Kent County officials outline real‑time intelligence center, drone integration for faster responses

Kent County law‑enforcement leaders on Nov. 10 briefed the Walker City Commission on plans for a countywide real‑time intelligence center that would consolidate disparate camera and sensor feeds — including schools, municipal systems and willing commercial partners — into a single platform to speed emergency response and investigations.

"This is a program that takes a lot of existing, disparate technology and consolidates it into a single pane of glass," Captain Roone of the Kent County Sheriff’s Office told the commission. He said the system, running on a platform the presenters identified as FUSIS, is being offered at little to no cost to participating schools or businesses because grant and philanthropic funding cover most expenses.

Roone and colleagues said the system is governed by memoranda of understanding and federal privacy rules: "This is all…