Faster Emergency Response Time – Motorola’s First Police Car Radios
Motorola, then known as Galvin Manufacturing Corporation, introduced its first commercially successful car radios, in June 1930. The device was intended initially for the general public, but soon city governments as well as police departments across Chicago and the US clamored for radios for public safety use. This was the start of Motorola’s pioneering expertise in the field of mobile communication.


