What is a real-time crime center?

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12/03/24 • 30 min

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.

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.

Next Episode

Do you need a real-time crime center?

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.