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VIPD outlines camera expansion, RTCC and drone plans; consent-decree progress reported
Summary
Assistant Commissioner Sean Santos told the committee VIPD completed phase 2 of its territory-wide camera expansion and is integrating real-time crime center software; the department aims for RTCCs and a drone-as-first-responder program to be operational by midyear and reported progress toward consent-decree compliance.
The Virgin Islands Police Department told legislators on Feb. 13 that it is advancing a multi-part technology modernization while continuing work on the federal consent decree.
Assistant Commissioner Sean Santos said the department has "successfully completed phase 2" of a territory-wide public-safety camera expansion and that a license-plate-reader pilot is fully installed and operational. He described the completion of RTCC phase 1 hardware and said phase 2 software integration is underway; his office advised the committee that the department—s strategic objective is to have both real-time crime centers fully operational by July.
Santos described a drone-as-first-responder program that will provide rapid aerial…
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