Case Study: San Francisco Police Department cuts vehicle-status update time by 98% and saves officers hundreds of hours per month with Microsoft Power Apps

San Francisco Police Department saves officers hundreds of hours per month with Microsoft Power Platform

San Francisco Police Department needed a faster, more efficient way to report stolen-vehicle returns after delays in their previous system repeatedly led to unnecessary suspicion of vehicle owners. The department worked with Microsoft Power Apps, leveraging the Microsoft Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Pages) and SharePoint to build a modern reporting solution.

Using Microsoft Power Apps, SFPD deployed an app in a few months that lets officers report returned stolen cars almost instantly, saving officers hundreds of hours of driving time, reducing time to update vehicle status by 98%, lowering departmental costs, and cutting down unnecessary suspicion of vehicle owners.

San Francisco Police Department

Andrew Bley

Crime Intelligence Analyst