// License plate cameras
Considering Flock cameras? Own your system instead.
Flock and similar services deliver license plate capture as a subscription: leased cameras, per-camera annual fees, and footage that lives in their cloud. We install enterprise camera systems that do the same job — plate capture, vehicle alerts, shared footage — on hardware your community or business owns.
Serving HOA communities & businesses across the Wasatch Front
// The difference
Subscription ALPR services are easy to start and expensive to keep. The fee comes back every year, for every camera, for as long as you want the system to work — and if the subscription ends, so do the cameras. Over a few years, an HOA can spend more renting plate readers than it would have spent owning a full surveillance system.
An owned system flips that: you pay once for hardware and installation, footage records on your property, and adding a camera costs the price of a camera. Modern enterprise platforms read plates and flag vehicles on the camera itself — capability that used to require a cloud service is now built into hardware you can simply buy.
// Side by side
Subscription ALPR vs. a system you own
| Subscription ALPR service | Owned system from HCS | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardware | Subscription ALPR services lease it; stop paying and it goes dark. | You buy it once. It is yours. |
| Ongoing cost | Per-camera annual fees, renewed forever. | No per-camera subscription. Optional support plan if you want us on call. |
| Your footage | Stored in the vendor’s cloud, on their retention terms. | Stored on your property, on your terms. |
| Coverage | Focused on plate capture at entry points. | Plate capture plus full-property surveillance from the same system. |
| Expansion | Each added camera adds an annual fee. | Add cameras for the cost of the camera. |
| Support | A national vendor’s queue. | A local Wasatch Front team that installed the system. |
// Nothing given up
Everything you wanted the subscription for
License plate capture
Purpose-built LPR cameras read plates day and night at community entrances and drive lanes.
Vehicle detection & alerts
On-device AI flags vehicles and people the moment they appear — no cloud round-trip required.
Searchable history
Find a plate, a vehicle, or a time window in seconds instead of scrubbing hours of footage.
Share with law enforcement
Export and hand clips to police when you choose to — the footage is yours to give.
View from anywhere
Live views and playback from any phone or desktop, for the people you authorize.
Local recording
Footage records on-site on your own hardware and keeps recording if the internet drops.
// Process
How it works
STEP 01
Walkthrough
We assess your property on-site — what’s there, what’s failing, and what you actually need.
STEP 02
Design
A system engineered around how your property actually works — not a catalog page.
STEP 03
Install
Our own team installs, cables, and configures everything end to end.
STEP 04
Support
Ongoing management and a team that picks up the phone when you call.
Since 2019, 200+ Wasatch Front communities and businesses have trusted us with their security and technology.
Get both quotes, then decide.
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