Seattle Police Department: Real-Time Crime Center

Agency	Seattle Police Department
Location	Seattle, WA
Technology	Real-Time Crime Center
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The Seattle Police Department has operated a real-time crime center in its headquarters since 2015, funded with asset forfeiture dunds and a $400,000 federal grant. The RTCC provides analyzts with a wall of monitors that monitors criminal activity in real time. The department has also used predictive policing to identify potential crime hotspots. The analysts at the RTCC gather information collected from 911 dispatch calls, SeaStat data, radio traffic, and vehicle data, among other surveillance systems and databases.

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Government information (City of Seattle's Website)
News article (KOMO News)
News article (The Stranger)

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