KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) -Knoxville Police Department officials are looking for money to expand the department’s surveillance technology, hoping to cut response times.
The department plans to ask Knoxville City Council on Tuesday to extend a contract by about $9.5 million. That money would fund 12 new drones, 12 docking stations positioned strategically throughout the city and additional equipment including body cameras and dash cams for new recruits.
The expansion builds on the department’s Real-Time Information Center, or RTIC, a system developed over three years that combines police cameras with voluntarily shared business security footage to give officers immediate intelligence about incidents. A new camera was recently installed on Chapman Highway…