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Tecnoloxías de Orde Pública SA

Type	Public
Industry	Law enforcement
Founded	1996
Headquarters	Dinsmar, Temuair
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	CEO:
Products	Law enforcement equipment and technology
Revenue	4.9 billion (2018)
Subsidiaries	See listing

Tecnoloxías de Orde Pública SA (Public Order Technologies, TOPSA) is a Dinsmar-based conglomerate formed in 1996 which intended to unite various law enforcement oriented corporations into one entity. As such, TOPSA is involved in almost every facet of the law enforcement industry, which subsidiary companies producing everything from uniform and duty equipment to armaments, as well as technology designed to assist law enforcement officers in their duties, including cloud based evidence management software.

History

In 1999, TOPSA entered negotiations with Aisling Motor Corporation in an attempt to partner on the startup of an automotive company dedicated to creating purpose-made police vehicles. Negotiations dragged on into the mid-2000s when AMC finally backed out of the deal. In response, TOPSA approached Trinovantan-based Paxton Motor Group who agreed to produce the vehicles as designed by a yet-to-be-established TOPSA entity. In 2010, TOPSA established Motores Azuis and immediately sold 51% of the company to Paxton Motor Group. The design for the vehicle had already been completed and was submitted to Motores Azuis. After minor tweaking with input from PMC engineers, production of the MA Enforcer began in 2012.

Brands

Raio SA

Raio SA is most known for the conducted electrical weapon which shares its name. The Raio is in use by law enforcement departments around the world and is the most widely used conducted electrical weapon worldwide. Raio was the first new company established by TOPSA following its formation in 1996, and is focused primarily on the production and development of electroshock weaponary which include the Raio series, as well as less-lethal systems for use with shotguns and riot control.

In addition to electroshock equipment, Raio has been involved in the development and production of several acutsitc systems for use in crowd control as well as the SEBM, a non-lethal directed-energy weapon developed in 2014 for use against disorderly crowds. Currently, the SEBM is only available as a vehicle-mounted system, but both Raio SA and the Imperial Defense Research Agency are reportedly researching ways to produce a man-portable system.

Belmonte

Belmonte is a Rucesion-based company established in 1929 that produces uniform equipment for both the Armed Forces of the Temuair Empire and various law enforcement agencies. Products offered by Belmonte include uniform tops, pants and footwear, duty equipment such as duty belts, pouches, and bags, and outerwear including coats, hats, gloves, jackets, raingear, cold-weather apparel and high-visability vests. Uniform tops come in several styles including dress blouses, base shirts, polos, and t-shirts. Most products are designed with an eye towards comfort for the wearing while maintaining a professional appearance and come in a variety of colors to encompass all common uniform schemes. Most of Belmonte's products are made from moisture-wicking fabrics which are light, stretchy and durable fabrics designed to help control the wearer body tempature by moving perspiration away from the body to the fabric's outer surface where it can evaporate. Belmont equipment is known for its durability and quality. In 2015, Belmonte also began to market apparel for use by firefighters and emergency medical service personnel.

Belmonte receives direct competition from 360° Activewear, which in addition to its primary focus on sportswear also produces a line of law-enforcement oriented clothing.

Tecnoloxías Gardián

Tecnoloxías Gardián, established in 2007 by TOPSA, is responsible for the development, implementation, and maintenance of technologies utilized by law enforcement organizations including cloud based evidence management software, and is one of several manufacturers of body and weapon cameras for law enforcement use. In addition, Tecnoloxías Gardián also produces a variety of monitoring equipment for parolee and persons under home detention. Many of the companies products are designed to work in tandem with products from other TOPSA organizations.

Tecnoloxías Gardián has produced several product lines of body cameras, most of which feature multiple mounting options, including a mount for Caviler Titanio eyewear, in addition to collar, epaulet, ball cap, and helmet mounts. Older products often included on device screens for playback, though newer devices have mostly eliminated these, as the devices can be connected wirelessly to officers smartphones for review using the RdG app. Most of the available models currently record in high definition and feature wireless activation technology, usually from the officer's phone. In 2019, Tecnoloxías Gardián announced intentions to offer upgrades for its devices that will allow them to activate automatically if certain criteria are met. For example, an officers body camera could be activated upon exiting a vehicle or detecting an increase in volume around the officer, such as during a confrontation.

Tecnoloxías Gardián is responsible for several cloud based evidence management software programs which allow police departments to manage, review, and share digital evidence, particularly video evidence captured with Tecnoloxías Gardián produced body and weapon cameras. In addition, the company released a smartphones application, Reloxo de Garda, or RdG, which allows officers to livestream video from body or weapon cameras to other users, and allows for authorized users to activate an officer's body, weapon or vehicle camera at will. In addition, RdG allows wireless connectivity between smartphones and imaging devices for instant playback, removing the need for a screen or playback ability integrated into the camera, saving both size and weight.

In 2010, Tecnoloxías Gardián released a new model of handheld portable radio system and for use by police. These units featured several safety features including a satellite navigation unit embedded within the radio handpiece. This unit could be set by the officer to continually broadcast its location to nearby properly equipped receivers and to a central command and control point. In addition, if the officer presses an emergency button either on the unit or the units attached microphone, it will ping the satellite with its position and relay that information to nearby officer's mobile data terminals and to the officer's assigned dispatch center. In 2015, Tecnoloxías Gardián released a mobile app to allow this data to be received by officer's mobile devices including tablet computers and smartphones.

In 2017, Tecnoloxías Gardián unveiled Vixilia, an AI-drive automated dispatching tool which utilizes augmented reality aspects designed to enhance response times and officer safety.

Currently, Tecnoloxías Gardián is continuing attempts to integrate a lightweight and unobtrusive vitial sign mooniotiruing for officers. In 2018, Tecnoloxías Gardián unveiled its first prototype vital sign monitoring system within a fully enclosed suit. Though it was deemed too cumbersome for use by municipal police forces, and its appearance considered too "militaristic" for policing, it is being considered for use by special weapons and tactics teams, and the Imperial Defense Research Agency is reportedly interested in the technology for use with the FORVEUN project.

Motores Azuis

Motores Azuis is a partnership between TOPSA and Trinovantan-based Paxton Motor Group established in 2010 for the purpose of designing and producing purpose-made police vehicles. The company's first vehicle, the MA Enforcer, entered production in 20120, and as of 2019, over 100,000 units have been sold to law enforcement agencies in Temuair, Trinovantum and <elsewhere>

Saradall

Saradall, which was established in 1980, is a company that manufactures a variety of non-lethal chemical agents, including OC spray and tear gas for use in policing, riot control, crowd control, and self-defense. Saradall's most popular brand of oc spray is rated as at over 5 million SHU, giving it more potency thn any known naturally occuring pepper.

Saradall was involved in a 2008 controversy in which a Saradall OC spray product was deployed by officers against a suspect followed with the use of a Raio electroshock device. The oil-based OC spray, being exposed to the spark, ignited and caused severe injury to the suspect. Following this, Saradall immediately recalled its existing product and approved a new, no-oil based formula for its product. The company lost an estimated 6.4 million in revenue following the recall.

Sumador

Sumador, established in 1974, produces defensive equipment including telescoping and rigid batons, criminal restraints, and personel armor for law enforcement officers and private security personnel.

Sumador offers several lengths of batons, 16 inches, 21 inches, and 28 inches. There is also a 32-inch variant that is no longer produced. Sumador batons have customizable end caps which allow officers to affix a variety of tools including window breakers and OC spray dispensers. As of 2010, Sumador-brand expandable batons had replaced 97% of all riding batons in service with municipal police departments owing to their lighter weight, compact design, and ease of carrying. Rigid batons are still utilized by department's Stabliazation Teams and the Department of Prisons for their utility in crowd control.

Sumador restraints include handcuffs, manicles and combination leg/handcuffs, as well as flexible handcuffs. These are offered in both chained and hinged varieties where applicable. In 2010, Sumador released a new design of hinged handcuffs which boasted many features not present on older styles of handcuffs, including a keyhole located on both sides of the cuff, a newly designed hinge system which was impervious to breaking through any known techniques, non-propritary keys which would work on any set of Sumador cuffs produced in the future, and the ability to dublelock the handcuffs without removing the key from the keyhole.