Warner Robins RTCC: How a Mid-Size Georgia City Built a World-Class Crime Center

Situation

Warner Robins has experienced rapid growth over recent decades, reaching more than 80,000 residents by 2025. The police department needed a way to support officers with better information while managing staffing constraints and rising service demands. Leadership set a strategic goal: use technology as a force multiplier to improve response times, prevent crime, and support data-driven policing for a 'smarter, safer' city.

Challenge

Building a high-impact RTCC required creative funding outside the General Fund, plus the ability to integrate live traffic and city camera networks, LPR systems, public safety databases, and unified communications into a single operating environment — while standing up a predictive deployment model with Georgia Tech for proactive patrol.

Solution

The Warner Robins Police Department launched its Real Time Crime Center at the Law Enforcement Center, designed and outfitted by Fountainhead Control Rooms. Custom ELITEAIR/ELITE consoles, technical furniture, and a layout optimized for operator comfort, 24/7 operations, and clear sightlines to shared displays form the foundation. The RTCC integrates 300+ Flock cameras, traffic cameras, business camera partnerships, drone feeds, and the Georgia Tech digital-twin model that recommends weekly deployment of 10 mobile LPR units to areas with the highest anticipated crime.

Results

Operational since June 2025, the RTCC has already delivered for officers and residents. Within two months it assisted U.S. Marshals in capturing a kidnapping fugitive and helped track down perpetrators in hit-and-run crashes. Funded entirely from seized criminal assets — not SPLOST, ARPA, or the General Fund — the project minimizes direct taxpayer impact while delivering a model other mid-size cities can replicate.