Police Are Giving American Addresses Color Coded Threat Ratings

(Mass P)  Real Time Crime Centers (RTCC) are privately funded computer systems designed to monitor the network of cameras and sensors in a city. The RTCC’s will field all 911 calls, and give officers access to any city camera — including police body and dash cameras and new traffic cameras.

“The RTCC center also allows officers to access a massive array of surveillance cameras.”

RTCC’s got their start in NYC in 2005. RTCC’s are popping up across the country, they’re in St. Louis, Philadelphia,  Boston and Los Angeles.

Any high-priority 911 calls, defined as in-progress or life-threatening crimes, will now be filtered through a database to assess any possible threats an officer may encounter while responding.

“The database goes through all public information for the call’s location — from arrest records to pizza deliveries — and gives the address a rating. Green means minimal threat, yellow a possible threat and red a major threat.”

“The RTCC system shows officers three pieces of data: the threat level, the criminal history of anyone living at the home and a list of known friends and family members. This list sometimes includes possible phone numbers and addresses of these associates.”

Police Chief Jerry Dyer acknowledged that it was possible for a home to be given a red threat level because someone associated with it once had a violent conviction.