San Diego Police Department has reduced overall gang-related crime in the city by 15%; gang-related robberies by 30%; and attempted murders and drive-by gang shootings by over 50% by employing Smart Policing Technologies. We interviewed Lt. Mark Bennett who is in charge of the San Diego Police Department‘s Street Gang Unit and asked him:
• What challenges he is currently facing when employing new smart policing technologies?
• Which technologies he has implemented so far and what benefits have they yielded?
• What the growth potential is for his department with smart policing technologies and practices?
• And more!