Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell and Seattle Police Department (SPD) Chief Shon Barnes officially unveiled the city’s Real Time Crime Center (RTCC).
It is a high-tech center on the 7th floor of SPD’s headquarters in downtown Seattle, but its reach is citywide.
A team of analysts works 19 hours a day, seven days a week. They monitor video and data streams to provide real-time analysis to officers on the street. The center has already supported hundreds of investigations.
Seattle Police Department’s crime center seeing success but raising privacy concerns
The center officially went online on May 20. There have already been early successes in identifying suspects, assisting with locations, and making arrests. But there are concerns about privacy…