# ASP Item 5 — Grants Division Production Overview The Arkansas Department of Public Safety Grants Division released these seven PDFs on 2026-06-09 in response to Item 5 of Joshua's 2026-05-19 Arkansas State Police ALPR request. The release documents one local award: DPS grant `24PSEG010` paid for the [[Bald Knob Police Department]] to purchase three stationary Leonardo/ELSAG Street Sentry units and one patrol-car Plate Hunter system for $47,693.50. It does **not** document an ALPR grant to ASP itself, identify the underlying legislative appropriation, or establish that this was the only Arkansas ALPR grant. ## What's inside - [[Bald Knob ELSAG Grant Project Description]] — the department's traffic-and-policing rationale. - [[Bald Knob ELSAG Grant Problem Statement]] — the small-agency funding rationale and the applicant's characterization of the program as state funding. - [[Bald Knob ELSAG Grant Plans and Goals]] — the proposed three fixed sites, one interdiction-unit installation, and laptop deployment. - [[Bald Knob ELSAG Grant Budget Proposal]] — the $47,693.50 itemization. - [[Bald Knob ELSAG Grant Budget Narrative]] — three stationary units, one patrol unit, and software for as many as ten laptops. - [[Bald Knob ELSAG Invoice and Payment Record]] — John Wright Associates invoice plus municipal payment evidence; sensitive bank and check details are not republished. - [[Bald Knob DPS Equipment Grant Reporting Form]] — grant number, award amount, expenditures, certification, and the 2024-03-08 not-yet-installed status. ## Key takeaways - **Recipient and project.** The applicant is [[Bald Knob Police Department]], not ASP. Its plan states that, if awarded, it would coordinate with Leonardo for stationary readers at three locations and readers on an interdiction unit ([[Bald Knob ELSAG Grant Plans and Goals]], p. 1, "stationary License Plate Readers installed at three primary locations, as well as LPR's installed on our interdiction unit"). - **Award and payment.** The reporting form identifies grant `24PSEG010`, an approved budget and expenditures of $47,693.50, and certifies the claim under the DPS grant ([[Bald Knob DPS Equipment Grant Reporting Form]], p. 1, "24PSEG010"; "47693.50"). The invoice/payment packet independently shows a $47,693.50 John Wright Associates invoice and City of Bald Knob payment ([[Bald Knob ELSAG Invoice and Payment Record]], pp. 1-3, "Invoice Amount 47,693.50"). - **Equipment.** The budget lists three Street Sentry hardware units and one ELSAG Plate Hunter mobile-camera system, with associated licenses, cameras, mounts, installation, cabling, and an EOC Operation Center license ([[Bald Knob ELSAG Grant Budget Proposal]], p. 1, "SUBTOTAL $47,693.50"). - **Status boundary.** On 2024-03-08, the subgrantee reported: "We have recieved all equipment however it has not been installed yet" ([[Bald Knob DPS Equipment Grant Reporting Form]], p. 1). The release contains no later installation or operational record. - **Scope boundary.** DPS counsel described these as the only records the Grants Division found responsive. That correspondence limits what this release says about the search; it does not convert one disclosed grant into proof that no other Arkansas ALPR grants existed. ## People and orgs mentioned - [[Brandon Brown]] — Bald Knob Police Department sergeant and application contact. - [[Gary Looney]] — mayor who signed the subgrantee reporting form. - [[Jodi Watson]] — reporting-form contact person. - [[City of Bald Knob]] — subgrantee municipality and payer. - [[Bald Knob Police Department]] — applicant and equipment recipient. - [[Arkansas Department of Public Safety]] — grantor and reporting-form administrator. - [[Leonardo US Cyber and Security Solutions, LLC]] / [[ELSAG ALPR Systems]] — proposed equipment manufacturer and product line. - [[John Wright Associates, Inc.]] — invoicing reseller. ## Concepts invoked - [[Arkansas DPS Public Safety Equipment Grant]] - [[Automatic License Plate Reader (ALPR)]] - [[Street Sentry (ELSAG Solar ALPR)]] ## Events documented - [[2024-03 Bald Knob DPS Grant Funds ELSAG ALPR Purchase]] ## Open questions / follow-ups - What appropriation, revenue source, or program account funded `24PSEG010`? The applicant calls the program "state funding," but the release contains no appropriation or fund-code record. - Were the four units later installed and activated; if so, when, where, and under what sharing, retention, and audit settings? - What other DPS Public Safety Equipment Grant awards, if any, paid for ALPR equipment? This seven-document response is one responsive grant file, not a verified statewide census.