everyoneneedsavoice
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Thank you everyoneneedsavoice! I remember being horrified about Tynesha's case when it happened. My sympathy, which seems completely inadequate, to you and your family!!! I don't suppose there is any chance MN could have known Shepherd or had ever worked at Red Oak Place Apartments? In regards to your idea about the traffic cams, that would be fantastic if they worked like that!!! I rarely can find traffic cams that have any sort of visually useful historical data. I remember in the Natalee Holloway case, there were some "beach cams" that had some historical data. I spent too much time pouring over those images hoping to find something of use. Maybe LE has access to much better info than we do. I bet they don't have the manpower to sit and pour over the information like we would, however!!! :websleuther:
Thank you for the condolences.
Actually, HPD does have dedicated staff to "man" / watch the cameras. I was surprised when first learning this myself...as this was the first time I had seen such technology used.
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HPD tied analytics associated with crimes to incident locations, providing insights into specific incidents and trends. For example, those dealing with a crime scene can analyze all the statistics around the area, looking at what has happened within a time frame and even seeing parolees and sex offenders in the area. Users can also zoom in on a neighborhood, block or street, and see houses, cars, yards and fields.
In addition, crime center analysts have real-time access to Houston 9-1-1 calls, where they watch on a rolling screen as calls and messages go between the dispatcher and the car. Analysts work 24/7 analyzing data, generating reports on the fly, and providing information to officers in the field. Recently, for example, the emergency center received a disturbance call, and while the officers were being dispatched to the scene, analysts ran the name, found out the man creating the disturbance was a fugitive, and alerted the officers, who arrived at the scene knowing he was a fugitive and arrested him.
http://www.hendonpub.com/resources/articlearchive/details.aspx?ID=207950
Houston Police Chief Harold Hurtt said the system will enable the department to recognize crime activity and trends as they happen. He also said the data can be used in homicide investigations to "freeze all the activity that was going within a mile of that homicide (at the time of the crime)," such as reports of speeding vehicles, or other suspicious activity.
"All of that will be captured," Hurtt said on Monday. "So by the time the detective responds (to the crime scene) he will have all that."
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Every crime that happens in the city, immediately when it happens, shows up with written details and pops up on a giant map on the wall in the center. The officers and analysts in the room then immediately start working to solve the crime.
Initial staffing plans for the crime center call for 20 criminal intelligence analysts and 20 police officers, paired into teams and working at the headquarter site. At any given time, three or four teams will operate, on rotating shifts.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5236601.html
"Increased technology allows us to be able to, like you've heard a million times, do more with less. When it comes to increased technology, this is the place (HPD's 24/7 Crime Center). We have the real time information to help the officers. We have the databases to do research," says HPD Captain Charles Dunn, which means HPD solves crimes faster.
"We monitor TranStar cameras and we can monitor all the downtown cameras. If we see something of interest we can zoom in on it, get a license plate on a car," says Dunn.
http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/news/scitech/101123-houston-crime-rates
Lots of information there and other places. It's truly amazing.