I'm a private detective need to setup a new surveillance van

My company is setting up a new surveillance van. The periscope cameras we use currently are ancient. I wan to use some smaller box cameras in an existing periscope but at a pan tilt mechanism. My camera is 2.5 x 2.75 x 3", i can control all its features with a dvr and probably a pc. I would like to be able to control the camera and pan tilt with a hand held device viewing on an ipad or other device. I also want to be able to access and control the camera remotely via a mobile hotspot. I know very little about raspberry PI’s .
I would like the ability to operate the surveillance vehicle controls remotely.
Turn on battery operated heaters to keep camera defrosted.
Turn on and off the various cameras.
Operate the periscope which rises and lowers via 12 volt.
Operate the camera, dvr,
Operate the pan tilt platform in the periscope.

Any suggestions? Offers?
Thanks
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Hi @eyespy and welcome to our forum.

This seems like a rather complex project with lot of parts, installation, programming, etc. Not sure how much our forum members could help in this case.

RobotShop mostly sells cameras for hobby robotics. You can see these here: https://www.robotshop.com/collections/arducam

Also, we have some surveillance robots which you can see here, https://www.robotshop.com/collections/defense-security-surveillance , but not actually in a form of a van.