RICHMOND, Va. — Within minutes of the Feb. 21 mass shooting in Shockoe Bottom, before most investigators had even arrived on scene, analysts inside Richmond’s Capital City Intelligence Center were already pulling camera footage and tracking vehicles leaving the area.
That rapid response — powered in part by Flock license plate reader technology — would prove critical in helping detectives identify and arrest three suspects in just two weeks.
Richmond Police Chief Rick Edwards said the technology is now a routine part of how the department responds to critical incidents…