New York City Police Foundation

Real Time Crime Center

The Police Foundation’s mission is to support excellence in the NYPD by sponsoring innovation. There is no better example of how funding through the Foundation enhances the NYPD than the Real Time Crime Center (RTCC).

The RTCC is the cornerstone of a visionary plan to introduce advanced technology to combat crime and equip the NYPD with the tools to meet the challenges of modern policing.

The first of its kind in the country, the center features a data warehouse and search engine with the capacity to analyze billions of records and make real time information available to detectives in the field whenever a crime takes place.

Satellite imaging and mapping technology enable a real time picture of police resources throughout the city. The system provides the Department with the ability to:

Provide 911 call location mapping to better analyze how personnel and resources are used at any given moment across the city;

Track suspects to known addresses pointing detectives to locations where they are most likely to flee;

Download cell phone images from anywhere in the city and forward these pictures directly to field investigators;

Many high profile crimes including the shooting of Officer Timoshenko and the brutal attack on a Catholic school teacher in Brooklyn were solved with information provided through the Real Time Crime Center.


	"The Center puts valuable information into the hands of detectives before they leave the squad room, so they hit the ground running in identifying and apprehending criminals."
- Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly

"With the assistance of the foundation we were able to launch the Real Time Crime Center. This new technology is a powerful tool in our commitment to protect New Yorkers and make our city even safer." -Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg

STOPPING CRIME IN REAL TIME
Police Chief Magazine

The ability to fight crime in real time - that is the vision of New York City Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner Raymond Kelly. Beginning his second term as police commissioner in 2002, Kelly knew that properly implemented technology could reduce police officers' reliance on paper reports...

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