Utility Associates

Utility Associates

Utility Associates operates through its Coreforce brand, a technology provider purpose-built for the law enforcement and first-responder lifecycle. The firm markets a connected suite that links computer-aided dispatch (CAD), records management (RMS), body-worn and in-vehicle cameras, automated license-plate recognition, and a unified digital-evidence management system. The company does not publicly disclose its founding date or ownership structure, but its platform metrics show monthly volume exceeding 2.1 million incident records and a portfolio of 115 deployed device types. The firm covers the full incident lifecycle from dispatch to courtroom. Its hardware-software stack includes Coreforce BodyWorn cameras — cited by buyers such as St. Louis County Police and Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department — alongside in-vehicle video, drone-as-first-responder feeds, and AI-driven real-time intelligence. In January 2026 the firm announced a live integration partnership with Flock Safety, linking Flock’s automated license-plate recognition network into Coreforce’s command-center workflows. Client examples in published case studies include the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Western Kentucky University Police, Purdue University Police Department, and the Sealy Police Department, which recovered $250,000 in stolen industrial materials following a single ALPR alert. The firm maintains its headquarters in Decatur, Georgia, but moved its primary office to Uptown Atlanta in April 2026 without disclosing employee headcount. Coreforce was named to the GovTech 100 list in February 2026 alongside other government-technology vendors. Jesse James, the company’s General Manager for Digital Evidence Management and Real-Time Intelligence, discussed AI applications in public safety at the IACP 2025 conference, signaling Coreforce’s intent to automate bias-reducing features such as CAD-triggered camera activation. No family-office or private capital backing has been publicly identified. Utility Associates differentiates itself structurally by offering an integrated hardware-plus-software ecosystem purpose-built for municipal procurement cycles — combining body cameras, ALPR, drones, and evidence management under one vendor relationship. Most competitors sell pieces of the stack separately, leaving agencies to manage multiple contracts and data silos. Coreforce’s single-platform architecture allows evidentiary data to move automatically from CAD dispatch through to courtroom discovery, a chain-of-custody model that reduces administrative overhead for understaffed departments.