Deployable Surveillance

Cameras where there's no power and no network.

Some of the places you most need eyes are the hardest to wire. XGen Mobile brings together portable and semi-portable camera masts, self-contained power, and 5G or Starlink satellite connectivity, so you can put a camera almost anywhere in hours instead of weeks. No trenching and no permanent infrastructure. We bring the solution, guide the rollout, and support it after.

No trenching or wiring Portable and semi-portable masts Solar or streetlamp power 5G or Starlink connectivity Delivered and supported by XGen
Portable camera mast with solar power and 5G or Starlink satellite connectivity deployed at a remote site

No infrastructure

Skip the trenching, the conduit, and the permanent power drop. Put cameras where wiring was never realistic.

Hours, not weeks

Kits arrive configured and field ready, so a site can be standing and streaming the same day.

Move it when you need to

Follow the problem. Relocate a mast to the next hot spot instead of paying for a whole new install.

Monitored remotely

Watch power, battery, and connectivity health from one dashboard, without sending a truck.

Why it matters

The blind spots are where the power isn't.

Parking lots, back gates, athletic fields, job sites, remote yards, event grounds, and roadways. The places that generate the most incidents are often the places with no conduit and no network drop. Deployable Surveillance removes that constraint.

No trenching

Nothing to dig, wire, or permit for permanent power

Same day

Field-ready kits stand up in hours, not weeks

Relocatable

Move coverage as your risk moves

Up to 10 years

Battery service life. Actual useful life may vary with usage.

Step 1 · The mast

Portable or semi-portable. Pick what fits the site.

How long the camera needs to stay, and how often you expect to move it, decides the mount. Both options carry the same cameras and the same power and connectivity package.

Portable mast

A self-contained, rapidly deployable mast for temporary and changing locations. Everything travels together, so a team can stand up coverage at a new spot without an installer, a permit, or a power drop. Trailer and mast configurations make relocation fast, and battery, modem, antenna, and camera power ship in one field-ready case.

Best for: parking lots, events, construction phases, incident response, and remote areas beyond the reach of normal camera placement.

Semi-portable mast

A configuration mounted on a fixed light pole, wall, or other structure you already own, for locations you expect to watch for a long time, without pouring concrete or trenching power to the spot. It holds position like a fixed install, and still comes down and moves when the site changes.

Best for: parking lots, campus perimeters, back entrances, roadways, and remote yards that need steady coverage without a construction project.

Dome camera, control cabinet, and solar panel mounted on a fixed pole against a blue sky
One clean install: camera, control cabinet, and solar power on a fixed pole.
Step 2 · The power

Two ways to keep it running.

Power is what usually kills a camera project. Both options store energy in a managed battery system, so the camera keeps running when the sun is down or the source cuts out.

Streetlamp power

Street and parking lot lighting sits exactly where you want cameras, but it only energizes at night. This option draws on that intermittent source to charge the battery, so the camera runs continuously even while the lamp is off during the day. It uses circuits you already own rather than a new service drop, and it works with continuous AC where that is already available.

Best for: municipal streets, parking structures, shaded lots, and campuses with lighting already in place.

Solar power

A solar array charges the battery system through the day and carries the camera through nights and cloudy stretches. It is the option for sites with no electrical infrastructure at all. Solar and battery are sized to the runtime the location actually needs, and battery-only configurations cover short-term deployments.

Best for: remote lots, perimeters, job sites, athletic fields, water and utility sites, and anywhere the grid does not reach.

Step 3 · The cameras

The cameras that feed AI threat detection.

The mast and the power exist to serve the camera. We deploy enterprise-grade network cameras proven with our AI Threat Detection platform, so the same site that gives you a live view can also watch for a visible firearm and get a verified alert to your team.

Every form factor

Bullet, dome, box, multi-sensor, panoramic, and pan-tilt-zoom, so the camera matches the view the site actually needs.

Sees in bad conditions

Low-light performance, wide dynamic range for harsh backlight, and optimized infrared for usable images after dark.

Analytics at the edge

On-camera classification of people and vehicles, plus counting and search attributes that cut review time after an incident.

Built for bandwidth limits

Smart compression keeps image quality up and data volume down, which matters when a site runs on 5G or satellite and a battery.

Hardened and secure

Weather and impact-rated housings for outdoor abuse, with secure boot, signed firmware, and government procurement options available.

Open and standards-based

Standards-conformant cameras that integrate with major video management systems and with our threat detection platform.

Use case: Parking lots

The corner of the property with the most risk and the least coverage.

Parking lots and garages sit at the edge of US properties, past the reach of conduit, network drops, and often lighting. The research case for putting monitored cameras there is unusually strong, and the legal case for ignoring them is getting expensive.

A portable surveillance mast with solar power standing in an open parking lot
A portable mast on ballast, standing watch over an open lot. No trenching, no power drop, no network build.
Every 48 sec

A vehicle is stolen in the US, even after 2025's record 23 percent decline (NICB, 2026)

Nearly 35%

Crime drop in Baltimore districts with actively monitored cameras, against matched comparison areas (Urban Institute, DOJ-funded)

$4.30 per $1

Return on investment measured for Chicago's actively monitored camera program (Urban Institute, DOJ-funded)

$42.75M

Judgment affirmed after a Georgia parking lot shooting where poor lighting and a removed guard were central evidence (Georgia Supreme Court, 2023)

What the US evidence says

The Urban Institute's DOJ-funded evaluation concluded public cameras cut crime when they are actively monitored, while sites with weak monitoring saw no effect. A 2024 peer-reviewed study in the Journal of Experimental Criminology found mobile surveillance towers in Arlington, Texas parking lots were associated with a small but statistically significant decrease in vehicle-related thefts, and that the effect faded over time at fixed sites. Its authors recommend rotating units between hot spots. That is precisely the model here: monitored, lit, and movable when the risk moves.

Why it ends up in court

NICB's first theft-prevention tip is to park in well-lit areas, and courts have noticed the same thing. In 2023 the Georgia Supreme Court affirmed a jury verdict of $45 million, reduced to $42.75 million for comparative fault, against a national retailer after a parking lot shooting. Employees had testified they parked close to the building because the lot's lighting was poor, and a security guard had been removed. Coverage you can stand up in hours costs far less than explaining afterward why there was none.

How we deliver it

Survey. Build. Deploy.

One team for the mast, the power, the connectivity, the camera, and the support after it is live.

1

Survey the site

We look at what you need to see, what power is nearby, how much sun the spot gets, and what coverage is available, then size the system to match.

2

Build the kit

Mast, battery, charge source, modem, antenna, and camera are configured and staged as one field-ready package before it reaches your site.

3

Deploy and monitor

We stand it up, confirm the video path, and watch system health remotely so you know it is working without sending anyone out.

Where it fits

Coverage for the places wiring forgot.

Anywhere the need for eyes outruns the reach of the grid.

Education

Campus perimeters, parking lots, athletic fields, and bus areas.

Cities and towns

Streets, parks, public lots, and problem corridors on existing light poles.

Retail and commercial

Parking lots, loading docks, and outparcels away from the building feed.

Construction

Active sites, laydown yards, and equipment storage that move as the job moves.

Utilities and infrastructure

Substations, water sites, towers, and remote assets far from any drop.

Law enforcement

Hot spots, investigations, and temporary coverage that follows the problem.

Events and venues

Stand up coverage for the event, then take it down and store it until the next one.

HOAs and neighborhoods

Entrances, common areas, and amenity sites without a construction budget.