The Future Force Series: From traffic stops to scheduling, tech is making a difference to Fort Lee’s police

When Lt. Thomas Porto’s department chief asked him if he’d want to oversee the police department’s technology deployment, he knew it was an opportunity he couldn’t pass up. Now, 12 years later, he’s transformed the Fort Lee, NJ, police force in countless ways, from internal processes like digital scheduling to public-facing tasks like issuing tickets. On this episode of The Big REthink, Lt. Porto joins host Susan Campbell to discuss some of those tools and how they’ve improved safety for citizens and police officers alike.