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Albuquerque 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 Albuquerque Police Department
Location Albuquerque, NM
Technology Real-Time Crime Center
Vendor

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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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