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Welcome to our little corner of the real time policing world.

I can still remember the first time I met Jamie, and I can vividly remember my thoughts, “what a fabulous beard”. It was 2021 in Elk Grove, California. Jamie, in his typical overachieving ways, decided to host a real time symposium and bring together real time crime center leaders from across the country. We also didn’t realize that this event would springboard the National Real Time Crime Center Association (NRTCCA) into existence with other RTCC leaders such as Chris Henningsen and Nikki North.

Anyway, back to Jamie’s beard.

Since that day Jamie and I have shared countless conversations about the future of public safety and how we could help shape the future by sharing what we had learned over the years in our own crime centers. Oddly enough we both realized there was one company in particular that we both firmly believed was the cornerstone to this safer future, Flock Safety.

We both realized we had to be part of this movement and the best way to have the biggest impact was to join the team. Well here we are, together again except this time we are coworkers armed with microphones. Our mission here is twofold, to guide law enforcement professionals towards a more effective way of policing, and educating the average individual about how these tools are used. We also try to mix in a little humor, but we’re still working on that part.

We’ve tried to set the foundation for real time policing in episodes 1-3, and we will continue to get deeper into the individual pieces that make up this exciting new frontier in episodes 4 and beyond. We also started mixing in some law enforcement professionals because we know the last thing you want is to keep hearing us blather. So stick around and give us a listen, and who knows, maybe you’ll be on the show one day talking about Jamie’s beard as well!

We hope to see you next week in episode 4, where we talk about crime analysis.

Check out Season 1 of "Real-Time Policing: When Moments Matter" on Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube Podcast

By Dalton Webb, Director of Real Time Strategy at Flock Safety