Laredo Police Department: Real-Time Crime Center
| Agency | Laredo Police Department |
| Location | Laredo, TX |
| Technology | Real-Time Crime Center |
| Vendor |
In 2018, the Laredo Police Department received approval to establish a $1.4 million real-time crime center in the city. Most of the funding was earmarked for installing surveillance cameras around the city. Schools in the area have also agreed to feed data to the RTCC.
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Nonprofit report (Electronic Frontier Foundation)
Annual report (Laredo Police Department)
News article (KGNS)
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.