66 On a brisk day in January 2023, Governor Kay Ivey stood before the marble steps of the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery, dressed in a crisp white suit to be sworn in for her second full term. As Governor Ivey gave her inaugural address, another initiation was quietly unfolding. That same day, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) deployed a new command and control system for Alabama Advancing Public Safety with High-Tech Maps and Shared Awareness security and tactical operations. While the governor declared her hopes for the future and acknowledged the contributions of first responders to recover from devastating tornadoes, a cadre of public safety personnel monitored one common operating picture powered by GIS technology. Jared Bostic, the deputy geographic information officer for the State of Alabama, oversees the use of GIS as a Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) successfully deployed a new GIS command and control system to support a streamlined security strategy at the governor’s inauguration.
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