Montgomery County Sheriff's Office: 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	Montgomery County Sheriff's Office
Location	Conroe, TX
Technology	Real-Time Crime Center
Vendor

The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office began developing its real-time crime center in 2017. The RTCC access calls for service, surveillance cameras, CAD (Computer Aided Dispatch). The department also contracted with Motorola Solutions for automated license plate readers and CommandCentral Real-Time Situational Awareness Software.

Links
News article (The Courier)
Government information (The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office)
Vendor information (Motorola Solutions)

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.