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Sheriff outlines Real Time Crime Center, camera registry as tools for faster investigations
Summary
Shawnee County Sheriff Brian Hill described a real-time crime center built with roughly $3 million in grant funding, partnerships with Topeka Police and schools, and a voluntary camera-registry program that officials say has aided recent investigations.
Sheriff Brian Hill told county commissioners on May 29 that the Shawnee County Sheriff's Office has built a Real Time Crime Center intended to give investigators and patrol officers timely, actionable intelligence drawn from public and private video systems.
"We've continued to do our partnership with all the law enforcement agencies," Hill said, describing the center as a resource used in multiple recent cases. Hill said the project was built largely with nearly $3 million in grant funding and is staffed in partnership with the Topeka Police Department.
Hill and the video shown to the commission listed several incidents where the center…
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