Aurora police say their Real Time Information Center has been busy, crediting the unit with helping track down stabbing suspects near East Colfax Avenue and North Dayton Street, monitoring a large gathering at Del Mar Park where officers later pulled six handguns from vehicles, and catching an alleged diesel thief on camera at an East Smith Road gas station. The department is pointing to those cases as proof that a room full of screens, cameras, and drones can stretch officers’ reach while they are out on the street.
APD’s Account Of Recent Incidents
According to X, staff in the Real Time Information Center (RTIC) and the Direct Action Response Team worked together last Friday after a stabbing near East Colfax Avenue and North Dayton Street. Using city cameras and other tools, they tracked two suspects into an alley in the area, where officers moved in and made arrests.
The department identified 30-year-old Obed Arrazola-Diaz as arrested on suspicion of first-degree assault, second-degree assault, and violating a protection order, and said a handgun reported stolen was recovered during the response. The same post credits traffic cameras and drones with helping officers locate victims and capture images of suspects while events were still unfolding.
RTIC analysts were also watching a large gathering at Del Mar Park, where, according to the department, real-time monitoring helped officers later find and remove six handguns from vehicles in the area…