State of the Market '26 Report
MAPS®: The Model for Advancing Public Safety
State of Today’s Public Safety Organizations:
2026 Insights
The fourth edition report produced by Mission Critical Partners summarizes where hundreds of state and local public safety organizations stand regarding nine critical aspects of public-safety operations.
The 2026 State of the Market report is based on hundreds of assessments we’ve completed of the public-safety environment. These insights can prepare public safety leaders to make changes that will improve their organization and the industry.
See how the industry fared and where the most significant areas of weakness are in the 2026 State of the Industry report.
Our Methodology
MCP’s Model for Advancing Public Safety® (MAPS®) is a proprietary assessment methodology developed by MCP for determining where an organization stands regarding numerous critical factors. MAPS is based on:
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Industry standards developed by organizations such as the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Task Force on Optimal Public Safety Answering Point Architecture (TFOPA), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the National Emergency Number Association (NENA), and the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials-International (APCO)
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Formalized accreditation programs
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Best practices
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MCP’s collective expertise
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Key findings across trending topics