The Pueblo Police Authority works with small business owners to stop crime

Pueblo, Colorado (KKTV) – The Pueblo police authority invites local business owners to get involved in the protection of the community.

In its real -time Crime Center (RTCC), the department introduced many new technologies, including drones, which helps you to help your proactive approach to stop.

On Wednesday evening, companies all over Pueblo had the opportunity to find out how they could connect their surveillance camera systems to the RTCC.

The RTC currently has four mobile camera supporters on various sides of the city.

You also have your new drone as a first aid program, where you can fly your drones to crime scenes in about 60 to 90 seconds.

Now with their new Community Connect program in which companies can connect their cameras to the RTCC, deputy head of the Pueblo police authority James Martin, says 11 messages: “If we can work with our business world, we will give ourselves more resources.”

Martin continues to say: “It will help us to provide more evidence and supervision for criminal issues in the city, and it will only help us to offer the community better service.

“When the system is connected to the real -time criminal center, we actually have live video.

“If an armed robbery occurs, we say in the Loaf 'n -Krug or in a supermarket, we can see this video, record this video for criminal case purposes and get this information out in a faster way to our officials where you know who you are looking for, descriptions of the suspects, the descriptions of the vehicles, and it simply makes it a creative reaction for our community.”

Martin also tells 11 News that the Community Connect program is not only a weight area for security, but also for their relationship with their local business partners in Pueblo: “Relationships are everything we do in our lives to include our relationships with our business partners.

“You know that we cannot solve the crime problem alone.

“It takes up an entire community to solve the problems we have in Pueblo, and this continues to promote this relationship between us and our business partners.

“It requires a relationship and a partnership with our citizens in order to help to put down crime in our community and increase the quality of life.

“And the more cameras we have, the more access we have to provide evidence and real-time intelligence to our officials who react to these calls.

“It's huge, you know, it is almost, as I have already said with some other technologies, it is a force multiplier.

“So we don't just look. They are our citizens, they become part of the solution.”

Rich Lane, Sabel's Gourmet Shop and Boutique in the Union Ave. And belonging to the C St. has connected its surveillance cameras to the RTCC.

“Union Ave. has been hit hard since January,” says Lane.

Lane continues: “Our business was hit on January 27th at 12:45 p.m.

“They broke one or two people, hoodies, masks, gloves and have stolen goods worth 75,000 US dollars.

“I said,” Whatever we can do, I'm in there. “

“So here we are, I think it was a little more than a month, we installed the camera over the corner of Union (Ave.) and C St. on the building, there are four cameras, it is incredible.

“I am glad that I was able to work together with the city of Pueblo and High Point (networking) and Axis and everyone else who are involved.

“I can't thank you enough. I know that it will not stop the crime, but if it is a tool that helps the police, I am all for it …

“It is sad to see my whole life as a citizen of Pueblo that I have boards under my windows, I have scissorstors and I have 20 cameras, and now I have four cameras of real time -Imic center …

“I have a level of comfort that I can sleep at night, and if something happens, someone is watching.

“I hope that more companies are involved in Pueblo.”

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