Onalfo says IT 'strategic' to the NYPD / Computerworld, 7 Mar 2007
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Eric Lai
"'You can't even arrest someone today without the aid of IT,' says CIO James Onalfo. The New York Police Department's (NYPD) much-lauded Real-Time Crime Center (RTCC) may be helping nab criminals faster than ever (download PDF), but Deputy Commissioner and CIO James Onalfo isn't resting on any laurels. Some projects in progress include doubling the number of PCs in precinct offices, creating a database of all weapons used in crimes in New York and adding wireless hot-spot capability to all precinct offices and police cars. Those are in addition to continuing to enhance the Crime Data Warehouse that supports the two-year old RTCC, which Onalfo describes as a "NASA-type control room" with multiple large screens to help police analysts map and analyze data quickly to help detectives during the crucial first 48 hours after a crime." [2 pages]