The MPD has launched two new Real Time Crime Center programs that bring in surveillance data from throughout the city to fight crime. By tapping into video from private security cameras and collecting license plate scans sent from its patrol cars, the MPD continues to build on Fast Forward’s data-driven policing strategy to keep citizens safer.
The Real Time Crime Center (RTCC) will collect video streams from private surveillance cameras from industrial and commercial sites. The images will be used to track criminals or collect information as part of an investigation.
MPD is also investing in devices that will sit on top of Memphis squad cars to scan license plates. The information will be transmitted to the RTCC to check against multiple databases for a range of offenses, including vehicle theft, outstanding warrants, and other criminal activities. If there’s a match, officers on the streets are instantly notified. MPD plans to add 65 such devices next year.
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