IT Modernization The department already uses AWS and Microsoft 365, plus mobile-friendly web tech (PWA/jQuery Mobile) and mapping tools (Google Maps) with security practices like HSTS, indicating openness to cloud and digital services. This creates opportunities for affordable security hardening, cloud-based back-ups, disaster recovery, and simplified RMS/Evidence systems with a vendor that targets small agencies with limited budgets.

Community Engagement Recent partnerships around extreme heat response with Healthyclintoncounty show a strategy of collaborating with local health and community groups. Opportunities exist to offer citizen engagement platforms, emergency alert/communications, and public safety education tools that integrate with existing maps and video channels to improve outreach and information sharing.

Grants & Funding Past grants for housing studies and downtown parking; involvement with CHIRP in 2019; revenue 0-1M; This suggests a pattern of leveraging external funds. Potential sales: grants management software, grant writing and program management services, and pre-built solution kits aligned with state or federal funding cycles to modernize public safety operations.

Safety Tech They operate 36 sworn officers; they recently added a K-9 unit Pax; Tech stack includes mapping and web apps; There is opportunity to propose integrated public safety software such as mobile evidence capture, body-worn cameras (if not yet adopted), digital forensics, or canine monitoring/training solutions, plus analytics for crime reduction and resource deployment, scaled for a city the size of Frankfort.

Efficiency Focus With 51-200 employees and a small municipal budget, there is demand for cost-effective, easy-to-maintain IT solutions and training. Potential areas: managed IT services, compliant data retention, secure cloud workspace for investigative teams, and remote collaboration tools integrated with M365 to improve scheduling, reporting, and community policing initiatives.