Genetec

🇨🇦 Canada — Montréal

The structural contrast: agency-controlled deployments, customer-owned data, no vendor-run national search pool — and cert-verified radio-silent hardware.

The company

Privately held, founded 1997, headquartered in Montréal. One of the world's largest physical-security software companies; AutoVu is its ALPR line and Canada's most-deployed. Canada's most-deployed ALPR vendor (Montreal) — Brampton's intersections, UBC.

The platform: Security Center / AutoVu

Agency-controlled deployments with no vendor-run national search pool. Canada's most-deployed ALPR software.

Attribute search. Vehicle type, colour, direction, speed — works with partial or no plate (Cloudrunner ML Core).
Customer-owned data. Sharing beyond the agency requires the agency to build it; Canadian cloud hosting available.

📎 On the record: Genetec holds zero radio certifications and runs no cross-agency lookup — the counter-example showing the dragnet is a business-model choice, not a technical necessity.

Sources: Genetec AutoVu product page · Cloudrunner launch release

The hardware — model by model

AutoVu SharpV G3

Fixed ALPR — pole/wall

Radios: Optional LTE Cat-4 module (PTCRB-certified; AT&T/Verizon/FirstNet B14) + multi-constellation GNSS. No Wi-Fi, no Bluetooth. No-radio variants are certified as unintentional radiators only
Imaging: ALPR sensor 1920×1200 @30fps monochrome global shutter + colour context sensor; pulsed LED illuminator (940/850/740/590nm), works at 0 lux; capture range 3–45m; motorized remote focus/zoom
Power: PoE++ (802.3bt) or 24VDC; IP66/IP67, −40 to +65°C
Notes: Brampton's intersection cameras are this family.

Sources: SharpV datasheet (PDF) · SharpV 4G LTE release (PTCRB/FirstNet) · FCC applicant search: zero Genetec filings

AutoVu SharpZ3

In-car ALPR — trunk unit + roof camera pods

Radios: NO radios at all — FCC Part 15B only. Optional GNSS+IMU expansion is receive-only. Data rides the patrol vehicle's own network
Imaging: ALPR + context sensors 1456×1088 @30fps (mono global shutter + colour); pulsed illuminator options
Power: Vehicle 12/24VDC, ~50–98W system
Notes: An ALPR unit that physically cannot transmit anything itself.

Sources: SharpZ3 specifications (Genetec techdocs) · SharpZ3 datasheet

Cloudrunner CR-H2

Quick-deploy solar ALPR — straps to poles

Radios: LTE Cat-4 (bands 2/4/5/13/66 + FirstNet B14) + GNSS only — no Wi-Fi, no Bluetooth (verified via its Verizon device certification)
Imaging: High-definition day/night capture; exact sensor specs not published
Power: Solar panel + internal LiFePO4 battery; optional 12VDC
Notes: The quick-deploy answer to Flock's Falcon — minus the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

Sources: Verizon device certification listing (LTE+GPS, no Wi-Fi/BT) · Cloudrunner installation guide

Certification record: Direct queries of both regulators come back empty: zero FCC applications and zero ISED listings under Genetec's name — LTE rides pre-certified third-party modules. Verify: FCC applicant search (no Genetec records) · ISED Radio Equipment List (no Genetec records)

⚠ The counter-example: no cross-agency pool, customer-owned data, radio-silent hardware. Retention is still customer-set. Sources: Genetec AutoVu product page

Every specification above traces to a certification filing, teardown, carrier device listing, or the vendor's own datasheet — the full paper trail with links lives in the open research base.