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Cincinnati 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 Cincinnati Police Department
Location Cincinnati, OH
Technology Real-Time Crime Center
Vendor

The Cincinnati Police Department began a video surveillance system as part of a partnership in 2008 with the Federal Signal Corporation, Genetec, Axis Communications, and Firetide. Today, this camera system feeds directly into the CPD's Real-Time Crime Center. The RTCC also has access to automated license plate reader technology and predictive policing software.

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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.

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