St. Louis Police Department: Real-Time Crime Center
Agency | St. Louis Police Department |
Location | St. Louis, MO |
Technology | Real-Time Crime Center |
Vendor |
The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department has operated a real-time crime center since May 2015. The RTCC has access to over 600 police and city cameras, more than 200 automated license plate reader, and a network of ShotSpotter gunshot detection sensors. It also has access to an estimated 1,300 additional cameras from businesses in St. Louis. SLMPD also uses Hunchlab (now Shotspotter Connect) predictive policing software.
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Government information (St. Louis Police Department)
News article (St. Louis American)
News article (The Verge)
Other (www.riverfronttimes.com)
More about this technology
Real-Time Crime Centers are hubs where police ingest and analyze surveillance, intelligence, and data from a number of sources in real-time. RTCCs are often equipped with walls of monitors with live feeds from camera networks. Analysts are often able to access a wide variety of surveillance technologies, including automated license plate readers, gunshot detection, predictive policing, and face recognition. Unlike fusion centers, RTCCs tend to be focused on local level activities and a broader range of criminal investigations.