DeKalb County Commission approves real-time crime center

DECATUR, Ga. — DeKalb County will get a real-time crime center to track data and deploy more cameras and drones. At its Sept. 23 meeting, the DeKalb County Commission approved an $18 million contract with Flock Safety for the technology.

The contract will be paid for over the next 10 years. Since the contract is for 10 years, there will be layers of deployment strategies using crime data, identifying troubled areas, and focusing on tire dumping and street racing.

In a newsletter, DeKalb County CEO Lorraine Cochran-Johnson said the initiative, called Digital Shield, will deploy Flock Safety cameras and drone technology across the county to aid in technology-driven crime prevention. The initiative will be implemented immediately, but full deployment is expected within the next year.

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