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Volume 2
NC4 Street Smart™ Chosen to
Protect Flint, MI
NC4, a leader in revolutionizing safety and security and
an innovator in public safety and emergency
management solutions, is excited to announce that the
Flint Police Department (FPD) has chosen NC4 Street
Smart™ to help track crime and enhance the safety and
security of people who live, work, and visit the city of
Flint.
Flint is the largest city and the county seat of Genesee
County, Michigan. With a population of 99,750, it is the
seventh largest city in Michigan. With an authorized
strength of 108 sworn, the FPD is challenged to do more
with less and NC4 Street Smart is designed to help
officers work more efficiently.
“The ability to give officers real-time data is crucial to
preventing and solving crime. NC4 Street Smart will be a
great proactive tool in helping us in our crime-fighting
efforts,”said James Tolbert, Chief of Police.
NC4 Street Smart was paid for with funds from the Flint
Police Foundation who received a grant from the Ruth
Mott Foundation whose mission is to advocate, stimulate,
and support community vitality in its home community of
Flint, MI.
“Speaking on behalf of the Flint Police Foundation Board
March 2016 Edition
of Directors, I can tell you how proud and honored we
are to be working with NC4, a state-of-the-art company,
providing the needed computer software for the men and
women officers who lay their lives on the line every day
to protect and serve us in the city of Flint,” said J. Dallas
Winegarden, Chairman of the Police Foundation Board
and prior Prosecuting Attorney. “Their software will make
a huge difference in crime-fighting in Flint.”
The NC4 Street Smart solution focuses on improving
information technology available to officers in the field for
real-time data sharing, meaning officers will have the
ability to communicate on crime issues from their vehicle
while still on scene. This information is then cross
referenced with archival information to better identify
crime patterns and hot spots. This ability is paramount
and could be the difference between a continued crime
spree and the arrest of an individual. The cities that have
been using NC4 Street Smart report notable reductions
in crime and decreases from the time of an incident to
the time of arrest. In addition, the solution is credited with
providing officers with critical information, resulting in
improved officer safety.
“We are thrilled to support the Flint Police Department by
providing their commanders and field personnel with a
solution that we believe will enable them to fight crime
more efficiently. No one wants burglars, robbers and
criminals in their communities and NC4 Street Smart will
help officers identify and manage offenders who wish to
do harm to our communities,” said Rob Wolf, VP Public
Safety, NC4. “This solution will