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Introducing The CLEMIS Authority: Strengthening Public Safety Through Shared Governance

Stronger together.

Same mission, expanded vision, proven results.

For over 55 years, CLEMIS has helped agencies share data and work together. What began as a regional collaboration has grown to serve all public safety disciplines and organizations of every size. Our reach has expanded dramatically—we now cover 10 times the number of counties and serve more than 260 agencies with proven results.

Today, we're taking the next transformative step by formally establishing The CLEMIS Authority—a government entity that represents the voices of all member agencies as we continue to expand this proven model.

What's Changed:

From Regional Collaboration to Government Authority

  • Government Authority Status - Representing the voices of all member agencies with shared governance as we continue to grow
  • Enhanced Network Growth - Expanding from regional success with every new organization strengthening intelligence for all
  • Cost Distribution Model - Fixed costs distributed across larger network, keeping solutions affordable while adding capabilities
  • Member Governance Structure - Your agency helps shape priorities, technology partnerships, and platform evolution

Your existing systems, intelligence sharing, and access remain unchanged. What's enhanced is our ability to expand this proven model to serve more communities.

Why We Formed the Authority

The value of shared data is proven—but today's public safety challenges require expanding that value to more communities. By connecting more agencies to coordinated data-sharing, we can bring the benefits of cross-jurisdictional intelligence to additional communities while keeping costs down for everyone by distributing fixed costs across a larger base.

As a government authority, we can offer what no technology vendor can:

  • Proven Applications at Public Safety Pricing - Applications your peers use daily, priced for public safety budgets. As a non-profit government entity, we eliminate the profit margins and sales overhead that drive up vendor costs.
  • Member Governance - Your agency helps shape what gets built and how we evolve. Participating members decide what priorities drive new capabilities, which technology partners align with our mission, and how we advance toward intelligence-driven public safety.
  • Interlocal Agreement Foundation - These agreements reduce procurement barriers and create legally binding commitments unlike typical vendor MOUs that can change.
  • Mission-Driven Focus - We measure success by community safety outcomes, not revenue growth. When agencies that serve communities make the decisions, technology serves communities rather than shareholders.
  • Vendor Partnership Model - Working with public safety vendors to enable bidirectional data sharing. Their agencies benefit from our network intelligence, while our members gain access to data from their customer base—expanding the collaborative network beyond traditional boundaries.

Benefits to Communities

For Communities - Earlier identification of threats through shared data across jurisdictions. Crime patterns identified before they impact your neighborhood.

For All Agencies - Cross-jurisdictional data on people, vehicles, and incidents your agency can't access alone. Proven applications integrated with shared intelligence.

For Small and Mid-Size Organizations - Same intelligence capabilities as major departments. Proven applications at public safety pricing, not enterprise software costs.

Our Vision for the Future

The CLEMIS Authority's transformation enables measurable outcomes that transform how public safety serves communities:

  • Expanded Network Growth - A growing network where shared data reveals patterns and threats before they impact communities
  • Community Impact - Earlier identification of threats, faster emergency response, and resources shifting toward coordinated community safety
  • Operational Transformation - Agencies working as one connected network instead of isolated operations, enabling data-driven coordination at any scale
  • The Ultimate Outcome - Public safety that strengthens communities through shared intelligence and joint problem-solving rather than isolated response

This isn't just regional cooperation—it's proven strategies from similar agencies facing the same challenges you face.