St. Louis 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	St. Louis Police Department
Location	St. Louis, MO
Technology	Real-Time Crime Center
Vendor

The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department has operated a real-time crime center since May 2015. The RTCC has access to over 600 police and city cameras, more than 200 automated license plate reader, and a network of ShotSpotter gunshot detection sensors. It also has access to an estimated 1,300 additional cameras from businesses in St. Louis. SLMPD also uses Hunchlab (now Shotspotter Connect) predictive policing software.

Links
Government information (St. Louis Police Department)
News article (St. Louis American)
News article (The Verge)
Other (www.riverfronttimes.com)

More about this technology

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