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Mobile Tower Offered for Police, Border Security 

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By Stew Magnuson 

A Dallas-based company, TerraHawk LLC, is offering a mobile, elevated surveillance post for homeland security and police applications.

The mobile utility surveillance tower, or MUST, has a capsule that is enclosed in a van, and can be deployed by one person within two minutes and reach a height of 25 feet. Its scissor mechanism has electro-hydraulic stabilizers and safety and security lock-out features that keep the capsule in place.

The capsule is climate controlled and can accommodate two people.

The company has been taking the system to police and homeland security shows and offering it as a tool for crowd control or as a border observation post.

It recently sold its first vehicle to the Norfolk, Va., police department for $130,000, according to the company’s website. It has also demonstrated the product to the Border Patrol’s special operations group in El Paso, Texas.

Thermal imaging and infrared sensors and ballistic protection for the capsule can be added, as well as customized tires and wheels for off-road use, said a company statement.
Reader Comments

Re: Mobile Tower Offered for Police, Border Security

This is a blessing to our efforts, to protect our Borders.

Rev. John L.Henderson Jr on 06/21/2010 at 05:40

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