Drones as first responder, counter-drone detection, gunshot detection, and satellite connectivity have moved from pilot programs to budget requests. This JPS TRUST focus area helps you adopt new technology on a realistic timeline, with the policy, training, and operational support to run it well and a plan to connect it to the systems your people already use.
Most agencies are covering the same ground with fewer people than they're authorized to have, while the threats they respond to keep changing. Drones are carrying contraband over jail walls, gunshots in many neighborhoods never turn into a 911 call, and a storm or outage can cut off communications at a remote site right when it's needed most. Emerging technology gives agencies new ways to see, hear, and respond to these situations faster than staffing alone allows.
Contraband drops by drone are a growing threat to correctional facilities, and many facilities have no reliable way to know a drone is overhead until after the delivery lands.
When detection depends on someone deciding to call 911, response time starts minutes after the shot, if a call comes at all.
A drones as first responder program depends on FAA authorizations, pilot training, written policy, and integration with dispatch before it can put eyes on a scene ahead of officers.
Every camera, sensor, and aircraft adds a data stream, and if that stream doesn’t feed the systems officers already use, it becomes one more screen nobody watches.
Every solution in this focus area comes with the administrative and operational support agencies need to run it, and every one is evaluated for how it will connect to your existing enterprise systems before it goes on your roadmap
Drones as First Responder (DFR). DFR programs put eyes on a scene before officers arrive, giving responders information they can act on from the first minutes of a call. We support the full program, from design and policy to operational support and integration with dispatch and mapping. See how DFR connects to dispatch and mapping.
Counter-Drone Detection. Detection and alerting for unauthorized drones over correctional facilities and other sensitive sites, paired with contraband management so a detected drone becomes a documented, tracked incident. Read about the FEMA Counter-UAS Grant Program that went live in 2026.
Gunshot Detection. Hardware and software-based gunshot detection and alerting, sized for large, medium, and small agencies, so response can begin when the shot is fired instead of when someone calls it in.
Communications on the Edge. Satellite connectivity through StarLink and Amazon Leo, backed by AWS GovCloud services, keeps remote sites and disaster response operations connected when traditional networks go down.
Intelligent Site Management. Fixed and mobile video and sensor systems for real-time and remote monitoring, plus policy and compliance monitoring and reporting, for full coverage of a facility or area of operations.
Personnel Protection and Physical Security. Situational awareness tools and physical security monitoring that protect officers, staff, and inmates in an environment that never shuts down.
The same technology shows up differently depending on where it's deployed. Drones give patrol officers a first look at a scene, drone detection warns jail staff when a contraband drop is on the way, and the video and sensor systems that watch a facility perimeter can also help secure a courthouse.
From patrol to dispatch to the records room, we help police and sheriff’s departments modernize the systems officers depend on: body-worn cameras, CAD/RMS, drones as first responders, gunshot detection, and the infrastructure behind it all.
Correctional facilities are modernizing everything from EHR reporting to contraband management, inmate monitoring, and full jail and offender management systems. Strategic Communications helps facilities modernize safely and efficiently.
Courts, DAs, and probation offices need case management that works, app-based probation and parole tools, and reentry solutions that reduce recidivism. We support the full journey from filing to reentry.
The Mission Readiness & Modernization Program looks at the technology leadership is asking about alongside the systems you already run, then gives your team a two- to five-year roadmap for what to adopt, when, and how to support it. It’s provided at no cost to the agency, with no long-term contract attached.
