Tech platform showing citywide cameras helps Rocky Mount police solve crimes :: WRAL.com

By Keenan Willard, WRAL eastern NC reporter

Rocky Mount, N.C. — Rocky Mount police say they had been equipped to fix a theft in a make any difference of several hours many thanks to an app that connects them to cameras citywide.

Investigators say the FUSUS platform can help them resolve crimes more speedily and preserve repeat offenders off the road.

Rocky Mount police stated they were known as to the Helpful Way convenience keep on Raleigh Road about 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday.

A person explained to them he had been robbed outdoors, and their initially phase was to consider the investigation on line.

“Officers and investigators as they were responding accessed the FUSUS cameras and ended up able to find footage from a community entity that we have accessibility to,” explained Lt. Tom Seighman.

Officers used FUSUS, a tool that lets them right away pull up stability cameras throughout the metropolis that have agreed to connect to their procedure.

“And applying that video clip, investigators were ready to recognize suspects and a potential site where the suspects may be,” Seighman stated.

Law enforcement advised WRAL Information that whilst accessing the cameras, they observed that a female experienced established up the sufferer to be robbed, with two gentlemen coming into his automobile with guns and then managing away.

Inside of five hrs, police arrested 30-yr-aged Traci Perry, charging her with Theft with a Risky Weapon and Possession of a Stolen Firearm.

Cartell Thomas, 25, was also billed with Theft with a Hazardous Weapon as nicely as Possession of a Firearm by a Felon.

Also, Jaquan Allen, 24, was charged with Robbery with a Dangerous Weapon.

All three were offered $100,000 secured bonds.

“With the more eyes you have out there where you can see, the far better chance you have of resolving a crime,” Seighman said.

Investigators stated that in the past this search would have taken a lot extended, dependent only on witness statements or hoping that a business would share their surveillance video clip.

But because cameras close by had already connected to FUSUS, investigators had their suspects in a matter of several hours.

They are now asking other corporations in Rocky Mount to do the same.

“Getting men and women off our streets as swiftly as possible signifies it is less likely that they are out there committing much more criminal offense,” Rocky Mount law enforcement chief Robert Hassell reported.