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NYC adds “Real Time” Crime Fighting to its Arsenal

by Darren

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I reported a while back on the addition of 500 wireless security cameras in NYC

Crime fighting in New York has become serious business, and Mayor Bloomberg has unveiled an 11 million “Real Time Crime Center”, a technology center that is changing the way crimes are solved.

The crime center was launched last year based on the theory that real-time tips would “increase the likelihood that we can catch criminals before they strike again,” Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said.

Detectives once needed days or weeks to knock on doors, work the phones and analyze data, often sifting through paper records by hand as suspects roamed free. Now, officials say, they have instantaneous access to computerized records.

The database describing tattoos of convicted criminals is the tip of the high-tech iceberg at detectives’ disposal. It contains 120 million city records of criminal complaints, warrants and 911 calls dating back 10 years. It also has 5 million state criminal and parole records and 35 billion property and other public records.

The center also uses satellite imaging and computerized mapping systems to identify geographic patterns of crimes, and to pinpoint possible addresses where suspects might flee — information relayed to investigators on the street via phone or wireless laptop computer.

Crime is getting tougher every day! Especially in New York City.

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