Got a security camera in Broward? You could become part of BSO’s crime-prevention program

MIAMI – With hundreds of cameras for high-tech crime prevention being utilized by the Broward Sheriff’s Office, county residents with appropriate security programs could now become part of a crime-prevention program.

The spectacular show of electronics on the “BSO Real Time Crime Center” is linked to greater than 19,000 cameras all through Broward County.

The crime prevention know-how was spawned from tragedy and the MSD Commission.

“We built this facility out so we can have better access to camera systems in our schools. And it really has grown beyond that,” mentioned BSO Sheriff Gregory Tony.

And so has the power, as soon as simply 400-square ft of house has blossomed into what it’s at present.

“We stole this concept. This is not new in what real-time crime centers are supposed to do.”

“We learned. One of our leads here is Captain Riggio, who came out of New York City post 9-11, where he had a lot of experience building out their system. So, when he came into the organization, it just made sense.”

“We have some hard lessons learned. We lost 17 people on our watch.”

And now each faculty in Broward is outfitted with cameras in lecture rooms, halls, and out of doors of buildings.

BSO Lt. Dave Fernandez gave CBS4 Miami a tour of the power. 

“If there’s an incident at a school, let’s say, the call is coming in of shots fired at a baseball field, the guys can click on the map, click on the closest camera and the 16 closest cameras to that will all open up at the same time and they can provide intelligence to the responding units.”

The real-time crime middle now has entry to cameras at homes of worship, companies, gasoline stations .
And starting this month, owners can become part of the system.

The cameras used would solely be lenses pointed in public areas – nothing personal.

“You see all the dots that have the camera icons in it, that right there displays where each individual camera is at.”

Lt. Fernandez ensures – in the final 2 years – the system helped keep away from some type of mass incident.

Stopping only one crime, the system is deemed a success, nevertheless it’s attain goes past that.

“We’ve investigated 1,600 individuals that may have exhibited some type of threat to the community. Over 200 of those resulted in arrests.”

If you reside in Broward and have house security, now you can be a part of this program.

Click right here to study extra about BSO’s Public-Private Partnership program.

The Sheriff instructed CBS4 he is seeking to make the program much more prolific and has allotted $10 million to construct it out even additional.