Law enforcement agencies across the United States are facing a compounding challenge: rising demand with flat or shrinking budgets, staffing shortages, and an increasingly complex threat environment. Artificial intelligence is not a silver bullet — but deployed correctly, it is the most powerful tool available to help agencies do more with less. At Broidy Capital Holdings, our thesis is built on this conviction. Over the past decade, Elliott Broidy has engaged directly with agencies at the federal, state, and local level, and the gap between what is technologically possible and what is deployed in the field remains vast. That gap is the opportunity.

At Broidy Capital Holdings, our thesis is built on this conviction. Over the past decade, Elliott Broidy has engaged directly with agencies at the federal, state, and local level — and the gap between what is technologically possible and what is deployed in the field remains vast. That gap is the opportunity.

The staffing crisis and the technology answer

The numbers are striking. Across major U.S. metropolitan areas, police departments are operating with 15–20% fewer officers than a decade ago. Retirement pipelines are full. Recruitment challenges are structural, not cyclical. Agencies are being asked to respond to more calls, in more complex environments, with fewer trained personnel.

The traditional response — hire more officers, build more infrastructure — is no longer sufficient on its own. Budgets are constrained, timelines are long, and the problems are accelerating. What agencies need is a way to extend the effectiveness of the personnel they already have. That is what AI does, when it is deployed correctly.