Project Overview
It’s a given that big‐city police departments are working hard to reduce violent crime. Yet crime rates dropped dramatically in the mid‐1990s and again in the early 2000s. How can anyone expect to reduce them more? One important answer is to get officers to the crime scenes more rapidly and to arm them with the best possible information about the crime, the victims and possible offenders.
To assist in that endeavor is the mission of the Crime Prevention and Information Center (CPIC) of the Chicago Police Department. CPIC personnel use advanced technology to bring together critical pieces of information to provide intelligence to field personnel. Among its most useful tools: an 18‐display video wall built with Planar’s Clarity™ Matrix LCD Video Wall displays.
