Case Study: Stillwater Police Department achieves rugged, heat-resistant, cloud-managed fleet connectivity with Peplink MAX BR1

Stillwater Police Department - Customer Case Study

Stillwater Police Department faced mission-critical connectivity failures after consumer-grade networking gear deployed across 50 patrol vehicles began breaking down in Oklahoma’s extreme summer heat. Needing a rugged, professional-grade solution that could withstand high temperatures and preserve reliable cellular access, the department turned to Peplink and evaluated the MAX BR1 to replace the failing hardware.

Peplink supplied MAX BR1 units across the fleet (rated for -40°F to 149°F) and enabled cloud-based management with Peplink’s InControl 2 and the Router Utility app. The BR1s provide single-SIM AT&T LTE connectivity with Wi‑Fi WAN failover, low power draw to run from vehicle batteries, remote firmware rollouts and SSID/security control — eliminating heat-related failures, reducing on-site maintenance (no support contacts reported), and giving Stillwater Police Department resilient, easy-to-manage mobile networking for 50 patrol vehicles.

Stillwater Police Department

Aaron Kelly

Public Safety