A Real-Time Crime Center, also called an RTCC, is on its way to San Joaquin County.State and county leaders said $838,600 in federal funding will help make the center a reality for the San Joaquin Sheriff’s Office.It’s something businesses welcome. Even with surveillance cameras, J & L Market Deli employee Cynthia Perez said there is still not enough security. But a Real-Time Crime Center might be.”That would help with that, you know, that somebody is watching. You know, they’ll feel safer like,” Perez said. “Somebody comes and tries to do something, they have cameras. They can see what car they came in or where they came from.”“It’s going to make sure that when we have a police officer that’s executing an arrest or conducting a search warrant, that they have the best possible information from all the cameras and the surveillance equipment that they need all across our county to keep that officer safe and to make sure that they come out keeping our community safe as well,” said Congressman Josh Harder.San Joaquin County Sheriff Pat Withrow said with an RTCC, the possibilities are endless. “Just imagine, once we get cameras and everything up on the wall, all the monitors where they can be monitoring what’s happened as soon as a call comes in, as the officers responding, they’ll be able to turn those cameras on, look at what’s going down in the area, and maybe see what’s happening as the crime arrives, and that makes it safer,” Withrow said.Officials said the center will help deputies fight crime and prevent it.”We were able to log and monitor crime trends. So if we’re starting to see an increase in robberies or an increase in aggravated assaults or thefts, whatever it may be, violent crime, property crime,” said Emily Valenzuela, a crime analyst for the San Joaquin Sheriff’s Office. “We can monitor that ahead of time and essentially predict or reduce it, hopefully, moving forward.”Withrow said the goal is to have the center up and running by the end of the year. More than $300,000 in federal funding is also heading to the Tracy Police Department to create its own Real-Time Crime Center.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY, Calif. —
A Real-Time Crime Center, also called an RTCC, is on its way to San Joaquin County.
State and county leaders said $838,600 in federal funding will help make the center a reality for the San Joaquin Sheriff’s Office.
It’s something businesses welcome.
Even with surveillance cameras, J & L Market Deli employee Cynthia Perez said there is still not enough security. But a Real-Time Crime Center might be.
“That would help with that, you know, that somebody is watching. You know, they’ll feel safer like,” Perez said. “Somebody comes and tries to do something, they have cameras. They can see what car they came in or where they came from.”
“It’s going to make sure that when we have a police officer that’s executing an arrest or conducting a search warrant, that they have the best possible information from all the cameras and the surveillance equipment that they need all across our county to keep that officer safe and to make sure that they come out keeping our community safe as well,” said Congressman Josh Harder.
San Joaquin County Sheriff Pat Withrow said with an RTCC, the possibilities are endless.
“Just imagine, once we get cameras and everything up on the wall, all the monitors where they can be monitoring what’s happened as soon as a call comes in, as the officers responding, they’ll be able to turn those cameras on, look at what’s going down in the area, and maybe see what’s happening as the crime arrives, and that makes it safer,” Withrow said.
Officials said the center will help deputies fight crime and prevent it.
“We were able to log and monitor crime trends. So if we’re starting to see an increase in robberies or an increase in aggravated assaults or thefts, whatever it may be, violent crime, property crime,” said Emily Valenzuela, a crime analyst for the San Joaquin Sheriff’s Office. “We can monitor that ahead of time and essentially predict or reduce it, hopefully, moving forward.”
Withrow said the goal is to have the center up and running by the end of the year.
More than $300,000 in federal funding is also heading to the Tracy Police Department to create its own Real-Time Crime Center.
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