Abstract
Since the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, the government has become fixated with public safety, oftentimes at the expense of individual privacy. The surveillance state expanded after this in the early 2000s, and the country’s first Real Time Crime Centers were born. Real Time Crime Centers are hubs where different technologies and information are fused and aggregated into one easy to use space. Data outputs from automated license plate readers, closed circuit television, and various law enforcement databases are aggregated into one single pane of glass view to achieve higher rates of case closures and increase the efficiency of law enforcement. This paper provides a brief overview of the technology at issue, the current state of jurisprudence, and ultimately argues that the Real Time Crime Center presents privacy concerns because the aggregative capability of the technology is structural, and not an operational problem.
First Page
133
Recommended Citation
Holly Merclich,
The Structural Problem with Real-Time Crime Centers,
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Student J. Info. Priv. L.
133
(2026).
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.mainelaw.maine.edu/sjipl/vol4/iss2/5
