Motorola acquires mobile video firm WatchGuard

Motorola Solutions on Thursday announced that it has acquired WatchGuard, Inc., which makes in-car video systems, body-worn cameras, evidence management systems and software for law enforcement. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

This is Motorola’s third acquisition in the video surveillance space in the last year in a half, beginning with their purchase of Avigilon in February 2018, which was followed by the acquisition of data and image analytics firm VaaS International Holdings, whose subsidiaries include Vigilant Solutions and Digital Recognition Network (DRN), in January of this year.

“An integrated, secure mobile video solution can enhance safety and efficiency for public safety users,” said John Kedzierski, senior vice president, Video Security Solutions, Motorola Solutions. “WatchGuard provides industry-leading capabilities, from capturing an incident from more than a dozen vantage points to technology that enables users to recover and upload video from events hours or days after they happened.”

The acquisition expands Motorola Solutions’ ecosystem, adding to its video security solutions platform that includes fixed cameras and advanced analytics from Avigilon and license plate recognition (LPR) cameras and software from Vigilant Solutions.  

“We are excited to join the Motorola Solutions team,” said Robert Vanman, founder, chief executive officer and chairman, WatchGuard. “This acquisition enables us to continue providing market-leading mobile video solutions to existing customers while also leveraging Motorola Solutions’ global footprint and growing video security solutions portfolio.”