How Providence Police Are Tapping Into Camera Network Citywide to Combat Crime

Providence opens R.I.’s first ‘real time crime center’

The inside of the newly-launched Real Time Crime Center at the Providence Police Department. (Courtesy photo from the city of Providence)Providence Police are now tapping into private cameras to try to solve crimes quicker — and it’s all being done voluntarily. The city this week announced the launch of a “Real Time Crime Center” where detectives can access live feeds from hundreds of cameras to gather “actionable” information to rapidly respond…

Providence Police highlight 'limitless' benefits of new real-time crime center

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — The Providence Police Department is upping its game, with the state’s first real-time crime center. Detective Sergeant Jonathan Primiano has been with the department for 23 years and led the effort to open the center. “I can tell you that the benefits of this center are limitless to the officers in the field, to the guys who are in the task force developing information, [and] to the investigators who work in the detecti…

How Providence police are tapping into camera network citywide to combat crime

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