Patrol vehicles carry rifles and shotguns in electronic locks between the seats or in the trunk. Recording when a lock is released adds an accurate, time and location stamped record to every incident. We wire gun lock status into GPS trackers for law enforcement agencies across Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Alabama, Florida and Mississippi.
Most patrol vehicle gun locks use an electric solenoid to hold the weapon. The officer releases it with a hidden switch or keypad, usually with the ignition on, and many locks have a timer so they relock if the weapon is not removed. Some locks have a status output or a release circuit that can be read safely.
Locks are often powered through the vehicle's upfit power distribution rather than directly from the battery, so every circuit is metered before anything is connected.
Wire references are in our Vehicle Wiring Database.
A release record supports incident reports, use of force reviews and evidence timelines. It also helps with accountability in the fleet, showing that locks are being used as intended and flagging unexpected releases, such as at a repair shop or after hours.
Because the record comes from the vehicle rather than a report written later, it gives investigators and supervisors an independent timeline that can be matched against radio logs, body camera video and dispatch records.
Gun lock status is often recorded alongside emergency lights, siren, panic buttons and K9 heat alarms. See our police and emergency vehicle tracking page.
Police departments, sheriff's offices, state police and highway patrol, campus police and other law enforcement agencies.
This is one of the work truck and equipment applications we wire into GPS trackers. See all of them on our PTO and equipment monitoring page, and find wire colors for your truck in our Vehicle Wiring Database.
We wire PTO monitoring into trackers from all of these brands. Need heavy duty trackers for trucks or heavy equipment? Every brand below makes them, so pick yours and we install it.
Common questions
Yes, through an isolated signal from the lock's release or status circuit.
No. It only reads the lock's status.
We install across Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Alabama, Florida and Mississippi.
We install across Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Alabama, Florida and Mississippi, at your yard, on your schedule. Call or text 803-513-1009.
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