Royal Bahamas Police Force Real Time Crime Center
Information Certainty: Documented
Deployment Purpose: Criminal investigations, Surveillance
| Summary |
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| The Royal Bahamas Police have established a real time crime center. Connected to the expansion of CCTV and aerial surveillance across the islands, the center facilitates cooperation between the agencies and the different technologies. A large video screen provides video footage of anywhere in The Bahamas. While it is not specified whether they are using facial detection, they are using real time footage and technologies such as ShotSpotter. Some police have also begun to wear body cameras. |
Products and Institutions:
| Product Deployed | ShotSpotter Gunshot Detection |
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| Institutions ⠉ | SoundThinking |
| Datasets | |
| Search software |
Status and Events:
| Status | Ongoing |
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| Events | Start (17 February 2021, Documented, , No description) |
| Start Date | |
| End Date |
Users:
| Involved Entities | Proficient Business Services (BS) Swift Tactical Systems |
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| Managed by | Royal Bahamas Police Force |
| Used by | Royal Bahamas Defence Force Royal Bahamas Police Force |
Location:
| City | Nassau (BS) |
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| Country ⠉ | The Bahamas |
Description[ ]
The Royal Bahamas Police Force has a real time crime center. It houses a number of technologies and was coupled with a vast expansion of CCTV in the city.
The Royal Bahamas Police Force opened its Real Time Crime Center (RTCC) yesterday, a $20 million facility housing the technological arm of the force. On the grounds of police headquarters, the building will serve as a hub for closed-circuit television (CCTV), Marco’s Alert, body and dash cameras, the police control room, COVID-19 emergency lines, aerial technology and ShotSpotter technology. Police Commissioner Paul Rolle said the center pulls from the vast pool of technological resources to create safer communities. “The Real Time Crime Center streamlines these components into a centralized monitoring base that functions as the brain behind these electronic eyes on the streets,” Rolle said. “The RTCC makes live and recorded information available for easy access to assist with police investigations. This vital department within the force is pertinent to its progression.” According to Rolle, the force deployed 158 body and dash cameras in 2020 and has since recorded over 5,341 hours of footage, which assisted with complaints and corruption reports, as well as two homicide investigations 2
According to Minister for National Security Dames:
The drones in addition to the ShotSpotter gun detection technology, will have a combined effect in tackling crime. “We did talk about the establishment of a drone academy and that is coming as well as we move forward and we talked about the real-time crime centre and the Royal Bahamas Police Force is in the process of completing its real time centre as well as the defence force. It will have a large video screen and it can view any event anywhere in this country and that’s the objective there. And we intend to integrate all of this technology and so for example, we spoke about ShotSpotter, when ShotSpotter is triggered, the drones will be wired where it can respond to the gunshot,” he said. The Mount Moriah MP also said law enforcement is continuing to beef up its efforts including adding 130 new recruits to the Royal Bahamas Police Force. Several law enforcement contracts are expected to be signed in early 2020; they will include the installation of 500 new CCTV cameras and on January 3, body cameras for police officers 1
References
- a b "$17m drone deal takes crime fight to the sky". (2019) <http://www.tribune242.com/news/2019/dec/17/17m-drone-deal-takes-crime-fight-sky/> Accessed: 2022-11-18
- a b Walkine, Kyle. Police open $20 million Real Time Crime Center. , 2021.