Capital Region Crime Analysis Center: Real-Time Crime Center

Agency	Capital Region Crime Analysis Center
Location	Albany, NY
Technology	Real-Time Crime Center
Vendor

The Capital Region Crime Analysis Center (also called the Albany Crime Analysis Center) is part of a network of 10 real-time crime analysis centers supported by the New York State Division of Criminal Justice. It is housed at the Albany Police Department's South station, but serves law enforcement agencies in Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga and Schenectady counties. Established in 2009, it received a $370,000 expansion in 2016. According to a press release, the CAC "features a video wall measuring 4.5-feet high by 12-feet wide that displays multiple sources of data and information in real time, including the Albany Police computer aided dispatch log and public surveillance cameras" and crime-mapping capabilities.

Links
Government information (New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services)
News article (Times Union)
Press release (New York Governor's Office)
Other (albanycountyda.com)

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.