Real-Time Policing: When Moments Matter

What’s a real-time center?

How do you build one?

What are the benefits and pitfalls to avoid?

Do you need a million dollar grant? Or can you build it with a tenacious team and a small budget?

What we do know... Technology is leveling the playing field — between bad actors with nefarious intentions and law enforcement who are using tech to stay a step ahead.

Our hosts, Dalton Webb and Jamie Hudson, will explore all of that and more from the real-time center at Cobb County PD in Georgia.

In this first episode they’ll walk you through their backgrounds and journeys into the world of real-time policing – and how you can either take your first step into this world or improve your current footprint for maximum impact in your city.

Last episode we learned what brought our hosts Dalton Webb and Jamie Hudson into the world of real time policing.

This episode we’ll lean into what it looks like to build a center specific to your agency’s needs.

Why are these centers rising in popularity amongst law enforcement? Do you need one? What does it take to stand one up? What type of staffing do you need?

Plus, we’ll hear a story about an agency that stood up a real time center for just $2,000.

Once you decide to build a real-time crime center, where do you go from there?

What led you to this decision? What is your “why” for choosing this path? How will you justify the spend? How will you make choices for what tech to choose, which people to staff, what steps to take in what order?

How do the aesthetics play into the larger impression that the center makes on your staff, agency, elected officials and community?

Let’s walk through how this room can be deployed to the best outcomes for your city.

Crime Analyst. Crime analysis. What does it mean? What does this role do?

Are they sworn? Are they civilians? Do you use a hybrid model? How do they support the function of a real-time center?

Jamie and Dalton will delve into all the specifics in episode 4.

In this episode, Jamie and Dalton sit down with Captain Hull and Lieutenant Thorp live from Cobb County PD’s Real Time Crime Center in Georgia.

They’ll share what it took to build one of the premiere real-time centers in the nation, what they learned along the way, and what they’re planning for.

With large scale events on the horizon like the MLB All-Star Game, what are they prepping for? What technology are they using to ensure a safe city for residents and visiting tourists?

How do they approach staffing their real-time center? What do they wish they’d known from the outset?

Let’s find out straight from the source in today’s episode.