Broward 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	Broward County Sheriff's Office
Location	Fort Lauderdale, FL
Technology	Real-Time Crime Center
Vendor

The Broward County Sheriff’s Office launced its real-time crime center in 2019. According to a press release, the $2 million dollar RTCC has access to over 10,000 cameras across 260 public schools and administrative buildings in Broward County. The RTCC is also connected to the department’s automated license plate reader system, the SaferWatch mobile application, and other surveillance technologies.

Links
Press release (Broward County Sheriff's Office)
News article (CBS)
News article (Sun Sentinel)

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.