LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — The University of Kentucky Police Department has opened a state-of-the-art security operations center that provides real-time monitoring capabilities across campus, offering enhanced response times and comprehensive surveillance coverage.

The center, which became operational in August, serves as a central hub where campus police can access any of the 5,000 security cameras positioned throughout the university grounds. Officers can also monitor body camera feeds from the 90 patrol officers on duty and control drone operations from the facility.

"Technology will never replace an officer on the ground, but what it's doing is enhancing things, getting faster response time, getting real-time video back into our security operations center here," Campus Police Chief Jo

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