Will The Microsoft Patrol Car Become A Reality?

I agree with your premise that Microsoft has entered many domains before and has had mediocre success rates...

However, this kind of thing seems to be right in their wheelhouse - since video is just data - and they are pretty good at managing data.

I'm more curious why Microsoft is branding this effort with their well-known name - rather than creating a division with a cool-sounding brand of it's own.

More likely to crash on road

What OS do current LE onboard computers use now? What other services does Microsoft claim to be adding here? All of the video stuff would seem to be a VMS, right? Not likely their own.