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Motorola Solutions separated from Motorola Mobility in 2011 and has since acquired its way to dominance in public safety tech. Key acquisitions include Vigilant Solutions (ALPR and the LEARN database, 2019) and Avigilon (video surveillance cameras and AI analytics, 2018). Together with their long-standing radio and dispatch businesses, Motorola now offers a near-complete stack of police technology: radios, CAD, ALPR, cameras, analytics, and records management.

Motorola's vertical integration means data flows across the entire stack: a plate read by a Vigilant ALPR feeds into LEARN, which is queried through CommandCentral, and the resulting alert can be dispatched via Motorola radio to an officer whose BWC (Watchguard) footage is stored in CommandCentral Vault. This seamless data flow is convenient for agencies and deeply concerning for civil liberties—it concentrates surveillance capability and data in a single commercial vendor with no democratic accountability.

LEARN is one of the largest private ALPR databases in the US, with billions of records contributed by law enforcement and private sources including repossession companies. Vigilant has sold access to ICE, enabling immigration enforcement even in jurisdictions with sanctuary policies. Avigilon's Appearance Search AI can track a person's clothing, body type, and gait across a camera network without a face match.

• Vigilant PlateSearch / ALPR cameras – fixed roadside ALPR units; mobile units that read parked vehicle plates as an officer drives; license plate reader trailers for temporary deployment
• Avigilon cameras – high-definition fixed, PTZ (pan-tilt-zoom), and fisheye cameras with onboard AI; H5A and H6 series are current flagship lines
• Avigilon Appearance Search cameras – cameras with embedded AI chipsets that generate appearance descriptors (color, body type, gait) in real time
• Motorola APX / ASTRO radios – P25-compliant land mobile radios; the dominant platform for US law enforcement communications
• Watchguard (BWC) – V300 body cameras and in-car video systems

• LEARN database – national ALPR database contributed by Vigilant customers and private data brokers (including repossession firms); searchable by law enforcement subscribers; one of the largest in the US
• Avigilon Control Center (ACC) – video management system for Avigilon cameras with embedded AI search, face recognition module, and appearance analytics
• CommandCentral Suite – computer-aided dispatch (CAD), records management (RMS), evidence vault, and analytics platform; integrates ALPR alerts, camera feeds, and radio traffic
• PremierOne – CAD and RMS platform used by large metro agencies; predecessor to CommandCentral in many jurisdictions
• Watchguard Evidence Library – cloud evidence management for Watchguard BWC footage