LAPD: High-Tech Crime-Fighting ‘War Room’
February 10th, 2012Via: CBS:
The LAPD is fighting crime from a high-tech war room that gives it eyes all over the city. The surveillance hub is now a model for police forces around the world and KCAL9 got an exclusive tour inside from Chief Charlie Beck.
“We are targets on our own soil,” says Beck. “We have to be ready.”
What began as a grass roots idea following the 9/11 terrorist attacks is now a state-of-the-art real-time analysis critical response center. It’s called RACR, and it’s located in the heart of downtown Los Angeles.
“This is a system that cuts through the red tape, that gets information to the people that need it,” says Chief Beck. He calls it “the brains of the department, twenty-four/seven.”
Police in the activity center monitor live feeds of city and traffic cameras, counter-terrorism information, and real-time crime mapping, with cutting edge software.
“If we didn’t have that we would be operating blind,” says Capt. Sean Malinowski, the Commanding Officer at RACR. “Essentially we’re always activated here.”
What stands out in my mind is the fact that all my elders when teaching me about wwii seemed appalled that the German citizens could just watch the militarization or their country. These same people will now accuse you of being anti American if you question what’s going on.
@brandon
wait till the aftermath, assuming america loses the big war. the shame and reserve that marked germany for decades is still fairly present, even despite the wall. seeing the looks on their faces is all i pray for some days. but im pretty sure nobody is going to survive that, considering whats on the table (nbc)