The two-way Motorola radio has been the cornerstone of real-time communications for the emergency response and security industry for nearly a century, and is soon to be complemented by smartphone technology. However, the smartphone isn’t going to be used for real-time voice, but will instead be a “must have” device for surveillance operations.
First of all, it is better to hard-wire security video, especially when it comes to megapixel cameras. But there are times, locations and missions where wireless makes the best sense.
Ty Morrow knows that Freeport, Texas, is “where fun happens.” He also knows that bad things could happen; and, as chief of police, it’s his duty to see that fun overpowers the bad. And one recent addition to his staff is a wireless network that supports security video in this coastal city.
