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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department: Real-Time Crime Center

Agency Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department
Location Charlotte, NC
Technology Real-Time Crime Center
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The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department's real-time crime center has been operating since 2013. The RTCC has access to over 1,000 cameras across the city, and is connected to at least 95 fixed automated license plate readers. Around 13 mobile ALPRs are attached to mobile message/radar trailers and a gunshot detection system. As of April 2013, CMPD'S RTCC has also had access to numerous data-sharing networks, including: LexisNexis, NCAWARE, CJLEADS, LiNX, the CMPD records management system, the North Carolina Crime Information Center, and the National Crime Information Center.

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Real-Time Crime Centers are hubs where police ingest and analyze surveillance video, intelligence, and data from a number of sources in real-time.