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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Andrew Wolcott, Sergeant, Aurora Police Department
Jack Fichtel, Commander, Aurora Police Department
Jim Birchall, Superintendent of Facilities Maintenance
Michael Pegues, Chief Information Officer
DATE: January 28, 2021
SUBJECT:
Resolution authorizing the Aurora Police Department (APD) to modernize existing office space to a new Real-Time Crime Center (Critical Intelligence Incident Center) for an amount not to exceed $747,342.92 including contingencies.
PURPOSE:
In January 2019, the APD established a new Real-Time Crime Center (Critical Intelligence Incident Center) to leverage on a wide and expanding range of smart technologies for efficient and effective policing. In order to effectively accomplish this mission physical changes to the existing office space, enhanced workspaces and smart technologies are needed.
BACKGROUND:
The City is looking to invest in a new Real-Time Crime Center (Critical Intelligence Incident Center, hereinafter referred to as the "Center") to more effectively deploy and utilize police resources. It will also gather data that will provide greater safety to the community and the officers. Additionally, it will allow for proactive identification of issues occurring in the City for improved public safety.
The Center was developed to serve as both a hub of information within the department, and as a Real-Time Crime Center. The Center gathers, reviews and disseminates the following information within the department: Crime tips, crime trends and statistics, crime and terrorism bulletins from various federal/state/local law enforcement agencies and social media information. The Center also serves as a point of contact for outside law enforcement agencies who need to refer or pass along information about criminal activity occurring in Aurora and assists them in identifying and locating residents of Aurora who are suspects in incide...
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