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Oliver Munday 
To keep citizens safe, city police departments are constantly looking for an edge to make themselves faster and more responsive in the face of criminal activity. Here are five cities that are using technological innovations to concentrate their efforts when and where they are most needed, and to get to crime scenes as fast as possible.
A collaboration between GOOD and Oliver Munday.
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