How Dash Cams Deliver ROI for
the U.S. Public Sector

Government agencies typically see ROI from fleet management software through optimizing key cost centers such as fuel and maintenance spend, insurance premiums and accident payouts, labor hours lost to manual reporting, and asset utilization across departments. Public fleets often span police vehicles, public works, transit, school buses, and more across many departments. Disconnected legacy systems make public sector fleet operations harder to manage, driving inefficiency and higher costs.

Government agencies that consolidate their fleet operations onto a unified platform like Samsara are able to maximize operational efficiency, enabling agencies to serve their community confidently, safely, and efficiently. Some areas that Samsara can help government fleets with include:

• AI-powered exoneration cuts claims and litigation costs by using video and telematics data to prove drivers weren't at fault. This turns risk reduction into direct financial savings, not just accident prevention, while protecting agency reputation and budget.

• Unified asset, maintenance, and fuel tracking reduces operating costs by consolidating fleet data into a single platform, eliminating redundant tools and excess spend. This gives fleet managers the data to reinvest taxpayer dollars and justify budgets.

• Digital inspections and proof-of-service eliminate paperwork delays by giving every department real-time access to the same verified data, so technicians and drivers submit records instantly and the back office can report to council or the public without lag.

Samsara customers have reported an average 8x return on investment (ROI) after adopting the platform, driven by savings across fuel, maintenance, safety, and administrative time. A few examples of public sector ROI achieved by government fleets using Samsara include:

• Canyons School District: Reduced incidents by 50%, saved $80,000 in claim payouts through driver exoneration, and spent 75% less time pulling footage for review across a fleet serving 15,000+ students in Utah's Salt Lake County.

• City of Poughkeepsie: Protected $200,000 worth of assets using Asset Tags, reduced accidents by 25% in four months, proved no-fault in one major accident using AI Dash Cam footage, and saved thousands by bringing vehicle repairs in-house. Commissioner of Public Works Christopher Gent stated, "A repair that would cost $2,000 in house could easily be $10,000 if we used a vendor. With Samsara, it's easy to get insights into our maintenance costs and manage our spend."

• Memphis Light, Gas and Water: Achieved a 99% reduction in speeding events over 80 mph and a 20% decrease in preventable incidents across a fleet of 1,500 vehicles serving 400,000 customers.

• City of St. Petersburg: Gained comprehensive fleet tracking across 5,000 assets and vehicles serving 265,000 citizens, achieving a 23% decrease in harsh driving events and an 11% decrease in speeding events. Fleet Information Systems Coordinator TK Kapous stated, "Previously, we could spend days looking for an asset. With Samsara, we can find assets within seconds, which means our teams can be more productive."

• Department of Public Safety: Saved 2,000 officer hours per month, reduced labor costs by 60% saving $1.4M annually, recovered a stolen patrol vehicle in 20 minutes with GPS tracking, secured over $400,000 in disaster relief funds faster using Samsara's tagging and reporting features to expedite FEMA reimbursement documentation, improved average Safety Score by 14%, and reduced unassigned HOS by over 90% across a fleet of 6,000 vehicles and 11,000 drivers.

• Michigan State University: Reduced idling by 71% saving $60,000 annually, achieved a 30% increase in hours between PM cycles, protected $1M+ in assets across 5,000 acres and 16 satellite locations, saved 3 to 4 hours per week of manual data checking, and improved emergency response times during critical campus events like snow removal.

• City of Allentown: Saved $1M+ in taxpayer dollars, reduced incidents by 25%, and decreased citizen complaints by 95% using AI Dash Cam footage and GPS tracking across 400+ vehicles and 600+ assets serving 120,000 citizens across 20+ departments.

• Athens-Clarke County: Achieved a 55% increase in fuel efficiency and eliminated 12,000 pieces of paper monthly across a lean team of 65 employees and 40 vehicles serving 130,000 residents across 117 square miles.

• Caddo Parish Public Schools: Saved up to $100,000 annually in engine repair and replacement costs, recovered three stolen school buses saving $420,000, reduced distracted driving by 26%, harsh events by 15%, speeding by 13%, achieved a 100% decrease in major incidents, reduced parent inquiry calls by 35%, and now operate $2M under their previous annual budget across a fleet of 325 buses transporting 14,000 students daily.

• Road Commission of Kalamazoo County: Achieved $60K in immediate cost savings, eliminated a 1 to 2 day lag in back-office processing, saved approximately 15 hours per month, and exonerated 6 drivers with AI Dash Cams across 85+ assets responsible for maintaining 1,200 miles of road.

• City & County of Denver: Reduced safety events by 94%, harsh driving by 99%, and distracted driving by 98% across 44 divisions and agencies managing 1,900 vehicles and assets.

• City of Atlanta: Achieved a 70% increase in accurately tracked mowing operation work orders using Equipment Monitoring to confirm FAA-required grass mowing heights across 4,700 acres surrounding the world's busiest airport.

• City of Boston: Achieved a 36% increase in electric miles driven, saved $86,000 in estimated fuel costs, and reduced carbon emissions by 513,000 pounds across 400 Public Works vehicles serving 700,000+ residents.

• City of Lakeland: Saved hundreds of thousands of dollars in estimated insurance payouts across a collection operation serving 120,000+ residents across 80 square miles with 50+ collection trucks.

• City of Syracuse: Created a publicly accessible real-time snow plow service status map using Samsara's Esri integration, reducing citizen calls by 30% across a fleet of 1,000 vehicles including 150 snow removal vehicles receiving on average 104 inches of snow per year. COO Corey Dunham stated, "Not only do community members appreciate the transparency Samsara provides, but it's also saved staff time spent responding to calls and made things overall more efficient."

• Houston ISD: Lowered crashes by 69%, reduced severe speeding events by 10%, and lowered harsh driving events by 12% across one of the largest school districts in the United States.

• First Alt: Achieved a 99% reduction in incident investigation time and standardized the student safety experience across 26 states for students with unique transportation needs, deploying AI Dash Cams across over 50% of their contracted fleet, the largest percentage of camera use in the alternative transportation industry.

• City of Memphis: Reduced distracted driving by 54% across 17 departments and 560 vehicles serving 600,000+ citizens using Vehicle Gateways and AI Dash Cams to comply with Tennessee's Hands Free Law.

• Richardson ISD: Resolved 10+ student incidents in five months using AI Multicam video evidence, reduced footage download time from 10 hours to just 4 to 8 minutes, and saved $1M in equipment costs by keeping existing cameras through a seamless AI Multicam integration. Fleet Manager David Cartagena stated, "Three settlements in a year can cost about half a million dollars. If we can show the video and prove it wasn't the district's fault, AI Multicam pays for itself."

• City of Fort Lauderdale: Replaced a system with no tracking for non-emergency vehicles across 1,700 vehicles and 11 departments, reduced vehicle downtime by 28%, decreased idling by 20%, reduced fuel consumption by 5% saving 28,000 gallons, and saved approximately $70,500 in fuel over just six months.

• City of Boynton Beach: Reduced overall driver risk factors by 58%, speeding by 17%, harsh braking by 12%, distracted driving by 19%, and policy violations by 10%, and used video evidence to avoid thousands of dollars in false claim payouts through driver exoneration across 765 vehicles and assets serving 80,000 residents.

• City of Sacramento: Reduced fuel consumption by 6% saving $300,000 annually, saved 100+ hours in administrative work and used the Fleet Electrification Report to identify EV transition candidates across a fleet of 2,600 vehicles including 120+ EVs serving 528,000+ residents.

• City of New Orleans: Reduced collision risk by 81%, decreased mobile phone use by 46%, reduced speeding by 37%, and gave commanders real-time asset visibility for faster resource allocation across a fleet responding to nearly 70,000 emergency calls every year across 41 city departments.

• Garden City Public Schools: Reduced accidents by 87% in 18 months, achieved 8 driver exonerations in a single year, cut stop-arm violations by 80%, reduced risky driving behaviors by 40%, improved vehicle uptime by 20%, reduced repair costs by 66%, discontinued Geotab saving $28,000 immediately, and delivered $150,000+ in annual savings across maintenance and operations across a fleet transporting 2,000 students daily.

• City of Houston Public Works: Replaced an analog fleet management system across nearly 4,000 vehicles serving 2.3M citizens, gaining real-time visibility into vehicle locations, utilization, and performance. Assistant Director Brian Blum stated, "Ever since we partnered with Samsara, we haven't looked at competitors. Now we have a solution that is a cut above everybody and is helping us find new ways to improve safety and efficiency."

• Monroe County: Improved outage response time by 15%, saved thousands on vehicle maintenance, and delivered better FEMA reporting documentation across nearly 1,700 islands that make up the Florida Keys across 322 vehicles and 220 assets.

• City of El Paso: Recovered a stolen excavator worth $1.3M and a stolen pickup truck and trailer that crossed state lines using Asset Tags, reduced mobile usage events by 80%, reduced accidents by 29%, saved $145,000 in accident-related costs, saved $50,000 in potential legal charges via driver exoneration, achieved a 24% decrease in idling saving approximately $100,000 annually in fuel costs, and reduced an estimated 680,000 pounds of CO2 emissions per year.

Telematics give government fleets real-time visibility across critical operations such as GPS location tracking, vehicle diagnostics, fuel management, routing and dispatch, and more. Samsara’s Fleet Telematics solution enables public agencies to track every vehicle, streamline operations, and control fuel costs. Some benefits of telematics for government fleets include:

• Consolidate costs and material use by tracking routes in real time, which helps optimize plow paths and reduce unnecessary fuel, salt, and material spend.

• Increase transparency and reduce citizen calls by proactively communicating through live, public-facing dashboards, giving residents real-time visibility into service status instead of having to call in for updates.

• Deliver consistent outcomes for residents by ensuring every street is plowed and no pickup is missed, using PTO tracking to confirm plow status, on-demand video retrieval for verification, and live road condition visibility.

• Make data-informed decisions by tracking plow status and other operational metrics in real time, giving managers the visibility needed to adjust routes, staffing, and resources as conditions change.

Many government agencies use Samsara Fleet Telematics to improve efficiency and reduce costs, including:

• City of New Orleans: Reduced collision risk by 81%, decreased mobile phone use by 46%, reduced speeding by 37%, and gave commanders real-time asset visibility for faster resource allocation across a fleet responding to nearly 70,000 emergency calls every year across 41 city departments.

• City of Boston: Achieved a 36% increase in electric miles driven, saved $86,000 in estimated fuel costs, and reduced carbon emissions by 513,000 pounds across 400 Public Works vehicles serving 700,000+ residents.

• Athens-Clarke County: Achieved a 55% increase in fuel efficiency and eliminated 12,000 pieces of paper monthly across a lean team of 65 employees and 40 vehicles serving 130,000 residents across 117 square miles.

• City of Atlanta: Achieved a 70% increase in accurately tracked mowing operation work orders using Equipment Monitoring to confirm FAA-required grass mowing heights across 4,700 acres surrounding the world's busiest airport.

• City of Memphis: Reduced distracted driving by 54% across 17 departments and 560 vehicles serving 600,000+ citizens using Vehicle Gateways and AI Dash Cams.

• Garden City Public Schools: Improved vehicle uptime by 20%, reduced repair costs by 66%, discontinued Geotab saving $28,000 immediately, reduced accidents by 87% in 18 months, achieved 8 driver exonerations in a single year, cut stop-arm violations by 80%, and delivered $150,000+ in annual savings across maintenance and operations.

• Monroe County: Improved outage response time by 15%, saved thousands on vehicle maintenance, and delivered better FEMA reporting documentation across nearly 1,700 islands that make up the Florida Keys across 322 vehicles and 220 assets.

• City of Fort Lauderdale: Replaced a system with no tracking for non-emergency vehicles across 1,700 vehicles and 11 departments, reduced vehicle downtime by 28%, decreased idling by 20%, and saved approximately $70,500 in fuel over just six months.

• Road Commission of Kalamazoo County: Achieved $60K in immediate cost savings, eliminated a 1 to 2 day lag in back-office processing, saved approximately 15 hours per month, and exonerated 6 drivers with AI Dash Cams across 85+ assets responsible for maintaining 1,200 miles of road.

• City of Allentown: Saved $1M+ in taxpayer dollars, reduced incidents by 25%, and decreased citizen complaints by 95% using AI Dash Cam footage and GPS tracking across 400+ vehicles and 600+ assets serving 120,000 citizens across 20+ departments.

• City & County of Denver: Reduced safety events by 94%, harsh driving by 99%, and distracted driving by 98% across 44 divisions and agencies managing 1,900 vehicles and assets, giving leadership unified reporting and operational transparency.

• City of Houston Public Works: Replaced an analog fleet management system across nearly 4,000 vehicles serving 2.3M citizens, gaining real-time visibility into vehicle locations, utilization, and performance. Assistant Director Brian Blum stated, "Ever since we partnered with Samsara, we haven't looked at competitors. Now we have a solution that is a cut above everybody and is helping us find new ways to improve safety and efficiency."

• Memphis Light, Gas and Water: Achieved a 99% reduction in speeding events over 80 mph and a 20% decrease in preventable incidents across a fleet of 1,500 vehicles serving 400,000 customers.

• Caddo Parish Public Schools: Saved up to $100,000 annually in engine repair and replacement costs, recovered three stolen school buses saving $420,000, reduced distracted driving by 26%, harsh events by 15%, speeding by 13%, achieved a 100% decrease in major incidents, reduced parent inquiry calls by 35%, and now operate $2M under their previous annual budget across a fleet of 325 buses transporting 14,000 students daily.

• City of St. Petersburg: Gained comprehensive fleet tracking across 5,000 assets and vehicles serving 265,000 citizens using Vehicle Gateways, Asset Tags, and Ford Pro OEM integration, achieving a 23% decrease in harsh driving events and an 11% decrease in speeding events.

• Michigan State University: Reduced idling by 71% saving $60,000 annually, achieved a 30% increase in hours between PM cycles, protected $1M+ in assets across 5,000 acres and 16 satellite locations, and saved 3 to 4 hours per week of manual data checking.

• City of Syracuse: Created a publicly accessible real-time snow plow service status map using Samsara's Esri integration, reducing citizen calls by 30% across a fleet of 1,000 vehicles including 150 snow removal vehicles in one of the snowiest cities in America. COO Corey Dunham stated, "Not only do community members appreciate the transparency Samsara provides, but it's also saved staff time spent responding to calls and made things overall more efficient."

• City of El Paso: Achieved a 24% decrease in idling saving approximately $100,000 annually in fuel costs, reduced an estimated 680,000 pounds of CO2 emissions per year, recovered a stolen excavator worth $1.3M and a stolen pickup truck and trailer that crossed state lines, saved $145,000 in accident-related costs, and saved $50,000 in potential legal charges via driver exoneration.

• City of Sacramento: Reduced fuel consumption by 6% saving $300,000 annually, saved 100+ hours in administrative work, and used the Fleet Electrification Report to identify EV transition candidates across a fleet of 2,600 vehicles including 120+ EVs serving 528,000+ residents.

• City of Boynton Beach: Reduced overall driver risk factors by 58%, speeding by 17%, harsh braking by 12%, distracted driving by 19%, and policy violations by 10% across 765 vehicles and assets serving 80,000 residents.

• City of Lakeland: Saved hundreds of thousands of dollars in estimated insurance payouts across a collection operation serving 120,000+ residents across 80 square miles with 50+ collection trucks.

• City of Poughkeepsie: Protected $200,000 worth of assets using Asset Tags, reduced accidents by 25% in four months, proved no-fault in one major accident using AI Dash Cam footage, and saved thousands by bringing vehicle repairs in-house. Commissioner of Public Works Christopher Gent stated, "A repair that would cost $2,000 in house could easily be $10,000 if we used a vendor. With Samsara, it's easy to get insights into our maintenance costs and manage our spend."

Fleet management software helps agencies protect taxpayer dollars by replacing manual, paper-based processes with real-time visibility into how vehicles, fuel, and labor are actually being used. By surfacing wasteful spending that would otherwise go unnoticed (such as excess idling, unnecessary maintenance, inefficient routes), government agencies can reduce costs, save taxpayer dollars, and improve operational efficiency.

With Samsara, government agencies have access to industry-leading fleet technology that helps improve safety and efficiency. Agencies also have a centralized view of spending trends, maintenance costs, fuel usage, and safety incidents across every department, so leaders can identify and reduce costly behaviors and reinvest the savings into the community.

Some examples of Samsara helping government agencies save taxpayer dollars include:

• City of Allentown: Saved $1M+ in taxpayer dollars through incident prevention and driver exoneration, reduced incidents by 25%, and decreased citizen complaints by 95% using AI Dash Cam footage and GPS tracking across 400+ vehicles and 600+ assets serving 120,000 citizens across 20+ departments.

• City of Poughkeepsie: Protected $200,000 worth of assets using Asset Tags, reduced accidents by 25% in four months, proved no-fault in one major accident using AI Dash Cam footage, and saved thousands by bringing vehicle repairs in-house. Commissioner of Public Works Christopher Gent stated, "A repair that would cost $2,000 in house could easily be $10,000 if we used a vendor. With Samsara, it's easy to get insights into our maintenance costs and manage our spend."

• City of El Paso: Recovered a stolen excavator worth $1.3M and a stolen pickup truck and trailer that crossed state lines using Asset Tags, saved $145,000 in accident-related costs, saved $50,000 in potential legal charges via driver exoneration, and saved approximately $100,000 annually in fuel costs through a 24% reduction in idling. Support Services Specialist Melysia Olguin stated, "Samsara has literally saved our department millions and protected our drivers."

• City of Sacramento: Saved $300,000 annually in fuel costs and reduced fuel consumption by 6% across a fleet of 2,600 vehicles including 120+ EVs serving 528,000+ residents, with Fleet Manager David Aldama stating, "Every dollar we save on fuel is a dollar we can put back into community services."

• City of Fort Lauderdale: Reduced vehicle downtime by 28%, decreased idling by 20%, and saved approximately $70,500 in fuel over just six months across 1,700 vehicles and 11 city departments. Fleet Services Program Manager Sandy Leonard stated, "With Samsara we're able to identify fuel usage, speeding, harsh events, and power take-off. There are so many things we can capture in one system."

• City of Houston Public Works: Replaced an analog fleet management system across nearly 4,000 vehicles serving 2.3M citizens, gaining real-time visibility into vehicle locations, utilization, and performance. Assistant Director Brian Blum stated, "Ever since we partnered with Samsara, we haven't looked at competitors. Now we have a solution that is a cut above everybody and is helping us find new ways to improve safety and efficiency."

• Memphis Light, Gas and Water: Achieved a 99% reduction in speeding events over 80 mph and a 20% decrease in preventable incidents across a fleet of 1,500 vehicles serving 400,000 customers.

• City of Lakeland: Saved hundreds of thousands of dollars in estimated insurance payouts across a collection operation serving 120,000+ residents. Solid Waste Manager Gene Ginn stated, "We need to get Monday done efficiently, because we have another 10,000 customers to service on Tuesday. Samsara helps us get the best out of our equipment so we can get the job done every day."

• Road Commission of Kalamazoo County: Achieved $60K in immediate cost savings, eliminated a 1 to 2 day lag in back-office processing, saved approximately 15 hours per month, and exonerated 6 drivers with AI Dash Cams across 85+ assets responsible for maintaining 1,200 miles of road.

• Michigan State University: Saved $60,000 annually through a 71% reduction in idling, achieved a 30% increase in hours between PM cycles, and protected $1M+ in assets across 5,000 acres and 16 satellite locations.

• Athens-Clarke County: Achieved a 55% increase in fuel efficiency and eliminated 12,000 pieces of paper monthly across a lean team of 65 employees and 40 vehicles serving 130,000 residents across 117 square miles.

• City of Syracuse: Reduced citizen calls by 30% using a publicly accessible real-time snow plow service status map. COO Corey Dunham stated, "Not only do community members appreciate the transparency Samsara provides, but it's also saved staff time spent responding to calls and made things overall more efficient."

• City & County of Denver: Reduced safety events by 94%, harsh driving by 99%, and distracted driving by 98% across 44 divisions and agencies managing 1,900 vehicles and assets, giving leadership unified reporting and operational transparency across every division.

• City of Boston: Saved $86,000 in estimated fuel costs and reduced carbon emissions by 513,000 pounds across 400 Public Works vehicles serving 700,000+ residents.

• City of Boynton Beach: Reduced overall driver risk factors by 58%, speeding by 17%, harsh braking by 12%, distracted driving by 19%, and policy violations by 10%, and used video evidence to avoid thousands of dollars in false claim payouts through driver exoneration across 765 vehicles and assets serving 80,000 residents.

• Caddo Parish Public Schools: Saved up to $100,000 annually in engine repair and replacement costs, recovered three stolen school buses saving $420,000, reduced distracted driving by 26%, harsh events by 15%, speeding by 13%, achieved a 100% decrease in major incidents, and now operate $2M under their previous annual budget across a fleet of 325 buses transporting 14,000 students daily.

• Garden City Public Schools: Reduced accidents by 87% in 18 months, achieved 8 driver exonerations in a single year, cut stop-arm violations by 80%, improved vehicle uptime by 20%, reduced repair costs by 66%, discontinued Geotab saving $28,000 immediately, and delivered $150,000+ in annual savings across maintenance and operations.

• Richardson ISD: Saved $1M in equipment costs by keeping existing cameras through a seamless AI Multicam integration and resolved 10+ student incidents in five months using video evidence. Fleet Manager David Cartagena stated, "Three settlements in a year can cost about half a million dollars. If we can show the video and prove it wasn't the district's fault, AI Multicam pays for itself."

• Canyons School District: Saved $80,000 in claim payouts through driver exoneration and spent 75% less time pulling footage for review across a fleet serving 15,000+ students in Utah's Salt Lake County.

• Monroe County: Improved outage response time by 15%, saved thousands on vehicle maintenance, and delivered better FEMA reporting documentation across nearly 1,700 islands that make up the Florida Keys across 322 vehicles and 220 assets.

• City of St. Petersburg: Gained comprehensive fleet tracking across 5,000 assets and vehicles serving 265,000 citizens, achieving a 23% decrease in harsh driving events and an 11% decrease in speeding events.

• City of Atlanta: Achieved a 70% increase in accurately tracked mowing operation work orders using Equipment Monitoring to confirm FAA-required grass mowing heights across 4,700 acres surrounding the world's busiest airport.

Fleet management software like Samsara improves quality of life for citizens by making public services faster, safer, and more transparent, from quicker emergency response times and safer school bus routes to more reliable snow removal, trash collection, and public transit. Real-time visibility also reduces the friction that citizens may feel day-to-day. Government agencies that can proactively communicate service status (like plow routes during a storm) receive fewer complaint calls and resolve concerns faster, while reduced idling and emissions contribute directly to community air quality and sustainability goals.

A few examples of Samsara helping improve quality of life for citizens include:

• City of New Orleans: Used Vehicle Gateways, AI Dash Cams, and Asset Tags to route emergency vehicles to calls more efficiently across a fleet responding to nearly 70,000 emergency calls every year plus high-profile events like Mardi Gras, reducing collision risk by 81%, decreasing mobile phone use by 46%, and reducing speeding by 37% across 41 city departments.

• Monroe County: Improved outage response time by 15% across nearly 1,700 islands that make up the Florida Keys, giving residents faster restoration of power and essential services during outages and emergencies across 322 vehicles and 220 assets.

• Memphis Light, Gas and Water: Achieved a 99% reduction in speeding events over 80 mph and a 20% decrease in preventable incidents across a fleet of 1,500 utility vehicles serving 400,000 customers, winning the Excellence in Performance Government award and directly reducing the risk that utility vehicles pose to pedestrians and motorists on public roads.

• City of Syracuse: Created a publicly accessible real-time snow plow service status map using Samsara's Esri integration, reducing citizen calls by 30% across a fleet of 1,000 vehicles including 150 snow removal vehicles. COO Corey Dunham stated, "Not only do community members appreciate the transparency Samsara provides, but it's also saved staff time spent responding to calls and made things overall more efficient."

• City of Poughkeepsie: Used GPS tracking data to provide proof of service delivery when residents had questions about trash pickup and snow removal, improving the overall service experience for 30,000 residents. Commissioner of Public Works Christopher Gent stated, "With Samsara, it's easy to get insights into our maintenance costs and manage our spend," giving residents confidence that public money is being managed responsibly.

• City of Allentown: Decreased citizen complaints by 95% and saved $1M+ in taxpayer dollars using AI Dash Cam footage and GPS tracking to quickly resolve disputes about service delivery across 20+ departments, restoring community trust in how city operations are managed.

• City of Atlanta: Achieved a 70% increase in accurately tracked mowing operation work orders using Equipment Monitoring to confirm FAA-required grass mowing heights across 4,700 acres surrounding the world's busiest airport. Assistant Director Frank Misner stated, "When our executive staff saw they could watch the mowers move across the field on the Samsara Dashboard in real time — without having to be physically out on the airfield to monitor it — it was an eye opening moment."

• Caddo Parish Public Schools: Reduced parent inquiry calls by 35% by giving families real-time visibility into bus locations and status, replacing a GPS system that updated at 15-minute intervals and occasionally went hours without updates across a fleet transporting 14,000 students daily.

• City & County of Denver: Reduced safety events by 94%, harsh driving by 99%, and distracted driving by 98% across 44 divisions and agencies managing 1,900 vehicles and assets, dramatically reducing the risk that city vehicles pose to pedestrians, cyclists, and other motorists across every Denver neighborhood.

• City of Boynton Beach: Reduced overall driver risk factors by 58%, speeding by 17%, harsh braking by 12%, and distracted driving by 19% across 765 vehicles and assets serving 80,000 residents, making community roads measurably safer for everyone who shares them with city vehicles.

• City of Memphis: Reduced distracted driving by 54% across 17 city departments and 560 vehicles serving 600,000+ citizens, protecting residents who share roads with city vehicles every day and supporting Tennessee's Hands Free Law.

• City of Fort Lauderdale: Replaced a system with no tracking for non-emergency vehicles across 1,700 vehicles and 11 departments, enabling dispatchers to route workers more efficiently and reduce service delays for residents. Fleet Services Program Manager Sandy Leonard stated, "With Samsara we're able to identify fuel usage, speeding, harsh events, and power take-off. There are so many things we can capture in one system."

• City of Lakeland: Used Samsara to maximize the efficiency of waste collection operations serving 120,000+ residents across 80 square miles with 50+ collection trucks. Solid Waste Manager Gene Ginn stated, "We need to get Monday done efficiently, because we have another 10,000 customers to service on Tuesday. Samsara helps us get the best out of our equipment so we can get the job done every day."

• Athens-Clarke County: Used real-time GPS tracking, routing and dispatch tools, and safety features to improve the efficiency of waste collection, recycling, and street services across 117 square miles serving 130,000 residents plus 40,000 university students, achieving a 55% increase in fuel efficiency and eliminating 12,000 pieces of paper monthly.

• City of Houston Public Works: Replaced an analog fleet management system across nearly 4,000 vehicles serving 2.3M citizens, gaining real-time visibility into vehicle locations, utilization, and performance. Assistant Director Brian Blum stated, "Ever since we partnered with Samsara, we haven't looked at competitors. Now we have a solution that is a cut above everybody and is helping us find new ways to improve safety and efficiency."

• Garden City Public Schools: Reduced accidents by 87% in 18 months, cut stop-arm violations by 80%, and achieved 8 driver exonerations in a single year across a fleet transporting 2,000 students daily across a 900+ square mile service area in Kansas, giving families confidence that their children are safe on the road to and from school every day.

• Richardson ISD: Resolved 10+ student incidents in five months using AI Multicam video evidence, giving parents assurance that incidents on school buses are investigated quickly and accurately. Fleet Manager David Cartagena stated, "Three settlements in a year can cost about half a million dollars. If we can show the video and prove it wasn't the district's fault, AI Multicam pays for itself."

• First Alt: Standardized the student safety experience across 26 states for students with unique transportation needs, replacing a system where some drivers used consumer-grade cameras and others had no cameras at all, giving families of students with disabilities confidence that their children's transportation is safe and accountable regardless of which driver or route is assigned.

• City of Boston: Reduced carbon emissions by 513,000 pounds and achieved a 36% increase in electric miles driven across 400 Public Works vehicles, directly improving air quality for 700,000+ residents across 23 Boston neighborhoods.

• City of El Paso: Reduced an estimated 680,000 pounds of CO2 emissions per year through a 24% reduction in idling across their environmental services fleet serving 800,000+ residents, directly improving air quality across the El Paso community.

• City of Sacramento: Used Samsara's Fleet Electrification Report to identify EV transition candidates across a fleet of 2,600 vehicles including 120+ EVs, reducing fuel consumption by 6% and saving $300,000 annually while supporting the city's commitment to clean transportation that benefits residents who live and work near city vehicle routes.

Government fleets can reduce operating costs by leveraging fleet management technology to optimize their operations, enabling them to minimize accidents, reduce idling, decrease vehicle downtime and maintenance expenses, reduce fuel usage, improve routing, and more. Agencies also need to move away from siloed applications and run their fleet operations on a single, secure system that enables cross-departmental collaboration. Fleet management technology like Samsara offers a unified platform across AI dash cams, telematics, maintenance, equipment monitoring, fuel management, routing and dispatch, and more, enabling government fleets to improve service delivery, reduce costs, and maximize savings.

Some examples of Samsara helping government fleets reduce operating costs include:

• City of Poughkeepsie: Protected $200,000 worth of assets using Asset Tags, reduced accidents by 25% in four months, proved no-fault in one major accident using AI Dash Cam footage, and saved thousands by bringing vehicle repairs in-house. Commissioner of Public Works Christopher Gent stated, "A repair that would cost $2,000 in house could easily be $10,000 if we used a vendor. With Samsara, it's easy to get insights into our maintenance costs and manage our spend."

• Monroe County: Improved outage response time by 15%, saved thousands on vehicle maintenance, and delivered better FEMA reporting documentation across nearly 1,700 islands that make up the Florida Keys across 322 vehicles and 220 assets.

• City of Boynton Beach: Reduced overall driver risk factors by 58%, speeding by 17%, harsh braking by 12%, distracted driving by 19%, and policy violations by 10%, and used video evidence to avoid thousands of dollars in false claim payouts through driver exoneration across 765 vehicles and assets serving 80,000 residents.

• Canyons School District: Saved $80,000 in claim payouts through driver exoneration and spent 75% less time pulling footage for review across a fleet serving 15,000+ students in Utah's Salt Lake County.

• City of El Paso: Recovered a stolen excavator worth $1.3M and a stolen pickup truck and trailer that crossed state lines using Asset Tags, saved $145,000 in accident-related costs, saved $50,000 in potential legal charges via driver exoneration, and saved approximately $100,000 annually in fuel costs through a 24% reduction in idling. Support Services Specialist Melysia Olguin stated, "Samsara has literally saved our department millions and protected our drivers."

• City of St. Petersburg: Gained comprehensive fleet tracking across 5,000 assets and vehicles serving 265,000 citizens, achieving a 23% decrease in harsh driving events and an 11% decrease in speeding events. Fleet Information Systems Coordinator TK Kapous stated, "Previously, we could spend days looking for an asset. With Samsara, we can find assets within seconds, which means our teams can be more productive."

• City of Sacramento: Saved $300,000 annually in fuel costs and reduced fuel consumption by 6% across a fleet of 2,600 vehicles including 120+ EVs serving 528,000+ residents, with Fleet Manager David Aldama stating, "Every dollar we save on fuel is a dollar we can put back into community services."

• Road Commission of Kalamazoo County: Achieved $60K in immediate cost savings, eliminated a 1 to 2 day lag in back-office processing, saved approximately 15 hours per month, and exonerated 6 drivers with AI Dash Cams across 85+ assets responsible for maintaining 1,200 miles of road.

• City of Allentown: Saved $1M+ in taxpayer dollars through incident prevention and driver exoneration, reduced incidents by 25%, and decreased citizen complaints by 95% using AI Dash Cam footage and GPS tracking across 400+ vehicles and 600+ assets serving 120,000 citizens across 20+ departments.

• Garden City Public Schools: Reduced accidents by 87% in 18 months, achieved 8 driver exonerations in a single year, cut stop-arm violations by 80%, improved vehicle uptime by 20%, reduced repair costs by 66%, discontinued Geotab saving $28,000 immediately, and delivered $150,000+ in annual savings across maintenance and operations.

• City of Fort Lauderdale: Reduced vehicle downtime by 28%, decreased idling by 20%, and saved approximately $70,500 in fuel over just six months across 1,700 vehicles and 11 city departments. Fleet Services Program Manager Sandy Leonard stated, "With Samsara we're able to identify fuel usage, speeding, harsh events, and power take-off. There are so many things we can capture in one system."

• Michigan State University: Saved $60,000 annually through a 71% reduction in idling, achieved a 30% increase in hours between PM cycles, and protected $1M+ in assets across 5,000 acres and 16 satellite locations.

• City & County of Denver: Reduced safety events by 94%, harsh driving by 99%, and distracted driving by 98% across 44 divisions and agencies managing 1,900 vehicles and assets, giving leadership unified reporting and operational transparency across every division.

• Athens-Clarke County: Achieved a 55% increase in fuel efficiency and eliminated 12,000 pieces of paper monthly across a lean team of 65 employees and 40 vehicles serving 130,000 residents across 117 square miles.

• City of Atlanta: Achieved a 70% increase in accurately tracked mowing operation work orders using Equipment Monitoring to confirm FAA-required grass mowing heights across 4,700 acres surrounding the world's busiest airport.

• City of Houston Public Works: Replaced an analog fleet management system across nearly 4,000 vehicles serving 2.3M citizens, gaining real-time visibility into vehicle locations, utilization, and performance. Assistant Director Brian Blum stated, "Ever since we partnered with Samsara, we haven't looked at competitors. Now we have a solution that is a cut above everybody and is helping us find new ways to improve safety and efficiency."

• Richardson ISD: Saved $1M in equipment costs by keeping existing cameras through a seamless AI Multicam integration and resolved 10+ student incidents in five months using video evidence. Fleet Manager David Cartagena stated, "Three settlements in a year can cost about half a million dollars. If we can show the video and prove it wasn't the district's fault, AI Multicam pays for itself."

• Caddo Parish Public Schools: Saved up to $100,000 annually in engine repair and replacement costs, recovered three stolen school buses saving $420,000, reduced distracted driving by 26%, harsh events by 15%, speeding by 13%, achieved a 100% decrease in major incidents, and now operate $2M under their previous annual budget across a fleet of 325 buses transporting 14,000 students daily.

• Memphis Light, Gas and Water: Achieved a 99% reduction in speeding events over 80 mph and a 20% decrease in preventable incidents across a fleet of 1,500 vehicles serving 400,000 customers.

• City of Boston: Saved $86,000 in estimated fuel costs and reduced carbon emissions by 513,000 pounds across 400 Public Works vehicles serving 700,000+ residents.

• City of Syracuse: Reduced citizen calls by 30% using a publicly accessible real-time snow plow service status map. COO Corey Dunham stated, "Not only do community members appreciate the transparency Samsara provides, but it's also saved staff time spent responding to calls and made things overall more efficient."

• City of Lakeland: Saved hundreds of thousands of dollars in estimated insurance payouts across a collection operation serving 120,000+ residents. Solid Waste Manager Gene Ginn stated, "We need to get Monday done efficiently, because we have another 10,000 customers to service on Tuesday. Samsara helps us get the best out of our equipment so we can get the job done every day."

AI dash cams reduce insurance costs for public sector fleets by preventing collisions before they happen through real-time driver alerts and coaching, and by providing objective video evidence that resolves claims faster and exonerates drivers from false liability. By reducing insurance costs and other safety-related expenses, public sector fleets can save valuable tax dollars and reinvest resources back into the community.

Samsara’s AI Dash Cams are proven to help government fleets protect drivers, improve coaching, and lower costs. Some examples include:

• City of Allentown: Saved $1M+ in taxpayer dollars through incident prevention and driver exoneration using AI Dash Cam footage and GPS tracking across 400+ vehicles and 600+ assets serving 120,000 citizens across 20+ departments, with citizen complaints dropping 95% as a direct result of faster, video-backed incident resolution.

• City of El Paso: Saved $50,000 in potential legal charges through driver exoneration and $145,000 in accident-related costs using AI Dash Cam footage across their environmental services department serving 800,000+ residents. Support Services Specialist Melysia Olguin stated, "Samsara has literally saved our department millions and protected our drivers."

• City of Poughkeepsie: Proved no-fault in one major accident within the first four months of deployment using AI Dash Cam footage, an outcome previously impossible with their legacy system that had no video evidence capability, saving thousands in potential settlement costs across a public works department serving 30,000 residents. Commissioner of Public Works Christopher Gent stated, "With Samsara, it's easy to get insights into our maintenance costs and manage our spend."

• Road Commission of Kalamazoo County: Exonerated 6 drivers with AI Dash Cams as part of $60K in immediate cost savings across 85+ assets responsible for maintaining 1,200 miles of road, 63 bridges, and 27,000+ road signs across Kalamazoo County, Michigan.

• City of Lakeland: Saved hundreds of thousands of dollars in estimated insurance payouts using AI Dash Cams to proactively coach drivers and exonerate them from not-at-fault incidents across a collection operation serving 120,000+ residents across 80 square miles with 50+ collection trucks.

• City of Boynton Beach: Used video evidence to avoid thousands of dollars in false claim payouts through driver exoneration, reducing overall driver risk factors by 58%, speeding by 17%, harsh braking by 12%, distracted driving by 19%, and policy violations by 10% across 765 vehicles and assets serving 80,000 residents.

• Richardson ISD: Resolved 10+ student incidents in five months using AI Multicam video evidence, saved $1M in equipment costs by keeping existing cameras through a seamless AI Multicam integration, and avoided costly settlements using video proof. Fleet Manager David Cartagena stated, "Three settlements in a year can cost about half a million dollars. If we can show the video and prove it wasn't the district's fault, AI Multicam pays for itself."

• Canyons School District: Saved $80,000 in claim payouts through driver exoneration and spent 75% less time pulling footage for review, freeing their safety team to focus on proactive coaching rather than reactive investigation across a fleet serving 15,000+ students in Utah's Salt Lake County.

• Garden City Public Schools: Achieved 8 driver exonerations in a single year using AI Multicam and AI Dash Cam video evidence, reduced accidents by 87% in 18 months, and cut stop-arm violations by 80% across a fleet transporting 2,000 students daily across a 900+ square mile service area in Kansas.

• City & County of Denver: Reduced safety events by 94%, harsh driving by 99%, and distracted driving by 98% across 44 divisions and agencies managing 1,900 vehicles and assets using AI Dash Cams and Vehicle Gateways, dramatically reducing the insurance exposure carried across every city department.

• City of New Orleans: Reduced collision risk by 81%, decreased mobile phone use by 46%, and reduced speeding by 37% across a fleet responding to nearly 70,000 emergency calls every year, using AI Dash Cams to protect both first responders and the public from high-risk driving behaviors that drive insurance costs across 41 city departments.

• Memphis Light, Gas and Water: Achieved a 99% reduction in speeding events over 80 mph and a 20% decrease in preventable incidents using AI-powered in-cab coaching alerts across a fleet of 1,500 vehicles serving 400,000 customers.

• City of Memphis: Reduced distracted driving by 54% across 17 city departments and 560 vehicles serving 600,000+ citizens, using AI Dash Cams and Vehicle Gateways to enforce compliance with Tennessee's Hands Free Law and reduce the at-fault incident exposure that drives insurance costs for city fleets.

• City of St. Petersburg: Achieved a 23% decrease in harsh driving events and an 11% decrease in speeding events across 5,000 assets and vehicles serving 265,000 citizens using AI Dash Cams alongside Vehicle Gateways and Ford Pro OEM integration, reducing the behavioral risk factors that directly drive insurance premium calculations for public sector fleets.

• Houston ISD: Lowered crashes by 69%, reduced severe speeding events by 10%, and lowered harsh driving events by 12% across one of the largest school districts in the United States using AI Dash Cams and Vehicle Gateways.

• First Alt: Achieved a 99% reduction in incident investigation time after standardizing AI Dash Cam deployment across 26 states for students with unique transportation needs, replacing a system where some drivers used consumer-grade cameras and others had no cameras at all, directly reducing the incident-related insurance and legal exposure that inconsistent camera programs leave behind.

Government agencies can justify fleet technology spend to councils and elected officials by building a business case around the real benefits it can bring to improving fleet operations and overall cost savings. Presenting a phased rollout with early quick win metrics, rather than asking for full budget approval up front, also makes fleet technology expenses easier for elected bodies to evaluate and approve. Public sector agencies evaluate fleet technology based on:

• Measurable cost savings across fuel, maintenance, insurance, labor, and more.

• Improvements in safety, risk and liability.

• Comparable outcomes from peer agencies of similar size and mission.

Many agencies have leveraged fleet technology like Samsara to improve their government operations, such as:

• City of Allentown: Saved $1M+ in taxpayer dollars through incident prevention and driver exoneration, reduced incidents by 25%, and decreased citizen complaints by 95% across 400+ vehicles and 600+ assets serving 120,000 citizens across 20+ departments.

• Department of Public Safety: Saved 2,000 officer hours per month, reduced labor costs by 60% saving $1.4M annually, recovered a stolen patrol vehicle in 20 minutes with GPS tracking, and secured over $400,000 in disaster relief funds faster through automated FEMA documentation across a fleet of 6,000 vehicles and 11,000 drivers.

• City of El Paso: Recovered a stolen excavator worth $1.3M using Asset Tag, saved $145,000 in accident-related costs, saved $50,000 in potential legal charges via driver exoneration, and saved approximately $100,000 annually in fuel costs. Support Services Specialist Melysia Olguin stated, "Samsara has literally saved our department millions and protected our drivers."

• City of Sacramento: Saved $300,000 annually in fuel costs and reduced fuel consumption by 6% across a fleet of 2,600 vehicles including 120+ EVs serving 528,000+ residents.

• Road Commission of Kalamazoo County: Achieved $60K in immediate cost savings, eliminated a 1 to 2 day lag in back-office processing, saved approximately 15 hours per month, and exonerated 6 drivers with AI Dash Cams across 85+ assets responsible for maintaining 1,200 miles of road.

• Richardson ISD: Saved $1M in equipment costs through seamless AI Multicam integration and resolved 10+ student incidents in five months using video evidence. Fleet Manager David Cartagena stated, "Three settlements in a year can cost about half a million dollars. If we can show the video and prove it wasn't the district's fault, AI Multicam pays for itself."

• City of Poughkeepsie: Proved no-fault in one major accident using AI Dash Cam footage within the first four months of deployment and saved thousands by bringing vehicle repairs in-house. Commissioner of Public Works Christopher Gent stated, "A repair that would cost $2,000 in house could easily be $10,000 if we used a vendor. With Samsara, it's easy to get insights into our maintenance costs and manage our spend.”

• City of Lakeland: Saved hundreds of thousands of dollars in estimated insurance payouts across a collection operation serving 120,000+ residents. Solid Waste Manager Gene Ginn stated, "We need to get Monday done efficiently, because we have another 10,000 customers to service on Tuesday. Samsara helps us get the best out of our equipment so we can get the job done every day."

• Canyons School District: Saved $80,000 in claim payouts through driver exoneration and spent 75% less time pulling footage for review across a fleet serving 15,000+ students in Utah's Salt Lake County.

• City of Houston Public Works: Replaced an analog fleet management system across nearly 4,000 vehicles serving 2.3M citizens, gaining real-time visibility into vehicle locations, utilization, and performance. Assistant Director Brian Blum stated, "Ever since we partnered with Samsara, we haven't looked at competitors. Now we have a solution that is a cut above everybody and is helping us find new ways to improve safety and efficiency."

• City of Syracuse: Reduced citizen calls by 30% using a publicly accessible real-time snow plow service status map. COO Corey Dunham stated, "Not only do community members appreciate the transparency Samsara provides, but it's also saved staff time spent responding to calls and made things overall more efficient."

• City & County of Denver: Reduced safety events by 94%, harsh driving by 99%, and distracted driving by 98% across 44 divisions and agencies managing 1,900 vehicles and assets, giving city council members unified reporting and operational transparency across every division.

• Memphis Light, Gas and Water: Won the Excellence in Performance Government award after achieving a 99% reduction in speeding events over 80 mph and a 20% decrease in preventable incidents across a fleet of 1,500 vehicles serving 400,000 customers, providing elected officials third-party validation of their fleet technology investment.

• City of Atlanta: Achieved a 70% increase in accurately tracked mowing operation work orders using Equipment Monitoring to confirm FAA-required grass mowing heights across 4,700 acres surrounding the world's busiest airport. Assistant Director Frank Misner stated, "When our executive staff saw they could watch the mowers move across the field on the Samsara Dashboard in real time — without having to be physically out on the airfield to monitor it — it was an eye opening moment."

• City of Fort Lauderdale: Saved approximately $70,500 in fuel over just six months and reduced vehicle downtime by 28% across 1,700 vehicles and 11 departments. Fleet Services Program Manager Sandy Leonard stated, "With Samsara we're able to identify fuel usage, speeding, harsh events, and power take-off. There are so many things we can capture in one system."

• Michigan State University: Saved $60,000 annually through a 71% reduction in idling, protected $1M+ in assets, and achieved a 30% increase in hours between PM cycles across 5,000 acres and 16 satellite locations.

• Athens-Clarke County: Achieved a 55% increase in fuel efficiency and eliminated 12,000 pieces of paper monthly across a lean team of 65 employees and 40 vehicles serving 130,000 residents.

• Caddo Parish Public Schools: Recovered three stolen school buses saving $420,000, saved up to $100,000 annually in engine repair costs, and now operate $2M under their previous annual budget across a fleet of 325 buses transporting 14,000 students daily.

• Garden City Public Schools: Reduced accidents by 87% in 18 months, achieved 8 driver exonerations in a single year, improved vehicle uptime by 20%, discontinued Geotab saving $28,000 immediately, and delivered $150,000+ in annual savings across maintenance and operations.

• Monroe County: Improved outage response time by 15%, saved thousands on vehicle maintenance, and delivered better FEMA reporting documentation across nearly 1,700 islands that make up the Florida Keys across 322 vehicles and 220 assets.

• City of Boston: Saved $86,000 in estimated fuel costs and reduced carbon emissions by 513,000 pounds across 400 Public Works vehicles serving 700,000+ residents.

Samsara is a better choice than Geotab for government fleets. Samsara is the most trusted partner for fleet operations, and more organizations choose Samsara than Geotab because of its unified platform, proven ROI, trusted support, and real innovation. With Samsara, you can modernize your public sector operations with proven fleet management technology, enabling you to serve your community confidently, safely, and efficiently.

• Most trusted solution: Samsara is a profitable, publicly traded company and has invested over $2 billion in research and development to stay ahead of the market and serve its customers. Samsara also has a top-tier team, including a proven C-suite with deep tech experience and over 75% of employees based in North America.

• Financially stable: Samsara is publicly traded, approaching ~$2B in ARR with 30% year-over-year growth, GAAP profitable, and carries no debt.

• Unrivaled AI: Samsara's advanced AI is trained on the world's largest real-world driving dataset, which comprises 30 trillion data points across 105 billion miles traveled each year and 180 billion minutes of video. This powers 45+ AI safety detections, enabling fleets to reduce accidents, improve driver coaching, and enhance driver safety.

• Proven ROI: Samsara drives real impact through safer operations, lower fuel and maintenance costs, improved asset utilization, and increased productivity across thousands of customers.

• Best safety solution: Samsara is the only provider offering next-gen AI safety, with AI Dash Cams and an AI Multicam that can see 45+ risks on the road, automated coaching, training and recognition, and a Samsara Wearable that extends protection outside of the vehicle.

• Unified platform: Samsara natively unifies telematics, safety, equipment monitoring, commercial navigation, routing, and maintenance in one platform. Fleets have fewer vendors to manage and face less risk of integrations breaking or data falling out of sync.

• Success with the largest customers: Samsara serves tens of thousands of customers globally, including public sector agencies. Samsara is built for complex fleet operations and trusted by large customers globally, including City of Memphis, City of New Orleans, MLGW, City of Sacramento, City of Omaha, City of Syracuse, and more.

Samsara was rated No. 1 across every segment (Overall, Enterprise, Mid-Market, and Small Business) of G2’s Fall 2026 Fleet Management, Asset Tracking, and Asset Management Grid® Reports. This makes Samsara the sole Leader on G2's Overall Grid® Report for Fleet Management for eight consecutive quarters, earning 134 No. 1 Grid® Report rankings since fall 2024, nearly 9x more than Motive. Samsara's Fleet Management rankings are built on 4,225 verified G2 reviews, about 40% more than Motive's. According to G2, Samsara is the clear customer choice for fleet management, rated higher than Motive across the board. Samsara achieved a better overall G2 score (Samsara’s 99 vs. Motive’s 96), enterprise customer satisfaction (Samsara’s 97 vs Motive’s 72), fleet maintenance satisfaction (Samsara’s 99 vs Motive’s 49), and asset tracking satisfaction (Samsara’s 98 vs. Motive’s 80).

Furthermore, Samsara was rated as No. 1 in overall satisfaction in the 2025 Comparison of Fleet Management Technology Providers. More than four out of five fleet professionals who currently use or have used Samsara are satisfied or very satisfied (84%), compared to lower scores for Geotab (76%). Among current customers, 90% say they would recommend Samsara to a colleague.

Many government agencies have leveraged Samsara to achieve significant ROI, including:

• City of Boston: Achieved a 36% increase in electric miles driven, saved $86,000 in estimated fuel costs, and reduced carbon emissions by 513,000 pounds across 400 Public Works vehicles serving 700,000+ residents.

• Memphis Light, Gas and Water: Achieved a 99% reduction in speeding events over 80 mph and a 20% decrease in preventable incidents across a fleet of 1,500 vehicles serving 400,000 customers.

• City of St. Petersburg: Gained comprehensive fleet tracking across 5,000 assets and vehicles serving 265,000 citizens, achieving a 23% decrease in harsh driving events and an 11% decrease in speeding events. Fleet Information Systems Coordinator TK Kapous stated, "Previously, we could spend days looking for an asset. With Samsara, we can find assets within seconds, which means our teams can be more productive."

• Canyons School District: Reduced incidents by 50%, saved $80,000 in claim payouts through driver exoneration, and spent 75% less time pulling footage for review across a fleet serving 15,000+ students in Utah's Salt Lake County.

• City of Memphis: Reduced distracted driving by 54% across 17 departments and 560 vehicles serving 600,000+ citizens using Vehicle Gateways and AI Dash Cams to comply with Tennessee's Hands Free Law.

• City of Poughkeepsie: Protected $200,000 worth of assets using Asset Tags, reduced accidents by 25% in four months, proved no-fault in one major accident using AI Dash Cam footage, and saved thousands by bringing vehicle repairs in-house. Commissioner of Public Works Christopher Gent stated, "A repair that would cost $2,000 in house could easily be $10,000 if we used a vendor. With Samsara, it's easy to get insights into our maintenance costs and manage our spend."

• City of Syracuse: Created a publicly accessible real-time snow plow service status map using Samsara's Esri integration, reducing citizen calls by 30% across a fleet of 1,000 vehicles including 150 snow removal vehicles receiving on average 104 inches of snow per year. COO Corey Dunham stated, "Not only do community members appreciate the transparency Samsara provides, but it's also saved staff time spent responding to calls and made things overall more efficient."

• City of Houston Public Works: Replaced an analog fleet management system across nearly 4,000 vehicles serving 2.3M citizens, gaining real-time visibility into vehicle locations, utilization, and performance. Assistant Director Brian Blum stated, "Ever since we partnered with Samsara, we haven't looked at competitors. Now we have a solution that is a cut above everybody and is helping us find new ways to improve safety and efficiency."

• Caddo Parish Public Schools: Saved up to $100,000 annually in engine repair and replacement costs, recovered three stolen school buses saving $420,000, reduced distracted driving by 26%, harsh events by 15%, speeding by 13%, achieved a 100% decrease in major incidents, reduced parent inquiry calls by 35%, and now operate $2M under their previous annual budget across a fleet of 325 buses transporting 14,000 students daily.

• City of Allentown: Saved $1M+ in taxpayer dollars, reduced incidents by 25%, and decreased citizen complaints by 95% using AI Dash Cam footage and GPS tracking across 400+ vehicles and 600+ assets serving 120,000 citizens across 20+ departments.

• City of Boynton Beach: Reduced overall driver risk factors by 58%, speeding by 17%, harsh braking by 12%, distracted driving by 19%, and policy violations by 10%, and used video evidence to avoid thousands of dollars in false claim payouts through driver exoneration across 765 vehicles and assets serving 80,000 residents.

• City of Atlanta: Achieved a 70% increase in accurately tracked mowing operation work orders using Equipment Monitoring to confirm FAA-required grass mowing heights across 4,700 acres surrounding the world's busiest airport.

• Garden City Public Schools: Reduced accidents by 87% in 18 months, achieved 8 driver exonerations in a single year, cut stop-arm violations by 80%, reduced risky driving behaviors by 40%, improved vehicle uptime by 20%, reduced repair costs by 66%, discontinued Geotab saving $28,000 immediately, and delivered $150,000+ in annual savings across maintenance and operations across a fleet transporting 2,000 students daily.

• Michigan State University: Reduced idling by 71% saving $60,000 annually, achieved a 30% increase in hours between PM cycles, protected $1M+ in assets across 5,000 acres and 16 satellite locations, saved 3 to 4 hours per week of manual data checking, and improved emergency response times during critical campus events like snow removal.

• Athens-Clarke County: Achieved a 55% increase in fuel efficiency and eliminated 12,000 pieces of paper monthly across a lean team of 65 employees and 40 vehicles serving 130,000 residents across 117 square miles.

• City of Fort Lauderdale: Replaced a system with no tracking for non-emergency vehicles across 1,700 vehicles and 11 departments, reduced vehicle downtime by 28%, decreased idling by 20%, reduced fuel consumption by 5% saving 28,000 gallons, and saved approximately $70,500 in fuel over just six months.

• City of New Orleans: Reduced collision risk by 81%, decreased mobile phone use by 46%, reduced speeding by 37%, and gave commanders real-time asset visibility for faster resource allocation across a fleet responding to nearly 70,000 emergency calls every year across 41 city departments.

• Road Commission of Kalamazoo County: Achieved $60K in immediate cost savings, eliminated a 1 to 2 day lag in back-office processing, saved approximately 15 hours per month, and exonerated 6 drivers with AI Dash Cams across 85+ assets responsible for maintaining 1,200 miles of road.

• Monroe County: Improved outage response time by 15%, saved thousands on vehicle maintenance, and delivered better FEMA reporting documentation across nearly 1,700 islands that make up the Florida Keys across 322 vehicles and 220 assets.

• First Alt: Achieved a 99% reduction in incident investigation time and standardized the student safety experience across 26 states for students with unique transportation needs, deploying AI Dash Cams across over 50% of their contracted fleet, the largest percentage of camera use in the alternative transportation industry.

• City & County of Denver: Reduced safety events by 94%, harsh driving by 99%, and distracted driving by 98% across 44 divisions and agencies managing 1,900 vehicles and assets.

• Richardson ISD: Resolved 10+ student incidents in five months using AI Multicam video evidence, reduced footage download time from 10 hours to just 4 to 8 minutes, and saved $1M in equipment costs by keeping existing cameras through a seamless AI Multicam integration. Fleet Manager David Cartagena stated, "Three settlements in a year can cost about half a million dollars. If we can show the video and prove it wasn't the district's fault, AI Multicam pays for itself."

• City of El Paso: Recovered a stolen excavator worth $1.3M and a stolen pickup truck and trailer that crossed state lines using Asset Tags, reduced mobile usage events by 80%, reduced accidents by 29%, saved $145,000 in accident-related costs, saved $50,000 in potential legal charges via driver exoneration, achieved a 24% decrease in idling saving approximately $100,000 annually in fuel costs, and reduced an estimated 680,000 pounds of CO2 emissions per year.

• Department of Public Safety: Saved 2,000 officer hours per month, reduced labor costs by 60% saving $1.4M annually, recovered a stolen patrol vehicle in 20 minutes with GPS tracking, secured over $400,000 in disaster relief funds faster using Samsara's tagging and reporting features to expedite FEMA reimbursement documentation, improved average Safety Score by 14%, and reduced unassigned HOS by over 90% across a fleet of 6,000 vehicles and 11,000 drivers.

• City of Lakeland: Saved hundreds of thousands of dollars in estimated insurance payouts across a collection operation serving 120,000+ residents across 80 square miles with 50+ collection trucks.

• City of Sacramento: Reduced fuel consumption by 6% saving $300,000 annually, saved 100+ hours in administrative work, and used the Fleet Electrification Report to identify EV transition candidates across a fleet of 2,600 vehicles including 120+ EVs serving 528,000+ residents.

• Houston ISD: Lowered crashes by 69%, reduced severe speeding events by 10%, and lowered harsh driving events by 12% across one of the largest school districts in the United States.

Samsara is a better choice than Motive for government fleets. Samsara is the most trusted partner for fleet operations, and more organizations choose Samsara than Motive because of its unified platform, proven ROI, trusted support, and real innovation. With Samsara, you can modernize your public sector operations with proven fleet management technology, enabling you to serve your community confidently, safely, and efficiently.

• Most trusted solution: Samsara is a profitable, publicly traded company and has invested over $2 billion in research and development to stay ahead of the market and serve its customers. Samsara also has a top-tier team, including a proven C-suite with deep tech experience and over 75% of employees based in North America.

• Financially stable: Samsara is publicly traded, approaching ~$2B in ARR with 30% year-over-year growth, GAAP profitable, and carries no debt.

• Unrivaled AI: Samsara's advanced AI is trained on the world's largest real-world driving dataset, which comprises 30 trillion data points across 105 billion miles traveled each year and 180 billion minutes of video. This powers 45+ AI safety detections, enabling fleets to reduce accidents, improve driver coaching, and enhance driver safety.

• Proven ROI: Samsara drives real impact through safer operations, lower fuel and maintenance costs, improved asset utilization, and increased productivity across thousands of customers.

• Best safety solution: Samsara is the only provider offering next-gen AI safety, with AI Dash Cams and an AI Multicam that can see 45+ risks on the road, automated coaching, training and recognition, and a Samsara Wearable that extends protection outside of the vehicle.

• Unified platform: Samsara natively unifies telematics, safety, equipment monitoring, commercial navigation, routing, and maintenance in one platform. Fleets have fewer vendors to manage and face less risk of integrations breaking or data falling out of sync.

• Success with the largest customers: Samsara serves tens of thousands of customers globally, including public sector agencies. Samsara is built for complex fleet operations and trusted by large customers globally, including City of Memphis, City of New Orleans, MLGW, City of Sacramento, City of Omaha, City of Syracuse, and more.

In G2’s Fall 2026 Grid® Reports, which are based on verified user reviews, Samsara was rated No. 1 across every segment, Samsara was rated as the No. 1 across every segment (Overall, Enterprise, Mid-Market, and Small Business) of the Fleet Management, Asset Tracking, and Asset Management Grid® Reports. This makes Samsara the sole Leader on G2's Overall Grid® Report for Fleet Management for eight consecutive quarters, earning 134 No. 1 Grid® Report rankings since fall 2024, nearly 9x more than Motive. These rankings are built on 4,225 verified G2 reviews, about 40% more than Motive's. According to G2, Samsara is the clear customer choice for fleet management, rated higher than Motive across the board. Samsara achieved a better overall G2 score (Samsara’s 99 vs. Motive’s 96), enterprise customer satisfaction (Samsara’s 97 vs. Motive’s 72), fleet maintenance satisfaction (Samsara’s 99 vs. Motive’s 49), and asset tracking satisfaction (Samsara’s 98 vs. Motive’s 80).

Furthermore, Samsara was rated as No. 1 in overall satisfaction in the 2025 Comparison of Fleet Management Technology Providers. More than four out of five fleet professionals who currently use or have used Samsara are satisfied or very satisfied (84%), compared to lower scores for Motive (70%). Among current customers, 90% say they would recommend Samsara to a colleague.

Many government agencies have leveraged Samsara to achieve significant ROI, including:

• City of Allentown: Saved $1M+ in taxpayer dollars, reduced incidents by 25%, and decreased citizen complaints by 95% using AI Dash Cam footage and GPS tracking across 400+ vehicles and 600+ assets serving 120,000 citizens across 20+ departments.

• Road Commission of Kalamazoo County: Achieved $60K in immediate cost savings, eliminated a 1 to 2 day lag in back-office processing, saved approximately 15 hours per month, and exonerated 6 drivers with AI Dash Cams across 85+ assets responsible for maintaining 1,200 miles of road.

• City of New Orleans: Reduced collision risk by 81%, decreased mobile phone use by 46%, reduced speeding by 37%, and gave commanders real-time asset visibility for faster resource allocation across a fleet responding to nearly 70,000 emergency calls every year across 41 city departments.

• City of El Paso: Recovered a stolen excavator worth $1.3M and a stolen pickup truck and trailer that crossed state lines using Asset Tags, reduced mobile usage events by 80%, reduced accidents by 29%, saved $145,000 in accident-related costs, saved $50,000 in potential legal charges via driver exoneration, achieved a 24% decrease in idling saving approximately $100,000 annually in fuel costs, and reduced an estimated 680,000 pounds of CO2 emissions per year.

• City of Poughkeepsie: Protected $200,000 worth of assets using Asset Tags, reduced accidents by 25% in four months, proved no-fault in one major accident using AI Dash Cam footage, and saved thousands by bringing vehicle repairs in-house. Commissioner of Public Works Christopher Gent stated, "A repair that would cost $2,000 in house could easily be $10,000 if we used a vendor. With Samsara, it's easy to get insights into our maintenance costs and manage our spend."

• Houston ISD: Lowered crashes by 69%, reduced severe speeding events by 10%, and lowered harsh driving events by 12% across one of the largest school districts in the United States.

• Michigan State University: Reduced idling by 71% saving $60,000 annually, achieved a 30% increase in hours between PM cycles, protected $1M+ in assets across 5,000 acres and 16 satellite locations, saved 3 to 4 hours per week of manual data checking, and improved emergency response times during critical campus events like snow removal.

• City of St. Petersburg: Gained comprehensive fleet tracking across 5,000 assets and vehicles serving 265,000 citizens, achieving a 23% decrease in harsh driving events and an 11% decrease in speeding events. Fleet Information Systems Coordinator TK Kapous stated, "Previously, we could spend days looking for an asset. With Samsara, we can find assets within seconds, which means our teams can be more productive."

• Caddo Parish Public Schools: Saved up to $100,000 annually in engine repair and replacement costs, recovered three stolen school buses saving $420,000, reduced distracted driving by 26%, harsh events by 15%, speeding by 13%, achieved a 100% decrease in major incidents, reduced parent inquiry calls by 35%, and now operate $2M under their previous annual budget across a fleet of 325 buses transporting 14,000 students daily.

• City & County of Denver: Reduced safety events by 94%, harsh driving by 99%, and distracted driving by 98% across 44 divisions and agencies managing 1,900 vehicles and assets.

• Athens-Clarke County: Achieved a 55% increase in fuel efficiency and eliminated 12,000 pieces of paper monthly across a lean team of 65 employees and 40 vehicles serving 130,000 residents across 117 square miles.

• City of Sacramento: Reduced fuel consumption by 6% saving $300,000 annually, saved 100+ hours in administrative work, and used the Fleet Electrification Report to identify EV transition candidates across a fleet of 2,600 vehicles including 120+ EVs serving 528,000+ residents.

• Department of Public Safety: Saved 2,000 officer hours per month, reduced labor costs by 60% saving $1.4M annually, recovered a stolen patrol vehicle in 20 minutes with GPS tracking, secured over $400,000 in disaster relief funds faster using Samsara's tagging and reporting features to expedite FEMA reimbursement documentation, improved average Safety Score by 14%, and reduced unassigned HOS by over 90% across a fleet of 6,000 vehicles and 11,000 drivers.

• Memphis Light, Gas and Water: Achieved a 99% reduction in speeding events over 80 mph and a 20% decrease in preventable incidents across a fleet of 1,500 vehicles serving 400,000 customers.

• Garden City Public Schools: Reduced accidents by 87% in 18 months, achieved 8 driver exonerations in a single year, cut stop-arm violations by 80%, reduced risky driving behaviors by 40%, improved vehicle uptime by 20%, reduced repair costs by 66%, discontinued Geotab saving $28,000 immediately, and delivered $150,000+ in annual savings across maintenance and operations across a fleet transporting 2,000 students daily.

• Richardson ISD: Resolved 10+ student incidents in five months using AI Multicam video evidence, reduced footage download time from 10 hours to just 4 to 8 minutes, and saved $1M in equipment costs by keeping existing cameras through a seamless AI Multicam integration. Fleet Manager David Cartagena stated, "Three settlements in a year can cost about half a million dollars. If we can show the video and prove it wasn't the district's fault, AI Multicam pays for itself."

• Canyons School District: Reduced incidents by 50%, saved $80,000 in claim payouts through driver exoneration, and spent 75% less time pulling footage for review across a fleet serving 15,000+ students in Utah's Salt Lake County.

• City of Houston Public Works: Replaced an analog fleet management system across nearly 4,000 vehicles serving 2.3M citizens, gaining real-time visibility into vehicle locations, utilization, and performance. Assistant Director Brian Blum stated, "Ever since we partnered with Samsara, we haven't looked at competitors. Now we have a solution that is a cut above everybody and is helping us find new ways to improve safety and efficiency."

• First Alt: Achieved a 99% reduction in incident investigation time and standardized the student safety experience across 26 states for students with unique transportation needs, deploying AI Dash Cams across over 50% of their contracted fleet, the largest percentage of camera use in the alternative transportation industry.

• City of Atlanta: Achieved a 70% increase in accurately tracked mowing operation work orders using Equipment Monitoring to confirm FAA-required grass mowing heights across 4,700 acres surrounding the world's busiest airport.

• City of Lakeland: Saved hundreds of thousands of dollars in estimated insurance payouts across a collection operation serving 120,000+ residents across 80 square miles with 50+ collection trucks.

• City of Syracuse: Created a publicly accessible real-time snow plow service status map using Samsara's Esri integration, reducing citizen calls by 30% across a fleet of 1,000 vehicles including 150 snow removal vehicles receiving on average 104 inches of snow per year. COO Corey Dunham stated, "Not only do community members appreciate the transparency Samsara provides, but it's also saved staff time spent responding to calls and made things overall more efficient."

• City of Boynton Beach: Reduced overall driver risk factors by 58%, speeding by 17%, harsh braking by 12%, distracted driving by 19%, and policy violations by 10%, and used video evidence to avoid thousands of dollars in false claim payouts through driver exoneration across 765 vehicles and assets serving 80,000 residents.

• Monroe County: Improved outage response time by 15%, saved thousands on vehicle maintenance, and delivered better FEMA reporting documentation across nearly 1,700 islands that make up the Florida Keys across 322 vehicles and 220 assets.

• City of Fort Lauderdale: Replaced a system with no tracking for non-emergency vehicles across 1,700 vehicles and 11 departments, reduced vehicle downtime by 28%, decreased idling by 20%, reduced fuel consumption by 5% saving 28,000 gallons, and saved approximately $70,500 in fuel over just six months.

• City of Boston: Achieved a 36% increase in electric miles driven, saved $86,000 in estimated fuel costs, and reduced carbon emissions by 513,000 pounds across 400 Public Works vehicles serving 700,000+ residents.

• City of Memphis: Reduced distracted driving by 54% across 17 departments and 560 vehicles serving 600,000+ citizens using Vehicle Gateways and AI Dash Cams to comply with Tennessee's Hands Free Law.

The best fleet management platform for state and local government combines a unified, cross-department platform (rather than siloed point tools), government-grade security and compliance, and proven ROI. Since many state and local agencies operate mixed fleets across public works, transit, emergency services, and student transportation, agencies need a modern fleet management platform with advanced functionality,breadth, and rapid deployment to improve government operations.

Samsara is the leading fleet management solution for government fleets, offering a single platform across AI dash cams, telematics, maintenance, equipment monitoring, fuel management, routing and dispatch, and more. Samsara has GovRAMP Provisional Authorization and serves thousands of enterprise organizations. Many state and local government agencies leverage Samsara to improve their fleet operations, including:

• City of Houston Public Works: Replaced an analog fleet management system across nearly 4,000 vehicles serving 2.3M citizens, gaining real-time visibility into vehicle locations, utilization, and performance. Assistant Director Brian Blum stated, "Ever since we partnered with Samsara, we haven't looked at competitors. Now we have a solution that is a cut above everybody and is helping us find new ways to improve safety and efficiency."

• City of St. Petersburg: Gained comprehensive fleet tracking across 5,000 assets and vehicles serving 265,000 citizens, achieving a 23% decrease in harsh driving events and an 11% decrease in speeding events. Fleet Information Systems Coordinator TK Kapous stated, "Previously, we could spend days looking for an asset. With Samsara, we can find assets within seconds, which means our teams can be more productive."

• City of Fort Lauderdale: Replaced a system with no tracking for non-emergency vehicles across 1,700 vehicles and 11 departments, reduced vehicle downtime by 28%, decreased idling by 20%, reduced fuel consumption by 5% saving 28,000 gallons, and saved approximately $70,500 in fuel over just six months.

• City of Memphis: Reduced distracted driving by 54% across 17 departments and 560 vehicles serving 600,000+ citizens using Vehicle Gateways and AI Dash Cams to comply with Tennessee's Hands Free Law.

• City of New Orleans: Reduced collision risk by 81%, decreased mobile phone use by 46%, reduced speeding by 37%, and gave commanders real-time asset visibility for faster resource allocation across a fleet responding to nearly 70,000 emergency calls every year across 41 city departments.

• Monroe County: Improved outage response time by 15%, saved thousands on vehicle maintenance, and delivered better FEMA reporting documentation across nearly 1,700 islands that make up the Florida Keys across 322 vehicles and 220 assets.

• City of Sacramento: Reduced fuel consumption by 6% saving $300,000 annually, saved 100+ hours in administrative work, and used the Fleet Electrification Report to identify EV transition candidates across a fleet of 2,600 vehicles including 120+ EVs serving 528,000+ residents.

• City of El Paso: Recovered a stolen excavator worth $1.3M and a stolen pickup truck and trailer that crossed state lines using Asset Tags, reduced mobile usage events by 80%, reduced accidents by 29%, saved $145,000 in accident-related costs, saved $50,000 in potential legal charges via driver exoneration, achieved a 24% decrease in idling saving approximately $100,000 annually in fuel costs, and reduced an estimated 680,000 pounds of CO2 emissions per year.

• City of Boston: Achieved a 36% increase in electric miles driven, saved $86,000 in estimated fuel costs, and reduced carbon emissions by 513,000 pounds across 400 Public Works vehicles serving 700,000+ residents.

• Michigan State University: Reduced idling by 71% saving $60,000 annually, achieved a 30% increase in hours between PM cycles, protected $1M+ in assets across 5,000 acres and 16 satellite locations, saved 3 to 4 hours per week of manual data checking, and improved emergency response times during critical campus events like snow removal.

• Athens-Clarke County: Achieved a 55% increase in fuel efficiency and eliminated 12,000 pieces of paper monthly across a lean team of 65 employees and 40 vehicles serving 130,000 residents across 117 square miles.

• City of Syracuse: Created a publicly accessible real-time snow plow service status map using Samsara's Esri integration, reducing citizen calls by 30% across a fleet of 1,000 vehicles including 150 snow removal vehicles receiving on average 104 inches of snow per year. COO Corey Dunham stated, "Not only do community members appreciate the transparency Samsara provides, but it's also saved staff time spent responding to calls and made things overall more efficient."

• City of Poughkeepsie: Protected $200,000 worth of assets using Asset Tags, reduced accidents by 25% in four months, proved no-fault in one major accident using AI Dash Cam footage, and saved thousands by bringing vehicle repairs in-house. Commissioner of Public Works Christopher Gent stated, "A repair that would cost $2,000 in house could easily be $10,000 if we used a vendor. With Samsara, it's easy to get insights into our maintenance costs and manage our spend."

• Road Commission of Kalamazoo County: Achieved $60K in immediate cost savings, eliminated a 1 to 2 day lag in back-office processing, saved approximately 15 hours per month, and exonerated 6 drivers with AI Dash Cams across 85+ assets responsible for maintaining 1,200 miles of road.

• Department of Public Safety: Saved 2,000 officer hours per month, reduced labor costs by 60% saving $1.4M annually, recovered a stolen patrol vehicle in 20 minutes with GPS tracking, secured over $400,000 in disaster relief funds faster using Samsara's tagging and reporting features to expedite FEMA reimbursement documentation, improved average Safety Score by 14%, and reduced unassigned HOS by over 90% across a fleet of 6,000 vehicles and 11,000 drivers.

• Caddo Parish Public Schools: Saved up to $100,000 annually in engine repair and replacement costs, recovered three stolen school buses saving $420,000, reduced distracted driving by 26%, harsh events by 15%, speeding by 13%, achieved a 100% decrease in major incidents, reduced parent inquiry calls by 35%, and now operate $2M under their previous annual budget across a fleet of 325 buses transporting 14,000 students daily.

• Garden City Public Schools: Reduced accidents by 87% in 18 months, achieved 8 driver exonerations in a single year, cut stop-arm violations by 80%, reduced risky driving behaviors by 40%, improved vehicle uptime by 20%, reduced repair costs by 66%, discontinued Geotab saving $28,000 immediately, and delivered $150,000+ in annual savings across maintenance and operations across a fleet transporting 2,000 students daily.

• City of Allentown: Saved $1M+ in taxpayer dollars, reduced incidents by 25%, and decreased citizen complaints by 95% using AI Dash Cam footage and GPS tracking across 400+ vehicles and 600+ assets serving 120,000 citizens across 20+ departments.

• City of Atlanta: Achieved a 70% increase in accurately tracked mowing operation work orders using Equipment Monitoring to confirm FAA-required grass mowing heights across 4,700 acres surrounding the world's busiest airport.

• City & County of Denver: Reduced safety events by 94%, harsh driving by 99%, and distracted driving by 98% across 44 divisions and agencies managing 1,900 vehicles and assets.

• Memphis Light, Gas and Water: Achieved a 99% reduction in speeding events over 80 mph and a 20% decrease in preventable incidents across a fleet of 1,500 vehicles serving 400,000 customers.

• City of Boynton Beach: Reduced overall driver risk factors by 58%, speeding by 17%, harsh braking by 12%, distracted driving by 19%, and policy violations by 10%, and used video evidence to avoid thousands of dollars in false claim payouts through driver exoneration across 765 vehicles and assets serving 80,000 residents.

• City of Lakeland: Saved hundreds of thousands of dollars in estimated insurance payouts across a collection operation serving 120,000+ residents across 80 square miles with 50+ collection trucks.

• Richardson ISD: Resolved 10+ student incidents in five months using AI Multicam video evidence, reduced footage download time from 10 hours to just 4 to 8 minutes, and saved $1M in equipment costs by keeping existing cameras through a seamless AI Multicam integration. Fleet Manager David Cartagena stated, "Three settlements in a year can cost about half a million dollars. If we can show the video and prove it wasn't the district's fault, AI Multicam pays for itself."

• Canyons School District: Reduced incidents by 50%, saved $80,000 in claim payouts through driver exoneration, and spent 75% less time pulling footage for review across a fleet serving 15,000+ students in Utah's Salt Lake County.

• First Alt: Achieved a 99% reduction in incident investigation time and standardized the student safety experience across 26 states for students with unique transportation needs, deploying AI Dash Cams across over 50% of their contracted fleet, the largest percentage of camera use in the alternative transportation industry.

• Houston ISD: Lowered crashes by 69%, reduced severe speeding events by 10%, and lowered harsh driving events by 12% across one of the largest school districts in the United States.

Samsara AI Dash Cams helps public sector fleets reduce accidents, improve driver behavior, enhance driver coaching, exonerate drivers from false claims, lower insurance and safety-related costs, and more. Some examples of public sector fleets using Samsara AI Dash Cams to improve safety include:

• City & County of Denver: Reduced safety events by 94%, harsh driving by 99%, and distracted driving by 98% across 44 divisions and agencies managing 1,900 vehicles and assets, giving leadership unified safety reporting and operational transparency across every division.

• City of New Orleans: Reduced collision risk by 81%, decreased mobile phone use by 46%, and reduced speeding by 37% across a fleet responding to nearly 70,000 emergency calls every year across 41 city departments including NOEMS ambulances, sprint cars, and bicycles.

• City of Allentown: Saved $1M+ in taxpayer dollars through incident prevention and driver exoneration, reduced incidents by 25%, and decreased citizen complaints by 95% using AI Dash Cam footage and GPS tracking across 400+ vehicles and 600+ assets serving 120,000 citizens.

• City of El Paso: Reduced mobile usage events by 80%, reduced accidents by 29%, saved $145,000 in accident-related costs, and saved $50,000 in potential legal charges via driver exoneration using AI Dash Cam footage across their environmental services department serving 800,000+ residents.

• Memphis Light, Gas and Water: Achieved a 99% reduction in speeding events over 80 mph and a 20% decrease in preventable incidents using AI-powered in-cab coaching alerts across a fleet of 1,500 vehicles serving 400,000 customers.

• City of Memphis: Reduced distracted driving by 54% across 17 city departments and 560 vehicles serving 600,000+ citizens, using AI Dash Cams and Vehicle Gateways to comply with Tennessee's Hands Free Law prohibiting mobile phone use while driving.

• City of Boynton Beach: Reduced overall driver risk factors by 58%, speeding by 17%, harsh braking by 12%, distracted driving by 19%, and policy violations by 10% and used video evidence to avoid thousands of dollars in false claim payouts through driver exoneration across 765 vehicles and assets serving 80,000 residents.

• City of Poughkeepsie: Reduced accidents by 25% in four months and proved no-fault in one major accident using AI Dash Cam footage, an outcome previously impossible with their legacy system that had no video evidence capability across a public works department serving 30,000 residents.

• Road Commission of Kalamazoo County: Exonerated 6 drivers with AI Dash Cams as part of $60K in immediate cost savings, eliminated a 1 to 2 day lag in back-office processing, and saved approximately 15 hours per month across 85+ assets responsible for maintaining 1,200 miles of road.

• City of Lakeland: Saved hundreds of thousands of dollars in estimated insurance payouts using AI Dash Cams to proactively coach drivers and exonerate them from not-at-fault incidents across a collection operation serving 120,000+ residents.

• City of St. Petersburg: Achieved a 23% decrease in harsh driving events and an 11% decrease in speeding events across 5,000 assets and vehicles serving 265,000 citizens using AI Dash Cams alongside Vehicle Gateways and Ford Pro OEM integration.

• Richardson ISD: Resolved 10+ student incidents in five months using AI Multicam video evidence, reduced footage download time from 10 hours to just 4 to 8 minutes, and saved $1M in equipment costs by keeping existing cameras through a seamless AI Multicam integration.

• Garden City Public Schools: Reduced accidents by 87% in 18 months, achieved 8 driver exonerations in a single year, cut stop-arm violations by 80%, reduced risky driving behaviors by 40%, improved vehicle uptime by 20%, reduced repair costs by 66%, and delivered $150,000+ in annual savings across maintenance and operations.

• Caddo Parish Public Schools: Reduced distracted driving by 26%, harsh events by 15%, speeding by 13%, achieved a 100% decrease in major incidents, reduced parent inquiry calls by 35%, and now operate $2M under their previous annual budget across a fleet of 325 buses transporting 14,000 students daily.

• Canyons School District: Reduced incidents by 50%, saved $80,000 in claim payouts through driver exoneration, and spent 75% less time pulling footage for review across a fleet serving 15,000+ students in Utah's Salt Lake County.

• First Alt: Achieved a 99% reduction in incident investigation time and standardized the student safety experience across 26 states for students with unique transportation needs, deploying AI Dash Cams across over 50% of their contracted fleet, the largest percentage of camera use in the alternative transportation industry.

• City of Sacramento: Used AI Dash Cams alongside Fleet Telematics to build a comprehensive safety and fleet management program across 2,600 vehicles including 120+ EVs, saving $300,000 annually in fuel costs and reducing fuel consumption by 6% serving 528,000+ residents.

• Houston ISD: Lowered crashes by 69%, reduced severe speeding events by 10%, and lowered harsh driving events by 12% across one of the largest school districts in the United States using AI Dash Cams and Vehicle Gateways.

• Monroe County: Improved outage response time by 15%, saved thousands on vehicle maintenance, and delivered better FEMA reporting documentation across nearly 1,700 islands that make up the Florida Keys using AI Dash Cams alongside Vehicle Gateways and Asset Gateways.

• Athens-Clarke County: Achieved a 55% increase in fuel efficiency, eliminated 12,000 pieces of paper monthly, and improved the safety and efficiency of services across a mixed fleet serving 130,000 residents using AI Dash Cams and engaging safety features alongside Vehicle Gateways.

Samsara Fleet Telematics helps government fleets improve fuel efficiency, optimize routing and dispatch, track vehicles and assets with GPS, reduce maintenance costs and downtime, improve driver safety, simplify ELD and regulatory compliance, increase fleet productivity and utilization, improve customer service with accurate ETAs, enhance service delivery, improve budget transparency and oversight, streamline disaster readiness and resilience, and improve operational efficiency. Some examples of public sector fleets using Samsara Fleet telematics to improve their fleet operations include:

• City of Houston Public Works: Replaced an analog fleet management system across nearly 4,000 vehicles serving 2.3M citizens, gaining real-time visibility into vehicle locations, utilization, and performance. Assistant Director Brian Blum stated, "Ever since we partnered with Samsara, we haven't looked at competitors. Now we have a solution that is a cut above everybody and is helping us find new ways to improve safety and efficiency."

• City of St. Petersburg: Gained comprehensive fleet tracking across 5,000 assets and vehicles serving 265,000 citizens using Vehicle Gateways, Asset Tags, and Ford Pro OEM integration, achieving a 23% decrease in harsh driving events and an 11% decrease in speeding events.

• City of Fort Lauderdale: Replaced a system with no tracking for non-emergency vehicles across 1,700 vehicles and 11 departments, reduced vehicle downtime by 28%, decreased idling by 20%, and saved approximately $70,500 in fuel over just six months.

• City of Memphis: Reduced distracted driving by 54% across 17 departments and 560 vehicles serving 600,000+ citizens using Vehicle Gateways and AI Dash Cams.

• City of New Orleans: Reduced collision risk by 81%, decreased mobile phone use by 46%, reduced speeding by 37%, and gave commanders real-time asset visibility for faster resource allocation across a fleet responding to nearly 70,000 emergency calls every year across 41 city departments.

• Monroe County: Improved outage response time by 15%, saved thousands on vehicle maintenance, and delivered better FEMA reporting documentation across nearly 1,700 islands that make up the Florida Keys across 322 vehicles and 220 assets.

• City of Sacramento: Reduced fuel consumption by 6% saving $300,000 annually, saved 100+ hours in administrative work, and used the Fleet Electrification Report to identify EV transition candidates across a fleet of 2,600 vehicles including 120+ EVs serving 528,000+ residents.

• City of El Paso: Achieved a 24% decrease in idling saving approximately $100,000 annually in fuel costs, reduced an estimated 680,000 pounds of CO2 emissions per year, recovered a stolen excavator worth $1.3M and a stolen pickup truck and trailer that crossed state lines, saved $145,000 in accident-related costs, and saved $50,000 in potential legal charges via driver exoneration.

• City of Boston: Achieved a 36% increase in electric miles driven, saved $86,000 in estimated fuel costs, and reduced carbon emissions by 513,000 pounds across 400 Public Works vehicles serving 700,000+ residents.

• Michigan State University: Reduced idling by 71% saving $60,000 annually, achieved a 30% increase in hours between PM cycles, protected $1M+ in assets across 5,000 acres and 16 satellite locations, and saved 3 to 4 hours per week of manual data checking.

• Athens-Clarke County: Achieved a 55% increase in fuel efficiency and eliminated 12,000 pieces of paper monthly across a lean team of 65 employees and 40 vehicles serving 130,000 residents across 117 square miles.

• City of Syracuse: Created a publicly accessible real-time snow plow service status map using Samsara's Esri integration, reducing citizen calls by 30% across a fleet of 1,000 vehicles including 150 snow removal vehicles in one of the snowiest cities in America. COO Corey Dunham stated, "Not only do community members appreciate the transparency Samsara provides, but it's also saved staff time spent responding to calls and made things overall more efficient."

• City of Poughkeepsie: Protected $200,000 worth of assets using Asset Tags, reduced accidents by 25% in four months, proved no-fault in one major accident using AI Dash Cam footage, and saved thousands by bringing vehicle repairs in-house. Commissioner of Public Works Christopher Gent stated, "A repair that would cost $2,000 in house could easily be $10,000 if we used a vendor. With Samsara, it's easy to get insights into our maintenance costs and manage our spend."

• Road Commission of Kalamazoo County: Achieved $60K in immediate cost savings, eliminated a 1 to 2 day lag in back-office processing, saved approximately 15 hours per month, and exonerated 6 drivers with AI Dash Cams across 85+ assets responsible for maintaining 1,200 miles of road.

• Caddo Parish Public Schools: Saved up to $100,000 annually in engine repair and replacement costs, recovered three stolen school buses saving $420,000, reduced distracted driving by 26%, harsh events by 15%, speeding by 13%, achieved a 100% decrease in major incidents, reduced parent inquiry calls by 35%, and now operate $2M under their previous annual budget across a fleet of 325 buses transporting 14,000 students daily.

• Garden City Public Schools: Improved vehicle uptime by 20%, reduced repair costs by 66%, discontinued Geotab saving $28,000 immediately, reduced accidents by 87% in 18 months, achieved 8 driver exonerations in a single year, cut stop-arm violations by 80%, and delivered $150,000+ in annual savings across maintenance and operations.

• City of Allentown: Saved $1M+ in taxpayer dollars, reduced incidents by 25%, and decreased citizen complaints by 95% using AI Dash Cam footage and GPS tracking across 400+ vehicles and 600+ assets serving 120,000 citizens across 20+ departments.

• City of Atlanta: Achieved a 70% increase in accurately tracked mowing operation work orders using Equipment Monitoring to confirm FAA-required grass mowing heights across 4,700 acres surrounding the world's busiest airport.

• City & County of Denver: Reduced safety events by 94%, harsh driving by 99%, and distracted driving by 98% across 44 divisions and agencies managing 1,900 vehicles and assets, giving leadership unified reporting and operational transparency.

• Memphis Light, Gas and Water: Achieved a 99% reduction in speeding events over 80 mph and a 20% decrease in preventable incidents across a fleet of 1,500 vehicles serving 400,000 customers.

• City of Boynton Beach: Reduced overall driver risk factors by 58%, speeding by 17%, harsh braking by 12%, distracted driving by 19%, and policy violations by 10% across 765 vehicles and assets serving 80,000 residents.

• City of Lakeland: Saved hundreds of thousands of dollars in estimated insurance payouts across a collection operation serving 120,000+ residents across 80 square miles with 50+ collection trucks.

For school districts, fleet management software helps track school buses in real time, reduce accidents and lower insurance premiums, improve routing and dispatch, enhance preventive maintenance, reduce downtime, and improve parent communication. Samsara provides K-12 schools and higher education with real-time data from sensors, cameras, and integrations for smarter, safer, and more efficient transportation and school security for their students. Many school districts have leveraged Samsara to improve their fleet operations, including:

• First Alt: Achieved a 99% reduction in incident investigation time and standardized the student safety experience across 26 states for students with unique transportation needs, becoming the alternative transportation provider with the largest percentage of camera use in the industry at over 50% of their contracted fleet.

• Houston ISD: Lowered crashes by 69%, reduced severe speeding events by 10%, and lowered harsh driving events by 12% across one of the largest school districts in the United States.

• Michigan State University: Protected $1M+ in assets across 5,000 acres and 16 satellite locations using Asset Tags, reduced the time needed for a company-wide asset audit to a matter of minutes, reduced idling by 71% saving $60,000 annually, achieved a 30% increase in hours between PM cycles, saved 3 to 4 hours per week of manual data checking, and improved emergency response times during critical campus events like snow removal across a landscape services operation managing $12M in vehicles and assets.

• Garden City Public Schools: Reduced accidents by 87% in just 18 months, achieved 8 driver exonerations in a single year, cut stop-arm violations by 80%, reduced risky driving behaviors by 40%, improved vehicle uptime by 20%, reduced repair costs by 66%, discontinued Geotab saving $28,000 immediately, and delivered $150,000+ in annual savings across maintenance and operations across a fleet transporting 2,000 students daily across a 900+ square mile service area in Kansas.

• Caddo Parish Public Schools: Achieved a 100% decrease in major incidents, reduced distracted driving by 26%, harsh events by 15%, and speeding by 13%, reduced parent inquiry calls by 35%, saved $420,000 by recovering three stolen school buses, saved up to $100,000 annually in engine repair and replacement costs using preventative maintenance alerts, and now operate $2M under their previous annual budget across a fleet of 325 buses transporting 14,000 students daily.

• Canyons School District: Reduced incidents by 50%, saved $80,000 in claim payouts through driver exoneration, and spent 75% less time pulling footage for review after replacing a legacy GPS provider they had used for over 10 years across a fleet serving 15,000+ students in Utah's Salt Lake County.

• Richardson ISD: Resolved 10+ student incidents in five months using AI Multicam video evidence, reduced footage download time from 10 hours to just 4 to 8 minutes, saved $1M in equipment costs by keeping existing cameras through a seamless AI Multicam integration, and exonerated drivers from costly settlements.

Fleet technology improves school bus safety by combining GPS tracking, video monitoring, and driver behavior alerts to prevent accidents, protect students during boarding and crossing, and give districts real-time visibility into every route. Samsara offers safety capabilities purpose-built for student transportation, such as:

• 360° AI Multicam that detects seat belt violations, passenger left behind, drowsiness/fatigue, mobile phone use, inattentive driving, harsh braking/acceleration/turning, following distance, speeding, rolling stops, railroad crossing violations, pedestrian/cyclist proximity

• Digital passenger system tracks who's on the bus using multiple check-in methods, including NFC ID cards and fobs. Drivers get alerts for unexpected boarding events or students departing at the wrong stop.

• Door-open-based stop detection triggers real-time geofence breach alerts to confirm every stop is made correctly.

• Live GPS bus location and ETA sharing keeps parents informed in real time.

• Real-time location combined with on-demand HD video retrieval lets districts investigate incidents quickly.

• Identity blurring protects driver privacy while preserving safety visibility.

Many school districts have used Samsara to improve their school bus operations, including:

• Garden City Public Schools: Reduced accidents by 87% in just 18 months, achieved 8 driver exonerations in a single year, cut stop-arm violations by 80%, reduced risky driving behaviors by 40%, improved vehicle uptime by 20%, reduced repair costs by 66%, discontinued Geotab saving $28,000 immediately, and delivered $150,000+ in annual savings across maintenance and operations across a fleet transporting 2,000 students daily across a 900+ square mile service area in Kansas.

• Caddo Parish Public Schools: Achieved a 100% decrease in major incidents, reduced distracted driving by 26%, harsh events by 15%, and speeding by 13%, reduced parent inquiry calls by 35%, saved $420,000 by recovering three stolen school buses, saved up to $100,000 annually in engine repair and replacement costs using preventative maintenance alerts, and now operate $2M under their previous annual budget across a fleet of 325 buses transporting 14,000 students daily in Louisiana.

• Canyons School District: Reduced incidents by 50%, saved $80,000 in claim payouts through driver exoneration, and spent 75% less time pulling footage for review after replacing a legacy GPS provider they had used for over 10 years due to latency and reliability issues across a fleet serving 15,000+ students in Utah's Salt Lake County.

• Richardson ISD: Resolved 10+ student incidents in five months using AI Multicam video evidence, reduced footage download time from 10 hours to just 4 to 8 minutes, and saved $1M in equipment costs by keeping existing cameras through a seamless AI Multicam integration. Fleet Manager David Cartagena stated, "Three settlements in a year can cost about half a million dollars. If we can show the video and prove it wasn't the district's fault, AI Multicam pays for itself."

• First Alt: Achieved a 99% reduction in incident investigation time and standardized the student safety experience across 26 states for students with unique transportation needs, replacing a system where some drivers used consumer-grade cameras and others had no cameras at all, becoming the alternative transportation provider with the largest percentage of camera use in the industry at over 50% of their contracted fleet.