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Spokane County sheriff—s real-time crime center details technology, mobile units and regional assists
Summary
Sheriff—s real-time crime center staff updated commissioners on staffing, deployments of mobile surveillance "COW" units, software integrations and regional requests; presenters said the center has helped investigators, saved staff hours and is exploring subscription funding with partners.
Spokane County—s Real-Time Crime Center staff told the Board of County Commissioners on June 17 that layered surveillance, license-plate readers and new data platforms are producing arrests and investigative leads while saving investigator time.
"We—re dedicated to ensuring the safety and security of the community," Justin Elliott, presenting for the Real-Time Crime Center, said during the quarterly briefing. "We're gonna harness this technology, and provide rapid actual intelligence to deputies and officers."
The presentation described current staffing, recent operational changes and a series of technology integrations. The center runs a team of analysts and a suite of tools that county staff said streamlines investigations by bringing data from multiple systems into a single searchable interface (Peregrine) and by enabling live video, automatic license-plate reader (ALPR)…
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