Providence Mayor Brett Smiley is under pressure both locally and nationally for crime in the city. Now, after years of delay, he is finally poised to launch a dedicated “real-time crime center “— an initiative that began under then-Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza.
The new initiative integrates all the major technologies currently used by the Providence Police.
The funding for the “real-time crime center” facility comes from a $1 million federal grant submitted by the Elorza administration and then-Police Chief Hugh Clements…