How Sarasota police solve crimes in minutes with real-time center

The Sarasota Police Department opened the doors to its Real Time Operations Center as leadership implored state lawmakers to preserve license plate readers credited with solving more than 50% of the city’s crimes.Sarasota police high-tech hubInside the high-tech facility known as "the ROC," analysts tap into officer body cameras to monitor unfolding incidents and track missing persons, stolen vehicles and hit-and-run crashes in real time. Sarasota Police Chief Rex Troche said that these automated Flock license plate readers are essential to modern policing, noting the tools help crack over half of local criminal cases."You have four hours to find that person before something could really happen to them. When we say this is real time, this is a real-time operation center. We are keeping people from being victimized by catching the bad person before they can commit another crime," said Troche. Florida license plate reader disputeThe department previously maintained around 80 automated li