Albuquerque Police Department: Real-Time Crime Center

Agency	Albuquerque Police Department
Location	Albuquerque, NM
Technology	Real-Time Crime Center
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The Albuquerque Police Department opened its real-time crime center in March 2011. This RTCC cost $800,000 and was paid through bonds and federal grants. The RTCC has 16 television screens, including a 90-inch monitor, and eight work stations. The center is staffed by four civilian crime analysts, two civilian video production workers, a video intelligence sergeant, a live operations sergeant, and a detective. As part of APD’s overall predictive policing strategy, the RTCC uses a combination of public and private cameras, a face recognition databases, and social media monitoring software.

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News article (Police Magazine)
News article (Albuquerque Journal)
Policy (Albuquerque Police Department)

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Real-Time Crime Centers are hubs where police ingest and analyze surveillance video, intelligence, and data from a number of sources in real-time.