japan (1). The largest industries are Hospitals and Health Care (6) and Public Safety (5).

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2027 NSA Winter Conference

NSA Winter 2027 moves to the Omni Shoreham Hotel and pairs committee work with a tabletop exhibition. The agenda gives Hill Day its own place alongside the opening general session, education sessions and receptions. Corrections healthcare and inmate communications remain prominent among the listed suppliers. The welcome and closing receptions extend the contact between attendees and industry beyond the exhibit hall, while the conference app carries the program and a digital Passport links participating tabletops.

• For jail operations, compare the healthcare providers with the inmate communications and custody-monitoring exhibitors; the directory covers all three parts of the same operating budget.
• Include the exhibit-hall breakfast and dessert sessions in a supplier-focused visit: both put refreshments inside the exhibition alongside the tabletops.
• Use the link supplied after conference registration to reserve the NSA hotel block; the organizer routes those reservations through registration.

Exhibiting

The exhibition uses compact tabletops with a furnished, carpeted space and full conference registrations. Large stands and vehicles are excluded, making the format a fit for software demonstrations and service discussions. The package includes app and website listings, magazine exposure subject to its deadline, attendee lists and shared meal and reception access. Sponsorship can add committee access or participation in the digital Passport.