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'''Motorola Solutions''' Inc. (not to be confused with Motorola Mobility LLC.) is a publicly traded company headquartered in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]. They provide a variety of equipment for public safety and surveillance purposes. They became more well known in the 2020s, for their [[mass surveillance]] systems designed to compete with [[Flock Safety]] and [[Axon]]. Their automated license plate readers, cameras, and drones feed data into an analytics platform designed to identify and track the whereabouts of every person within their area of deployment.<ref name=VehicleManager brochure">https://www.motorolasolutions.com/content/dam/msi/docs/products/license-plate-recognition-systems/vehiclemanager/vehiclemanager_brochure.pdf</ref> They also sell handheld radios,<ref>https://www.motorolasolutions.com/en_us/products/critical-communications.html</ref> and a few other products.
'''Motorola Solutions''' Inc. (not to be confused with Motorola Mobility LLC.) is a publicly traded company headquartered in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]. They provide a variety of equipment for public safety and surveillance purposes. They became more well known in the 2020s, for their subsidiary Vigilant Solutions; they provide [[mass surveillance]] systems designed to compete with [[Flock Safety]] and [[Axon]]. Their automated license plate readers, cameras, and drones feed data into an analytics platform designed to identify and track the whereabouts of every person within their area of deployment.<ref name=VehicleManager brochure">https://www.motorolasolutions.com/content/dam/msi/docs/products/license-plate-recognition-systems/vehiclemanager/vehiclemanager_brochure.pdf</ref> They also sell handheld radios,<ref>https://www.motorolasolutions.com/en_us/products/critical-communications.html</ref> and a few other products.
==Purpose==
Motorola advertises that their customers can "easily search for, find and review the location history of a vehicle of interest and determine where it may be located in the future." This is possible through the data collected by their surveillance infrastructure, and analyzed by their artificial intelligence system. Furthermore, they advertise, "jumpstart your investigation by identifying vehicles you may not have known were connected to each other or specific locations."<ref name=VehicleManager brochure">https://www.motorolasolutions.com/content/dam/msi/docs/products/license-plate-recognition-systems/vehiclemanager/vehiclemanager_brochure.pdf</ref>
Motorola advertises that their customers can "easily search for, find and review the location history of a vehicle of interest and determine where it may be located in the future." This is possible through the data collected by their surveillance infrastructure, and analyzed by their artificial intelligence system. Furthermore, they advertise, "jumpstart your investigation by identifying vehicles you may not have known were connected to each other or specific locations."<ref name=VehicleManager brochure">https://www.motorolasolutions.com/content/dam/msi/docs/products/license-plate-recognition-systems/vehiclemanager/vehiclemanager_brochure.pdf</ref>
In 2026, there was evidence that at least 59 municipalities were customers of Motorola Solutions, not counting many private customers.<ref>https://www.atlasofsurveillance.org/search?vendor=Motorola</ref> That number is expected to grow significantly, unless legislation prevents it. As Flock became the primary target of public opposition, new business opportunists were presented to their competitors, including Motorola Solutions.<ref>https://www.npr.org/2026/08/22/nx-s1-5931446/flock-fallout-competitors-see-opportunity</ref>
The idea behind this system, is the same as that of its competitors: To identify each person uniquely, and track all of their movements, activities, relationships, and habits. If a Vigilant Solutions customer decides they want to know more about an individual, they can essentially look back through time, to see all of that persons bast activities and travel, as well detected associations and other habits. Vigilant does not require a warrant for these searches, so law enforcemnt and private companies alinke can search this data at will, with no need to justify the reason.
Additionally, Motorola sells this data to other customers, most of whom are undisclosed.<<ref name="sltrib">https://www.sltrib.com/news/2026/08/31/aclu-says-vigilant-flock-like/</ref>
==Data collection methods==
In 2026, there was evidence that at least 59 municipalities were customers of Motorola Solutions, not counting many private customers.<ref>https://www.atlasofsurveillance.org/search?vendor=Motorola</ref> That number is expected to grow significantly, unless legislation prevents it. As Flock became the primary target of public opposition, new business opportunists were presented to their competitors, including Motorola Solutions.<ref>https://www.npr.org/2026/08/22/nx-s1-5931446/flock-fallout-competitors-see-opportunity</ref><ref name="sltrib">https://www.sltrib.com/news/2026/08/31/aclu-says-vigilant-flock-like/</ref>
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