AWS Public Sector Blog
Category: Public Safety
Transforming public safety in Thailand: Deploying AI police cyborgs with AWS Cloud solutions
As public gatherings grow in size, the Royal Thai Police (RTP) must extend their reach and optimize their resource allocation to ensure safety across high-density event areas. To address this challenge, an innovation solution was deployed: an AI-powered police robot, the AI Police Cyborg 1.0.
How Customs and Border Protection uses cloud-based technologies to protect the nation
United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is using cloud computing, generative AI and machine learning to secure US borders and address complex challenges. On a panel at the AWS Summit 2025 event in Washington, DC, two of CBP’s technology leaders discussed how the agency is combating border issues using cloud technology. In this post, we explore the key points and insights shared by the CBP technology leaders.
Enhancing public safety operations with Amazon Bedrock
In this post, we discuss a noise complaint solution that uses an Amazon Bedrock Agent to serve as an intelligent interface between citizens and the computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system.
Building machine learning operations framework with Amazon SageMaker: Technical Safety BC’s Journey
Technical Safety BC (TSBC) regulates the safe installation and operation of technical systems (electrical, gas, boiler, elevator, etc.) in British Columbia. This post showcases how the TSBC built a machine learning operations (MLOps) solution using AWS to streamline production model training and management to process public safety inquiries more efficiently.
How public safety agencies can meet AI data security requirements
In this post, we discuss the crucial factors public safety agencies should consider when choosing a generative AI provider and explain how AWS can enable a secure, protected system.
Future-ready law enforcement: Bedfordshire Police embraces digital agility to deliver modern policing services
A collaboration between the UK’s Bedfordshire Police and AWS resulted in rapid deployment of high-impact, cloud-based solutions that free up officer and staff time and resources. This has helped officers to better serve communities and victims. Based on cloud technology, the model is easily replicable by other law-enforcement organizations.
AWS transforms DC police department’s data processing system by utilizing Spark on Lambda
The Metropolitan Police Department of Washington DC (DC-MPD) is one of the ten largest police agencies in the United States, serving as the primary law enforcement entity for the District of Columbia. Embracing cutting-edge technology provided by AWS, DC-MPD has integrated evidence analysis techniques with state-of-the-art information technology to advance crime-mapping, real-time crime statistics dashboards, and summary statistics for a holistic view of crime dynamics.
Unlock the power of fine-grained access control with Amazon Verified Permissions
Public sector organizations face stringent compliance requirements, and any unauthorized access to protected health information (PHI) or personal identifiable information (PII) can result in legal penalties and reputational damage. This post aims to demonstrate how public sector customers can develop a fine-grained authorization module using Amazon Web Services (AWS) identity services, extending beyond the capabilities of traditional role-based access control (RBAC), so they can achieve compliance objectives.
How national security and defence missions protect data with Trusted Secure Enclaves on AWS
From training to supporting the front line, Amazon Web Services (AWS) can provide solutions to help solve the challenges that formations, units, and allies face. More than just providing computer and storage capability in the cloud, AWS can help intelligence, planning and operations teams leverage newer, cost-effective artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), analytics, simulations, and other technologies.
Reducing transcription costs by 60% using AWS AI/ML services
The process of transcribing video or audio files has traditionally been manual and time-consuming. Beyond the need for accurate and cost-effective transcriptions, attorneys have determined a need for timestamping capabilities, speaker identification, search and replace capabilities, the highlighting of specific words, editing capabilities, and most importantly, shortened turnaround times.To address the need for quicker and more accurate transcription of audiovisual files, the Contra Costa County (CCC) District Attorney’s (DA) Office reached out to Amazon Web Services (AWS) and partnered with AWS Partner ScaleCapacity to develop a solution that would automate the manual transcription process. Read this post to learn more.