ABOUT SENTINEL SOLUTIONS GROUP

Founded by practitioners.
Built on integrity.

Sentinel exists because the agencies doing the hardest work in public safety, government, and mission-critical technology deserved a partner on their side of the table. We are that partner, independent, engineered for the work, and measured against a standard of our own design.

EXPERIENCE 200+ years combined

Public safety operations and mission-critical technology experience across our founders and advisory bench.

PROVEN LAPD scale-tested

Our methodology reached full expression on one of the largest law enforcement technology ecosystems in the country.

INDEPENDENT 100% vendor-neutral

No referral fees. No resale margin. No vendor commissions. Loyalty is structural.

Why Sentinel exists.

Sentinel Solutions Group was founded by practitioners who came up inside the work they now consult on. We have answered 911 calls, run regional communications centers, instructed active shooter courses for dispatchers, and engineered the public safety software the nation's largest police, fire, and EMS organizations run every day. When we left those roles, it was not to get further from the mission, it was to make sure the agencies doing it had a partner on their side of the table.

Every consultant claims independence. We built the firm on it. Sentinel earns no referral fees, holds no vendor resale agreements, and carries no incentive to recommend anything but what serves the agency we work for. We sit next to chiefs, sheriffs, 911 directors, emergency managers, and IT leaders on the hardest procurement and modernization decisions of their careers, and we stay through the years of execution and recovery that follow. The people inside the badge deserve that. The public they protect deserves it more.

OUR MISSION

To stand alongside public safety, government, and mission-critical agencies as an independent, vendor-neutral partner, advising, governing, and operating the technology programs that protect our communities.

OUR VISION

A public made safer by agencies equipped with technology they trust, delivered by partners they can hold accountable.

THE SENTINEL STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE

Five pillars. One operating doctrine.

The Sentinel Standard of Excellence is how we engage, how we think, and how we deliver. It is not marketing copy, it is the posture we take into every vendor meeting, procurement, EOC activation, and late-night escalation.

I

Integrity Without Exception

Vendor neutrality as a contractual posture, not a claim.

II

Practitioner Depth

Built by people who have done the job.

III

Engineered Methodology

Battle-tested on the hardest programs in public safety.

IV

Embedded Partnership

We do not hand you a report and leave.

V

Forward Judgment

Cutting-edge. Never bleeding-edge.

THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE STANDARD

Two practitioners. One firm.

Both founders came up in rural America. Both spent careers serving agencies of every size, from two-person dispatch centers to LAPD-scale operations. Both lead every engagement Sentinel delivers.

MANAGING PARTNER

Justin Scott

Operations & Program Management

More than twelve years of public-safety government service, including roles as emergency room technician, police dispatcher, Colorado State Patrol communications officer, and Director of Public Safety Communications for one of Colorado's first multi-agency consolidations. Twelve-plus years in private-sector program leadership across Washington, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Maricopa, and the National Capital Region. The operational discipline of the firm was forged across that arc.

MANAGING PARTNER

Jason Floyd

Engineering & Technology

Nearly twenty years across public-safety mission-critical software and infrastructure. Career started on a Microsoft help desk, progressed through Hewlett Packard Enterprise, culminating in nearly nine years as Principal Systems Engineer at Motorola Solutions. Advanced certifications across VMware data center virtualization, Microsoft Azure administration, and Cisco networking. His playbooks and system diagrams anchor some of the most complex public-safety deployments in the country.

Top-tier engineering and top-tier program management. Present on every engagement.

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THE SENTINEL PORTFOLIO

What we deliver to the agencies we serve.

Four capability tracks. Four signature practices. A portfolio of named offerings built around each. Four subscription tiers that wrap them into engagements that scale with your agency.

NAMED OFFERINGS
  • Sentinel Admin™ — multi-platform CAD, RMS, Mobile, JMS administration
  • Sentinel Civic™ — embedded technology leadership for civic agencies
  • Sentinel Workforce™ — defensible public-safety hiring at scale
  • Sentinel Selection™ — executive search for mission-critical leadership
  • Sentinel Leadership Pathway™ — the next generation of public-safety technology leaders
SUBSCRIPTION PORTFOLIO
  • Sentinel Sustain™ — managed technology operations and administration
  • Sentinel Guardian™ — retained governance and advisory
  • Sentinel Institute™ Membership — training subscription across eight schools
  • Sentinel Standard Access — templates, tools, and office hours
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Work with the firm the mission deserves.

If your agency is facing a complex procurement, a mission-critical technology decision, or a program that has to be right the first time, start a scoped conversation with our team.

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THE SENTINEL ENGAGEMENT MODEL

While the phases move, Sentinel stays.

Most firms own one slice. Sentinel owns the whole engagement, from the first needs analysis conversation to the customer-success quarterly review five years later.

1
ASSESSMENT
Before you buy anything.
  • Needs Analysis
  • Internal Business Review
  • RFI / RFP Authorship
2
PROCUREMENT
We know the vendor game.
  • Vendor Selection
  • Procurement
  • Contracting & T&Cs
3
BUILD
Between the ink and the go-live.
  • Pre-Deployment
  • Deployment
  • End-User Training
4
LAUNCH
The 72 hours that define it.
  • Go-Live Readiness
  • Go-Live
  • Post Go-Live Stabilization
5
PARTNERSHIP
After the spotlight fades.
  • Customer Success
  • Ongoing Optimization
  • Expansion & Evolution
PERSISTENT ACROSS EVERY ENGAGEMENT
Ongoing Managed Services & Specialized Capabilities
  • Managed IT ServicesMission-critical operations, 24/7
  • Training & CertificationSentinel MCO Standard™
  • On-Site System AdministrationEmbedded technical staff
  • Program ManagementMulti-project portfolio governance
  • Project ManagementPMP-disciplined delivery
  • Engineering ManagementTechnical leadership & architecture
PROPRIETARY METHODOLOGY
Sentinel OCM™

Organizational change management built specifically for government, public safety, and mission-critical environments. Not corporate HR playbooks.

PROPRIETARY METHODOLOGY
Sentinel Project & Program Framework™

PMP-disciplined delivery structured for public-sector visibility, audit defensibility, and multi-administration continuity.