Municipal Leadership
Public Safety Governance and Internal Review
Orientation, audit planning, policy review, and carefully scoped administrative investigations for city managers and elected officials.
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Public Safety Technology Governance
The Lowe Group.AI
Public safety technology governance, executive leadership, and market readiness grounded in operational experience.
Governance
Municipal oversight
Operational readiness
Executive leadership
Market readiness
Responsible Implementation
Technology decisions carry operational, legal, organizational, and public-trust consequences.
The Lowe Group.AI brings an executive public-safety perspective to AI adoption, technology governance, organizational readiness, procurement strategy, and market engagement.
The work is built for leaders who need a path that can withstand operational pressure and public scrutiny.
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Decide clearly
Define the mission, authority, risks, and accountability before implementation.
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Prepare the organization
Align leadership, policy, training, operations, technology, and communication.
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Review what changes
Measure performance, surface unintended effects, and adapt when evidence changes.
Core Services
Guidance for decisions that do not fit inside a product demo.
Advisory, facilitation, speaking, and training for public-safety leaders and the companies that serve them.
Governance
Public Safety AI and Technology Governance
Decision frameworks, policy direction, oversight practices, and implementation plans for emerging technology.
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DFR and Real-Time Operations Strategy
Governance, executive decision-making, stakeholder alignment, and organizational readiness for DFR and real-time information operations.
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Executive and Organizational Readiness
Command-team alignment, change leadership, decision accountability, and communication under operational pressure.
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Public Safety Market Readiness
Cultural, organizational, procurement, and meeting preparation for technology teams entering the law-enforcement market.
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The Blue Door Briefing
A private, instructor-led 4-8 hour engagement for technology teams entering or expanding in the law-enforcement market.
Explore the Program4-8 hoursFlexible delivery based on team goals and practice time
7 modulesCulture, meetings, language, procurement, and practice
5 activitiesLive Slido polling and group discussion
4 scenariosRole-play practice with coaching
About Darrell Lowe
Operational experience. Executive perspective. Independent advice.
Darrell Lowe is Chief of Police for the City of Redmond, Washington, and founder of The Lowe Group.AI, LLC. Appointed chief in 2019, he brings more than three decades of law-enforcement experience and practical leadership in AI governance, drone operations, real-time information, organizational change, and public accountability.
He previously served as a public-safety representative on the Washington State Artificial Intelligence Task Force, whose work concluded in 2026, and on the Governor's Task Force on Independent Investigations of Police Use of Force. He was president of the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs for 2024-25.
He currently serves on the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) Emergent Technologies Committee and is a member of the IJIS Institute Law Enforcement Advisory Committee (LEAC).
Meet Darrell LoweInsights
Practical perspectives from the operational side.
Three focused reads on market readiness, DFR program design, and AI governance.
Market Readiness
Why GovTech Pitches Miss the Mark in Law Enforcement
Why operational context, implementation demands, and honest answers matter before a product demonstration becomes a serious agency conversation.
Read the articleDFR Strategy
Drone as First Responder: The Program Design Behind the Aircraft
A DFR program connects mission, governance, staffing, training, data, aviation requirements, and public communication.
Read the articleAI Governance
Public Safety AI Governance: A Practitioner's Framework
A practical framework for identifying, reviewing, supervising, evaluating, and retiring AI-enabled tools.
Read the articleBring an operational perspective to the next technology decision.
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