Staff photo by Tim Barber Chattanooga Police Chief Fred FletcherThe City Council wants to know when and how the police department will roll out its Real-Time Intelligence Center and body-worn cameras.
On Tuesday, Police Chief Fred Fletcher told the council he and other department personnel visited a real-time crime center in Memphis, Tenn., and plans to visit another in Louisville, Ky., to figure out how best to build its new $1.4 million center over the next two years.
“We’ll be taking lessons learned by these ground-breaking agencies to try to expedite and improve the way we build the Real Time Intelligence Center to serve your constituents and our community,” Fletcher said.
Department officials say the intelligence center will enable police to better deal with gang-related violence by streamlining data collection and analysis processes involving 911 calls and live public safety camera feeds. The announcement of the new center followed a rash of gang shootings in April.
In June, Lt. John Chambers discussed how the center will work in a Times Free Press interview.