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// Company

We close the gap between when something happens and when staff can act.

In custody, the most dangerous moments unfold in minutes — and they're easy to miss when no one is watching that feed at that exact second. Virtual Patrol exists to make sure someone always is.

// Why We Exist

Safety is an operations problem before it's a technology problem.

Most jails already have cameras. The problem usually isn't the cameras. It's the time between something happening and staff becoming aware of it. In that gap, a suicide attempt becomes a death, a medical episode becomes an emergency, and an assault becomes a lawsuit.

Virtual Patrol Technologies builds Safety Intelligence — a software layer that runs on the cameras a facility already owns and watches for the risks staff can't catch in time. It sees danger earlier, gets the right officer there faster, and documents exactly what happened, so the outcome changes and the record holds up.

We are not a surveillance company. Surveillance records the past. Safety Intelligence works in the moment, in service of the people inside the facility and the people who answer for it.

// How We Work

The way we operate is the product.

01 — Proof-first

We show, we don't sell

We come in as the expert and put the system on your cameras. Every engagement ends with documented proof, not a promise.

02 — Kentucky-first

Built where it's needed

We started with Kentucky county jails — the facilities carrying the most risk with the least margin — and we earn the next county by earning this one.

03 — Honest

Real now, flagged when pending

We describe what's live and we mark what isn't. The trust we ask agencies to extend is the trust we hold ourselves to.

// Leadership

The people behind Virtual Patrol.

Corrections is a relationship business. VPT is built by the people who engineer the technology and the people who have run the facilities it serves.

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JC Ranes
Co-Founder & CEO

Leads company strategy, growth, and partnerships. JC drives VPT's Kentucky-first rollout across county jails and sheriffs and the federal research work behind the platform.

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Bryan Ranes
Co-Founder & CTO

Leads product and AI. Bryan came from L3Harris Technologies with a background in AI strategy and defense R&D, and studied at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He architects the Safety Intelligence platform.

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Michael Ranes
Co-Founder & President

A career corrections professional, Michael leads industry relationships and credibility, including work with the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction. He keeps VPT grounded in how facilities actually run.

// The Category We Own

Safety Intelligence.

A new layer between the cameras you already have and the staff you already trust — turning passive footage into earlier awareness, faster response, and a record you can defend. Built for corrections. Designed to extend to healthcare and public safety.

// Work With Us

The next safer facility could be yours.

If you run a facility where minutes decide outcomes, we'd like to show you what an intelligence layer would catch on your own cameras.

Request a Safety Intelligence Audit