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Laredo Police Department: Real-Time Crime Center

President Obama speaks to a police officer in a room full of computer monitors.
President Obama visits the Camden, New Jersey Real-Time Crime center in 2015.
Credit: Obama White House Archives
Agency Laredo Police Department
Location Laredo, TX
Technology Real-Time Crime Center
Vendor

In 2018, the Laredo Police Department received approval to establish a $1.4 million real-time crime center in the city. Most of the funding was earmarked for installing surveillance cameras around the city. Schools in the area have also agreed to feed data to the RTCC.

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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.

President Obama speaks to a police officer in a room full of computer monitors.
President Obama visits the Camden, New Jersey Real-Time Crime center in 2015.
Credit: Obama White House Archives