# Arkansas DPS Public Safety Equipment Grant An equipment-grant program administered by the [[Arkansas Department of Public Safety]]. In this corpus it is documented through grant `24PSEG010`, which funded a $47,693.50 Leonardo/ELSAG ALPR package for [[Bald Knob Police Department]]. ## How it appears in the corpus - The applicant identifies the program as the "Arkansas Department of Public Safety Public Safety Equipment Grant" and describes it as a way for small law-enforcement agencies to obtain equipment ([[Bald Knob ELSAG Grant Problem Statement]], p. 1). - The reporting form identifies grant `24PSEG010`, award period 2023-2024, Bald Knob Police Department as subgrantee, and $47,693.50 in approved budget and expenditures ([[Bald Knob DPS Equipment Grant Reporting Form]], p. 1, "24PSEG010"; "47693.50"). - The funded project consisted of three stationary Street Sentry readers and one Plate Hunter patrol-unit system ([[Bald Knob ELSAG Grant Budget Proposal]], p. 1). ## Stakeholders - [[Arkansas Department of Public Safety]] — grant administrator. - [[City of Bald Knob]] / [[Bald Knob Police Department]] — subgrantee and equipment recipient. - [[John Wright Associates, Inc.]] — reseller paid by the city. - [[Leonardo US Cyber and Security Solutions, LLC]] / [[ELSAG ALPR Systems]] — manufacturer/product line. ## Timeline - 2024-03-08 — Bald Knob certified the $47,693.50 expenditure and reported the equipment received but not installed ([[Bald Knob DPS Equipment Grant Reporting Form]], p. 1). - 2026-06-09 — DPS counsel delivered the seven-file grant record in response to ASP FOIA Item 5 (Gmail thread `19e3d8ec9e0f6ccd`). - 2026-07-21 — production downloaded, extracted, visually checked, and ingested. ## Notes - The applicant calls the program "state funding," but the released records do not identify the appropriation, fund code, or ultimate revenue source. This concept therefore does not classify `24PSEG010` as general revenue, ARPA, federal pass-through, forfeiture, or any other source. - The release establishes one responsive award file. It does not establish a complete statewide list of DPS equipment grants used for ALPR purchases.