Detective Dana Faye and Chief Inspector John Hodges, commanding officer of the Detective Division, monitor a
developing investigation in the Real Time Crime Center
HAWTHORNE – The Westchester County Police Real Time Crime Center has proven itself to be an effective tool in catching the bad guys. In its first two months of operations it has led to arrests in robbery, burglary and stolen car cases.
Staffed by detectives, the crime center leverages several modern technologies and public-private partnerships to take crime-fighting to the next level.
The center operates out of county police headquarters in Hawthorne using a massive data warehouse including shared law enforcement databases of police, corrections and probation records and cases; public records and other open-source data; live traffic cameras; license plate readers; tracking technologies and other tools, including facial recognition software.
Grant funding has paid for some of the technology, equipment and software.
In the first two months, the Real Time Crime Center has helped solve a Greenburgh robbery, a burglary and robbery in Mount Kisco, a burglary in Bedford, arrest four people driving stolen cars in the county, and identify a ring of thieves stealing high-end handbags from stores.
“Technology is always evolving and so does our use of it to respond to crime patterns and criminal incidents in real time,” said Police Commissioner George Longworth. “The Real Time Crime Center will help make Westchester safer for all who live and work here.”
