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Smart Policing Off And Running In Phoenix

The Phoenix Police Department is training patrol officers like Jen Moore to become Intelligence Officers.
(Jimmy Jenkins/KJZZ)
The Phoenix Police Department is training patrol officers like Jen Moore to become Intelligence Officers. (Jimmy Jenkins/KJZZ)

The term “smart” has become synonymous with things that are data enriched – smart phones, smart cars – even smart homes. Now emergency responders are using a new approach that’s been dubbed smart policing. From Here & Now contributor KJZZ in Phoenix, Jimmy Jenkins got a first-hand look, as the Phoenix Police Department trains its first ever intelligence officers.

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