Motorola Solutions, which employs about 375 people in Allen according to the city's 2025 annual financial report, has signed a contract with Austria's Federal Ministry of Justice to supply body cameras to staff at all 29 of the country's prisons, the company announced Oct. 5.
Judicial officers and correctional staff will wear the company's V500 cameras, which connect over LTE cellular networks. The cameras come with Motorola's VideoManager software, which can stream live video to a facility's control room and store recordings for use as evidence. The announcement did not disclose the value of the contract.
Tactical units are already receiving the cameras after a period of testing and training, and the ministry plans to issue them to all front-line officers before the end of 2026.
"Body cameras are a decisive milestone toward a modern, secure and effective correctional system," Austrian Justice Minister Anna Sporrer said in the announcement. She said the cameras create an objective record and help calm tense situations, while protecting staff and the rights and safety of inmates.
Martin Fuerst, a Motorola Solutions vice president for Central and Eastern Europe, said police and emergency agencies across Europe are increasingly building video into daily work. He said Austria joins other corrections agencies, including prison services in Romania and in England and Wales, that run body camera programs.
