Houston Police Department: Real-Time Crime Center
Agency | Houston Police Department |
Location | Houston, TX |
Technology | Real-Time Crime Center |
Vendor | /th/search?locale=th |
The Houston Police Department merged two units—command center and the crime analysis division—into a singular, 24-hour crime center in 2008. The RTCC’s goal is “to disseminate crime information and investigative-support data to officers and investigators in the field in ‘real-time’ as an incident occurs.” The RTCC employs 12 civilian criminal intelligence analysts and 22 officers.
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Government information (Houston Police Department)
News article (Chron)
News article (Police One)
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.