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Colorado law
enforcement agencies sharing data
By Dibya Sarkar
09/08/05
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Seven law enforcement agencies in the
northwest Denver metropolitan area will exchange data through the new
Jefferson County Law Enforcement Sharing System, which uses a commercial
analysis tool that is popular among other jurisdictions.
In the project’s first phase, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office and
the cities of Arvada, Lakewood and Westminster will integrate data from
their records management systems. Developers will expand that capability
to the cities of Broomfield, Golden and Wheat Ridge during the second
phase.
In the distributed system, agencies will not give up ownership of the
data, and they will control the content and recipients of data sharing.
In addition, the system will employ COPLINK technology developed by
Knowledge Computing, based in Tucson, Ariz. The technology helps
investigators find and visually present links in vast quantities of
structured and unstructured data.
“The Jefferson County Law Enforcement Sharing System will substantially
increase the effectiveness of our collaborative law enforcement effort
by rapidly generating qualified investigative leads, fostering greater
information sharing across jurisdictions and allowing us to better
utilize resources throughout our communities to address illegal
activity,” Jefferson County Sheriff Ted Mink said in a statement.
Ron Sloan, chief of the Arvada Police Department, said in the statement
that although the jurisdictions have a strong track record of
information sharing, they sometimes need days or weeks to analyze data
for complex criminal cases.
Other law enforcement agencies use COPLINK, including ones in the Tampa
metro area and Orange County, Calif. Massachusetts will integrate the
technology in its intelligence fusion center. According to Knowledge
Computing, about 130 jurisdictions currently use the technology.
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