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Tampa Law Agencies
Form Network
By Dibya Sarkar
07/26/05
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Law enforcement agencies in the Tampa Bay region are forming a regional
information-sharing network to aid their fight against organized crime,
gangs, drug trafficking activities and terrorism.
Using technology called COPLINK, investigators will be able to search
through vast quantities of information on individuals, organizations,
locations, documents, vehicles, weapons and property stored in multiple
databases across the region. COPLINK, has been deployed in more than 130
jurisdictions nationwide.
The Tampa Bay Security Network will be launched in three phases and will
ultimately be integrated with other regional networks to form a
statewide information-sharing network. During the first phase completed
March 31, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, Clearwater Police
Department, Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, St. Petersburg Police
Department and the Tampa Police Department are sharing data through
COPLINK.
In the second phase, 14 more law enforcement agencies in the Tampa area
will join the network. By July 2006, all 58 law enforcement agencies
across the nine counties that comprise the Tampa Bay Regional Domestic
Security Task Force will be part of the network.
Eventually, it will be linked to the six other regional law enforcement
information-sharing projects supported by the Florida Department of Law
Enforcement. The network has cost about $2.3 million in federal and
state homeland security funds.
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