LIVE DOWNTOWN DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 5 30 STARTS NOW. ALL OF THE GREEN LIGHT CAMERAS ACROSS
THE CITY ALL FED BACK TO ONE
PLACE, AND TONIGHT WE’RE TAKING
YOU INSIDE. IT’S CALLED THE REAL
TIME CRIME CENTER. IT PLAYS A
CENTRAL ROLE IN HOW DETROIT
POLICE TRY TO FIGHT CRIME ACROSS
THE CITY FULL OF HIGH TECH TOOLS
TO KEEP DETROIT OR SAFE. AND WE
WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT CAMERAS
. EVERYONE CAST ME IS LIVE
INSIDE THE CRIME CENTER TONIGHT
TO SHOW US HOW IT ALL WORKS.
EVERYONE KAREN AND DEVIN. WE
HAVE HEARD OF PROJECT GREEN
LIGHT BY NOW. BUT THE TECHNOLOGY
THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS
AT ITS FINGERTIPS GOES A LOT
FURTHER THAN THAT. TAKE A LOOK
BEHIND ME. YOU SEE THESE CAMERAS
HERE AS I MENTIONED EARLIER,
SOMEONE IS ALWAYS WATCHING AND
FOR THE DETROIT POLICE
DEPARTMENT, THE TECHNOLOGY
INSIDE OF THIS ROOM HAS COME IN
VERY HANDY. THE VICTIM OF THE
OFFENDERS IS THE VICTIM. IT WAS
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3RD 2021 JUST
AFTER 7:30 A.M. OH, MY. WHAT
HAPPENED? NEXT IS TOO GRAPHIC TO
SHOW ON TV. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE
VICTIM? THIS WAS A HOMICIDE, BUT
IT WAS ALL CAUGHT ON THE CITY OF
DETROIT’S PROJECT GREEN LIGHT
CAMERAS AND WE’RE ABLE TO TRACK
THE SUSPECT PRIOR TO THE
SHOOTING AN HOUR BEFORE WALKING
THROUGH THE STREETS AND ABOUT 45
MINUTES 50 MINUTES BEFORE THE
SHOOTING WAS ABLE TO WALK INTO.
WE WERE ABLE TO SEE HIM WALK
INTO IT BUSINESS WITHOUT A MASK
ON AND SO THIS LED TO US BEING
ABLE TO PUT OUT A REALLY CLEAR
IMAGE OF THAT SUSPECT TO OUR
COMMUNITY. THE SUSPECT WAS
IDENTIFIED AFTER TIPS FROM
VIEWERS HE’S NOW CHARGED WITH
MURDER. PANELISTS INSIDE THE
DETROIT POLICE DEPARTMENTS. REAL
TIME CRIME MONITORING CENTER
BELIEVE THE TECHNOLOGY THEY HAVE
ACCESS TO HELP THEM FIGHT CRIME
FASTER. WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN ON
SOME OF THESE CAMERAS IN REAL
TIME? YOU KNOW, WE’VE SEEN A LOT
OF VIOLENT CRIME. YOU KNOW,
WE’VE SEEN SOME AH, NONFATAL
SHOOTINGS, HOMICIDES. WE’VE SEEN
PROPERTY CRIMES WE’VE SEEN, YOU
KNOW INDIVIDUALS, VICTIMS OF
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AT THESE
LOCATIONS AND SO HAVING THAT
ACCESS IMMEDIATELY, IT’S
CRITICAL TACOS IS THE EXECUTIVE
MANAGER OF THE CRIME INTEL UNIT
. IT’S A 24 7 OPERATION HUB
HOUSES THE FEED FROM PROJECT
GREEN LIGHT CAMERAS AT 802
BUSINESSES WITHIN THE CITY OF
DETROIT. EACH BUSINESS HAS A
MINIMUM OF FOUR CAMERAS IN TOTAL
. THERE ARE 4338 CAMERAS
WATCHING OVER DETROIT AT ANY
GIVEN MOMENT, THIS GAS STATION
AT GRAND RIVER AND WYOMING USED
TO BE A HOT SPOT FOR CRIME. I
WAS SITTING IN MY OFFICE. PEOPLE
WERE SHOT STABBED. WOW FIGHTS
CRAZY STUFF. COMMUNITY ACTIVIST
REVEREND HORACE SHEFFIELD HELPED
FINANCE THE CAMERAS AT THIS GAS
STATION PROJECT GREEN LIGHT
PARTNER HAS CHANGES. TOTAL
NEIGHBORHOOD. WE TALKED TO
ANYBODY PART OF OUR COALITION.
THEY WILL TELL YOU THE ONE THING
THAT CHANGES NEIGHBORHOOD WAS A
GREEN LIGHT ON THIS CORNER.
HOPEFULLY WE’RE DRIVING DOWN THE
VIOLENT CRIME IN THE CITY. PDS
COMMANDER OF MAJOR CRIMES
MICHAEL MCGUINNESS UNDERSTANDS
HOW CRUCIAL THIS TECHNOLOGY IS.
IT HELPED PUT A SUSPECT BEHIND
BARS FOR ROBBERY AND THE MURDER
OF A MAN AT ANDY’S MARKET IN
JANUARY OF LAST YEAR. WHAT THEY
DID IS THEY BACKTRACKED THE
VIDEO AND FOUND HIM ON VIDEO AT
A PRIOR ESTABLISHMENT BEFORE THE
ROBBERY WITHOUT HIS MASK ON OUR
GOAL IS REALLY TO INTEGRATE THAT
FOR BOTH FOR OFFICER SAFETY, AND
ALSO TO EMPOWER OUR COMMUNITY TO
KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW WE DO HAVE
THESE ASSETS AVAILABLE. DPD
ANALYZES DATA TO DETERMINE WHERE
MORE CAMERAS ARE NEEDED.
BUSINESSES CAN CHOOSE TO OPT IN
AND BE A PART OF PROJECT GREEN
LIGHT. THERE ARE TWO SHOT
SPOTTER DETECTORS, ONE EACH
UNDER TOWARDS EAST AND WEST
SIDES NEAR THE 8TH AND 9TH
PRECINCT. THE MONITORS YOU SEE
ON THE BIG SCREENS SHOW WHAT’S
HAPPENING IN REAL TIME. ANALYSTS
CAN COMMUNICATE WITH OFFICERS TO
ASSIST AS NEEDED. THE REAL
STRENGTH OF OUR PROGRAM IS WHEN
WE CAN USE THESE TOOLS IN
COMBINATION. I JUST LOST THEM.
AND THE REAL TIME CRIME CENTER
ALSO MONITORS LICENSE PLATE
READERS AND SHOT SPOTTER
TECHNOLOGY THAT’S ABLE TO
TRIANGULATE WHERE GUNSHOT IS
COMING FROM HERE IN THE CITY.
SOME CRITICS ARGUE THAT IT’S
UNRELIABLE, BUT THE DETROIT
POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS SHOWN THAT
IT HAS HELPED THEM FIGHT CRIME.
AND IN THE COMING WEEKS, CITY
COUNCIL IS GOING TO DECIDE
WHETHER OR NOT TO EXPAND THE
PROGRAM REPORTING LIVE HERE AT
DPD HEADQUARTERS. THAT BROADCAST