Go behind the scenes with the ForceMetrics Customer Success team as John Risenhoover, Russell Antilley, and Will Sigmon share what it takes to build lasting partnerships with public safety agencies.
Castle Rock became one of the early adopters of ForceMetrics Velocity and approached implementation with a simple objective: make critical data easily accessible to everyone who needs it.
While conducting a proactive follow-up on a theft investigation, an analyst at a university RTIC reviewed images of potential suspects and immediately recognized one of the individuals from a previous incident at the same business. Turning to the ForceMetrics Velocity Platform, the analyst searched the known offender's profile and leveraged the associated people feature to identify 22 known associates connected to that individual.
CTO, Jason Truppi, explains that the issue isn’t necessarily adding technology to collect more data, but easily surfacing that data and using it to make confident, informed decisions on calls and throughout investigations.
As this series has explored, summer crime prevention is a shared responsibility. Travelers can reduce their risk through awareness and preparation, businesses can strengthen security practices and partnerships, and communities/public safety agencies can invest in the tools and strategies needed to stay ahead of seasonal crime trends.
The tools that are earning trust today share a common thread: they're not trying to replace judgment. They're trying to give it more room to operate.
In the podcast, Andre discusses how better information can lead to better coordination across public safety efforts, and the opportunities that lie ahead for the cities implementing special security infrastructure.
Domestic violence calls will always present unique risks, but agencies can reduce uncertainty by ensuring officers have access to the information, patterns, and context needed to fully understand the situations they are entering. When awareness improves, preparation improves, and better-prepared officers are ultimately better equipped to protect themselves and the communities they serve.
Listen to Information Assistant, Monica Williams from the Bloomington Police Department, share how she uses the ForceMetrics Velocity Platform every day.
