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Albany police pitch tech investments as staffing shortfall continues
Summary
Albany Police Department presented crime trends and technology plans to the City Commission on June 3, highlighting declines in some gunshot alerts, expanded license-plate readers, a proposed drone-first-responder pilot and ongoing recruitment and training efforts amid staffing gaps.
Albany police told the City Commission on June 3 that they are investing in technology to supplement but not replace sworn officers as they try to address persistent gun violence and staffing shortages.
Chief Johnson, Albany Police Department, presented an executive summary of January through April data and said total reported incidents ranged from 561 in February to 665 in April, with a reported clearance rate of 89% for investigative cases in February. He said Raven gunshot-detection activations fell from a January high of 306 to 194 in April, a decline he described as a 36% drop from January levels. "We cleared 89% of investigative cases that we responded to in February," he said.
Johnson outlined technology investments the department is pursuing, including 24 additional license-plate…
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