At Critical Communications World, PolicingTV captures a snapshot of where communications technology is heading for policing and public safety. Across the event floor, companies including Motorola Solutions, Hytera, Zebra Technologies, Rowden Technologies and Zetron outline how AI, broadband devices, control room tools and real-time data are starting to reshape the way emergency services communicate, respond and investigate.

A major thread running through the video is transition: from narrowband to broadband, from manual administration to AI-supported workflows, and from isolated systems to connected operational ecosystems. The discussion ranges from call handling and officer wellbeing to frontline devices, command platforms and secure edge environments. Together, the clips show an industry trying to balance innovation with resilience, usability and practical value for people working under pressure.

Key takeaways

• Critical Communications World is presented as a key meeting point for police technology suppliers and public safety partners.
• A major theme is the growing use of AI to support control rooms, investigations and frontline workflows.
• Motorola says AI can help reduce non-emergency demand and ease pressure on control room staff.
• Hytera highlights the shift from TETRA to LTE and the wider move into voice, video and AI-enabled data use.
• Zebra focuses on the narrowband-to-broadband transition and the frontline requirements of public safety users.
• Rowden stresses the importance of edge technologies for disconnected and denied environments.
• Zetron points to growing interest in MCX capability and ongoing development in core control room systems.
• Across the show, the overall message is that future communications systems must be connected, secure and usable under pressure.

Chapters
00:06 – Welcome to Critical Communications World
01:07 – Motorola on AI in the control room
02:55 – Hytera and the shift from TETRA to LTE
05:04 – Zebra on broadband devices for public safety
07:23 – Rowden on the edge and denied environments
08:14 – Zetron on control room development

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