Durham police developing Real Time Crime Center, hosting community meetings
>> NUMBER ONE, SOURCE FOR LOCAL
NEWS. THIS IS WRAL.
>> IN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES TURN,
POLICE ARE MEETING TO DISCUSS
A NEW CRIME FIGHTING TOOL.
THE CITY IS DEVELOPING A REAL
TIME CRIME CENTER. THANKS FOR
JOINING US. I'M LENA TILLETT
AND I'M DAN HAGGERTY. IT WOULD
GIVE POLICE ACCESS TO DATA
QUICKER AND HELP IDENTIFY
SUSPECTS FASTER WRAL'S. MONICA
CASEY IS LIVE FOR US IN DURHAM
AFTER LEARNING MORE ABOUT HOW
THIS ALL WOULD WORK. MONICA?
>> WELL, OTHER CITIES IN OUR
AREA LIKE RALEIGH ALREADY HAVE
CENTERS LIKE THIS ONE IN PLACE.
THE DURHAM POLICE DEPARTMENT IS
LOOKING TO PARTNER WITH
PEREGRINE TECHNOLOGIES TO
AGGREGATE ALL OF THEIR DATA IN
ONE PLACE. THE GOAL TO SOLVE
CRIMES FASTER AND MAKE DURHAM
SAFER.
>> THIS IS WHAT WE
CURRENTLY DO.
>> IT'S JUST ALLOWS US TO DO
IT QUICKER SOLVING CRIMES
FASTER. THAT'S THE GOAL OF
DURHAM'S REAL TIME CRIME CENTER
IN DEVELOPMENT. POLICE ARE
LOOKING AT A PARTNERSHIP WITH
PEREGRINE TECHNOLOGIES THAT
COMPANY WOULD BRING ALL OF THE
DATA SUCH AS 9-1-1. CALLS
BODY-WORN CAMERA VIDEO AND
CRIME REPORTS TOGETHER IN ONE
PLACE THAT ALLOWS US TO HAVE
CASE RESOLUTIONS FASTER AND
APPREHEND AND IDENTIFY NAMED
SUSPECTS A LITTLE BIT QUICKER.
PEREGRINE SAYS ITS PRODUCT
MAKES THE JOB EASIER FOR
OFFICERS, BUT WE REALLY SEE OUR
ROLE AS HE'S TAKING INFORMATION
THAT THE DEPARTMENT ALREADY HAS
ACCESS TO.
>> AND HOW DO WE MAKE THAT
INFORMATION MORE INSIGHTFUL,
MORE USEFUL.
>> TO HELP SOLVE PROBLEMS
DESPITE SOME PRIVACY CONCERNS
FROM SOME CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
PEREGRINES TIM SHRIVER SAYS
THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE AT DATA
BELONGS TO DURHAM.
>> IT WILL STILL BE OWNED BY
CONTROLLED BY DURHAM. AND
THERE'S NO, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES
IT'S MISUNDERSTANDINGS ABOUT A
DATA COMPANY COMING IN AND
SELLING DATA IS SHARING THE
ADDITION CHAIR. WE DID WE EVER
DO ANY OF THAT?
>> NOW BEFORE DURHAM CITY
COUNCIL SIGNED OFF ON USING
THIS PLATFORM. THEY WANT TO
HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC, THE
DURHAM POLICE DEPARTMENT IS
HOSTING MULTIPLE TOWN HALLS
OVER THE NEXT 2 WEEKS,
INCLUDING ONE THAT STARTS AT
6 O'CLOCK TONIGHT AT THE WEAVER
STREET RECREATION CENTER.
PEREGRINE WRAPS WILL ALSO BE
THERE ON SITE TO ANSWER YOUR
QUESTIONS LIVE IN DURHAM,
MONICA CASEY, WRAL NEWS.
AND THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING
OF CONVERSATIONS AROUND
DURHAM'S REAL TIME CRIME