Axon Announces New Fixed ALPR Camera Solutions and Next-Gen AI Advancements to Expand Real-Time Public Safety Ecosystem

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., April 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Axon (Nasdaq: AXON), the global public safety technology leader, today announced a wave of new products and partnerships, expanding its real-time network and public safety ecosystem:

• Axon Outpost and Axon Lightpost—two new fixed, intelligent ALPR cameras—join Axon Fleet 3 to form a complete suite of fixed and mobile vehicle recognition solutions. Together, they go beyond traditional plate reads by capturing detailed vehicle attributes and extending real-time intelligence.
• Axon's partner ecosystem expands, connecting third-party cameras through a new Works With Axon certified partner program and creating the most interoperable, intelligent public safety network integrated through Axon Fusus.
• Axon Assistant, an AI voice companion, launches via Axon Body 4, giving officers hands-free access to real-time translation, policy guidance, and general information, useful facts, and answers from the internet.
• Axon announces plans to integrate with Ring, a leading smart security company; empowering Ring customers to share—on their terms—relevant video with law enforcement to help solve crimes faster and safeguard neighborhoods.

“Technology alone doesn’t build safer communities—people do,” said Rick Smith, Axon Founder & CEO. “Our job is to build the tools—and relationships—that help protect more lives in more places. With our latest product and partner announcements, we’re delivering on that promise like never before.”

Axon’s new fixed intelligent camera goes beyond ALPR
Also unveiled at Axon Week was a new vehicle intelligence solution aimed at one of the most persistent challenges in public safety: identifying and tracking vehicles involved in crime. With 60–75% of serious incidents involving a vehicle, agencies need more than just license plates—they need richer, contextual data to make sense of what they’re seeing.

At the heart of the solution is Axon Fusus, Axon's real-time operations platform. New vehicle search capabilities will provide visibility and insight across every fixed, mobile, and community-sourced ALPR-enabled camera, providing real-time alerts, smarter search, and shared visibility across jurisdictions.

Axon Fleet 3; in-car cameras with ALPR technology have read a total of 8.1 billion license plates, facilitating more than 20,000 felony arrests and 50,000 vehicle recoveries in the past year alone. To expand this impact, Axon has introduced two new first-party fixed camera solutions:

• Axon Outpost is an Axon-built fixed ALPR device that combines live streaming, plate reading, and vehicle attribute recognition in a single unit. It’s built for flexible deployment and integrates directly with Axon Fusus to deliver the full picture in real time.
• Axon Lightpost, developed in collaboration with Ubicquia, delivers similar capabilities in an easy-to-deploy form factor that can be installed on existing streetlights in under an hour.

"Ubicquia is transforming existing streetlight infrastructure into powerful public safety tools. Our UbiHub platform is easy to install, simple to relocate, and built to scale—allowing cities to deploy their video surveillance and LPR capabilities quickly and expand as needed,” said Ian Aaron, CEO of Ubicquia. “Our partnership with Axon accelerates our mission to make communities smarter, safer, and more connected, giving first responders, more visibility, better tools and law enforcement faster access to real-time insights.”

Both are fully integrated into Axon Fusus with smart search and alerts alongside live video. The intelligence network is easily expanded by Works With Axon, a new certified partner program that connects trusted third-party cameras—like Axis Communications, Bosch, InsightLPR, Verkada, and Leonardo ELSAG—into a unified, interoperable network. Axon has also joined forces with BusPatrol, the nation’s most widely deployed school bus stop-arm enforcement system, as it explores innovative ways of transforming everyday infrastructure into powerful public safety tools. The Works With Axon program gives agencies confidence that certified vendor cameras support self-service integration to Axon Fusus, appear on the map, and connect into real-time workflows alongside Axon devices.

“This is not just about launching new tools,” said Smith. “It’s about fundamentally rethinking how we build technology in public safety—putting responsible innovation at the core, designing for the moments that matter, and extending real-time awareness into places and incidents where it’s never existed before."