Public Safety & Emerging Technology Advisory
Overwatch Strategies advises public safety agencies and select private clients at the intersection of law enforcement operations, physical security, and emerging technology — from Drone as First Responder programs to AI surveillance and productivity tools, access control, and the policy frameworks that keep them defensible.
Why Overwatch
We have lived the consequences of implementation decisions, managed systems when they fail, and answered to elected officials, legal counsel, and the public when programs face scrutiny. That experience shapes every engagement — advisory work that is sustainable with the resources you actually have and defensible under the conditions you actually operate in.
What We Do
Every engagement is scoped around your operating conditions, your political environment, and the product landscape you actually have to work in.
Ground-up program design for agencies deploying drones as a first-response tool — from policy and governance through operations, currency standards, and accountability.
Learn moreFull incident action plans, security and access staging, and drone overwatch integrated into a unified command structure — built by operators who have run these events, not diagrammed them.
Learn moreAI-enhanced camera networks, analytics, and real-time crime center design — plus the AI productivity and force-multiplier tools that cut administrative load. Built for operational reality, not vendor demos.
Learn moreStrategic guidance on physical access control architecture, policy development, and system governance — so your infrastructure is defensible, scalable, and auditable.
Learn moreEnd-to-end policy development, compliance review, and governance frameworks that determine whether a technology program survives long-term legal, political, and public scrutiny.
Learn moreAdvisory work blending law enforcement operations, aviation, physical security, and emerging technology for problems that don't map cleanly to a single service line.
Learn moreThe Difference
Body-worn and in-car video, ALPR, real-time crime centers, access control, and enterprise video — assessed from direct operational use, not vendor briefings.
No products to push and no reseller relationships. Recommendations are built around your conditions and the long-term governance burden you carry after procurement.
A commercial certificate and Gold Seal CFI rating shape how we approach airspace integration, UAS design, and the currency standards a credible DFR program demands.
About the Principal
Terry Schreiber · Principal
Terry Schreiber is the founder and principal of Overwatch Strategies and serves in a senior command role at a Chicago-area municipal police agency, with direct responsibility over UAS operations, real-time situational awareness technology, and technology policy across patrol and investigative functions.
"We help organizations build programs that are defensible under the legal and political conditions they actually operate in — and honest about what it takes to govern them over time."
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