SurveillanceGrid’s Innovative Solutions Help Make Hollister Motorcycle Rally A Success

CA-Based integrator SurveillanceGrid teams up with industry leaders to deploy forward-thinking event security for Hollister CA's annual Independence Day biker rally.

HOLLISTER, Calif., August 19, 2026--SurveillanceGrid today announced the successful deployment of three innovative security technologies during the 2026 Hollister Independence Day Motorcycle Rally: a mobile CruiserCam, an intelligent traffic monitoring station, and AI-powered firearm detection. Each served a distinct mission while leveraging proven technologies from industry-leading partners, including Solis Energy, Axis Communications, Sorama, Hanwha Vision, Scylla AI, and Starlink.

The city's large-scale annual gathering attracts thousands of riders and visitors from across the United States, presenting unique security challenges: dense crowds and heavy vehicle traffic in a dynamic environment with a large geographical footprint – all staged in a temporary event setting. This situation creates the need for increased surveillance coverage that can be deployed strategically with reliable communication and power.

SurveillanceGrid's solutions, each designed to address operational challenges throughout the event demonstrated how resilient power, advanced sensing, reliable communications, and artificial intelligence can be combined into scalable security systems.

Solution 1: CruiserCam

For flexible event monitoring, SurveillanceGrid developed a mobile "CruiserCam." A retired Ford Police Interceptor was retrofitted with an extendable and retractable mast, three Axis cameras (Axis PTZ Q6358, Axis Q6300, Axis P3268), satellite and LTE connectivity from Starlink and Teltonika's M50 router, and onboard power from Solis Energy's SPP Solar Power Plant. Together, these technologies created a flexible surveillance system that could be positioned wherever coverage was needed, providing multi-angle monitoring, reliable communications, and self-sufficient off-grid power. SurveillanceGrid CEO Warren Hackbarth on the CruiserCam's reliability in the field: "All of the equipment for the CruiserCam ran flawlessly for the entire 3 days using only 50 percent of the 2 100Ah lithium batteries. With the ability to add up to 8 batteries, this mobile platform will support high-energy-consuming solutions for extended operation. That's impressive."

Beyond its flexibility and reliability, the CruiserCam demonstrates the practicality of repurposing existing resources. By building a deployment on a patrol vehicle scheduled for surplus, the system gave the Ford Police Interceptor new life as a security asset that can continue serving the city for years to come.