# Arkansas DPS Public Safety Equipment Grant An equipment-grant program administered by the [[Arkansas Department of Public Safety]]. The corpus documents three awards: grant `24PSEG010`, which funded a $47,693.50 Leonardo/ELSAG ALPR package for [[Bald Knob Police Department]]; grant `25PSEG010`, which awarded [[Cabot Police Department]] `$75,000` for an in-car-camera bundle; and a 2023 `$100,000.00` Jonesboro award for a mixed camera, mobile-computing, and scanning package. ## 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). - A separate 2025 award sheet identifies Cabot grant `25PSEG010`, Category 06 `IN-CAR CAMERA BUNDLE`, and a total award of `$75,000` ([[Cabot Axon Vendor Ledger Resolutions and Grant Records]], `Scan2026-07-23_151554.pdf`, pp. 47, 160). - Cabot Resolution 62 says five Axon in-car cameras would be paid primarily with state grant funds. The award sheet does not name Axon, a quote number, or a disbursement, so the records support the funding relationship without proving a dollar-for-dollar application of the grant ([[Cabot Axon Vendor Ledger Resolutions and Grant Records]], pp. 47–49, 160). - Jonesboro's revenue ledger records a `$100,000.00` Public Safety Equipment Grant receipt on 2023-02-06. The matching expense ledger totals `$100,000.00`, including a `$655.77` unused-fund return, and the produced check packets identify a Flock Flex camera, an Avigilon camera/license package, a vehicle-mounted camera tower, ten Toughbooks, printers, and a scanner ([[Jonesboro Public Safety and Project Safe Neighborhoods Camera Grants]], `Public Safety Grant-General Ledger Expenses 09-965.pdf`, pp. 1–2). ## Stakeholders - [[Arkansas Department of Public Safety]] — grant administrator. - [[City of Bald Knob]] / [[Bald Knob Police Department]] — subgrantee and equipment recipient. - [[City of Cabot]] / [[Cabot Police Department]] — 2025 award recipient and in-car-camera purchaser. - [[City of Jonesboro]] / [[Jonesboro Police Department]] — 2023 award recipient and operator of the mixed equipment package. - [[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. - 2025 — DPS award `25PSEG010` allotted `$75,000` to Cabot for an in-car-camera bundle; the sheet does not provide a more precise award date ([[Cabot Axon Vendor Ledger Resolutions and Grant Records]], pp. 47, 160). - 2026-07-28 — Cabot's award sheet and related municipal authorization/payment records were received and ingested. - 2023-02-06 — Jonesboro's ledger records receipt of the `$100,000.00` equipment-grant award. - 2026-07-28 — Jonesboro's revenue, expense, and vendor-payment records were received 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 releases establish three responsive award records. They do not establish a complete statewide list of DPS equipment grants used for ALPR or camera purchases.