New York, NY — July 2025 — ARMS, a Vertica Capital Partners portfolio company and leading provider of cloud-based public safety software, today announced it has joined forces with Cardinal Tracking, a provider of smart parking management and citation solutions for municipalities and law enforcement agencies nationwide.
The combination adds an important new product vertical to the ARMS platform and deepens the company’s ability to serve the operational needs of local government and public safety organizations.
Smart Parking Meets Public Safety
Cardinal Tracking’s platform provides municipalities and agencies with tools for automated license plate recognition (ALPR), digital citation issuance, permit management, and parking enforcement analytics. The software is used by hundreds of jurisdictions to modernize parking operations, increase revenue recovery, and improve compliance.
For ARMS customers, the addition of Cardinal Tracking’s capabilities means agencies can manage patrol, records, dispatch, and parking enforcement from a single integrated platform — reducing vendor complexity and improving data sharing across departments.
Accelerating the Platform Strategy
This acquisition reflects the strategic playbook that Vertica Capital Partners and ARMS have developed together since Vertica’s initial investment in August 2023. By identifying adjacent product categories that serve the same customer base, ARMS is methodically building the most comprehensive cloud-based public safety platform available to law enforcement agencies.
Vertica has supported the acquisition strategy from sourcing through integration, leveraging its experience across more than 60 software investments and multiple successful add-on acquisitions across its portfolio.
“Parking enforcement is a critical function for municipalities that is often managed by outdated systems disconnected from the rest of an agency’s technology stack. By combining Cardinal Tracking with ARMS, we’re giving agencies a modern, unified solution that makes their operations more efficient and their data more actionable.” — Philip Vorobeychik, Managing Director and Co-Founder
About ARMS
Founded in 1988, ARMS is a leading provider of records management, computer-aided dispatch, and public safety technology solutions for law enforcement agencies. The company serves over 900 agencies across 45 states and is backed by Vertica Capital Partners.
About Vertica Capital Partners
Vertica Capital Partners is a growth equity firm managing over $1 billion in capital focused exclusively on mission-critical vertical software and tech-enabled service businesses. For more information, visit www.verticacp.com.