Real-time crime centers are transforming policing – a criminologist explains how these advanced surveillance systems work
By: Kimberly Przeszlowski, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Quinnipiac University In 2021, a driver in Albuquerque, New Mexico, ran a red light, striking and killing a 7-year-old and injuring his father. The suspect fled the scene and eventually escaped to Mexico. Using camera footage and cellphone data, the Albuquerque Police Department’s real-time crime center played a crucial […]