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ware uses a combination of heat mapping and dwell time analysis, to show us where a dealer hangs out most often, when he’s most active.”
What the analysis revealed in one investigation was a dealer pac- ing his corner. As he was making sales he was pulling his drugs from three separate stashes along his path—a tire, a hole in the wall and behind a brick. With technology pointing the way to the evidence, of- ficers were able to make the bust and the recorded video helped make the drug charges stick.
In another instance, HPD knew there was a drug house some- where in a neighborhood but was having difficulty pinning down the address. C4 set up surveillance cameras and used BriefCam to track foot traffic along the street. The heat map showed that in a 24-hour period, 313 people went to one particular door. The next day the po- lice had a warrant to search the property and made arrests.
“This is the new way we’re doing things,” O’Hare said. “We’re do-
ing this on every street, house-by-house, block-by-block, neighbor- hood-by-neighborhood. We’re accumulating data on crime migration patterns and vehicular and pedestrian traffic that indicate drug mar- kets and going in for the arrest.”
Using Analytics to Boost Commercial Enterprise
While O’Hare’s focus to date has been on solving crime, he is quick to recognize the potential of analytics to help improve other areas of city life.
“Analytics can help us recognize areas of the city that might ben- efit from a little re-engineering,” O’Hare said.
Using analytics to track cyclist volume could be used to justify bike lanes on certain city streets. Or tracking the frequency of jay- walking near a particular school could be used to justify a cross- guard or a footbridge over a busy street.
Now that so many commercial businesses are linking their camer- as into C4, O’Hare would like to explore how HPD might share its in- telligence model with businesses to help them increase their revenue.
“For instance, if we can show a restaurant the pattern of foot traf- fic past their property throughout the day, it might help them justify extending their hours to make a lot more money,”
O’Hare said. “As police officers, it’s not only our
job to protect and serve, we want to help make
this city an inviting place to stay, work, play and
invest in local businesses.”
Kevin Taylor is the business development manager, Smart Cities, Axis Communications Inc.
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