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Newark 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 Newark Police Department
Location Newark, NJ
Technology Real-Time Crime Center
Vendor

The Newark Police Department functions as the headquarters for the CorrStat Real-Time Crime Center, which has been operational since 2013. The RTCC shares information between the New Jersey Regional Operations Intelligence Center, the Newark Police Department, and other law enforcement agencies in the area. The RTCC has access to ShotSpotter gunshot detection software, automated license plate readers data, and other surveillance technologies.

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.

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