Fort Myers Police Department: Real-Time Crime Center
| Agency | Fort Myers Police Department |
| Location | Fort Myers, FL |
| Technology | Real-Time Crime Center |
| Vendor |
The Fort Myers Police Department launched its real-time crime center in 2018. The RTCC has access to 85 surveillance cameras placed across the city, and ShotSpotter gunshot detection sensors. According to Police Magazine, the RTCC is staffed by officers and civilian crime analysts and housed in the FMPD's Technical Operations Center. The RTCC uses automated license plate readers mounted freestanding or on cruisers in order to capture vehicle plates numbers and compare them to a database of those with possible infractions. The system is also being used to analyze crime and traffic patterns. The RTCC also relies on Live Earth, a $95,000 software tool that integrates several technologies into one map platform for real-time monitoring.
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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.