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Chicago police receive data analysis tool
By
Michael Hardy
10/04/07
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The Chicago Police Department has deployed a
data analysis system called Coplink that will allow users to find
non-obvious relationships and patterns and solve crimes more quickly.
The system, made by Tucson, Ariz.-based Knowledge Computing Corp., is
already in use in about 550 jurisdictions around the country, according
to Robert Griffin, the company’s chief executive officer. The Chicago
department’s Crime Center serves as the nucleus of a data sharing
initiative that encompasses more than 400 departments, primarily in
Illinois and Indiana.
“This will enable us to build on the successes we’ve already achieved at
the Crime Center in thwarting criminals who operate across multiple
jurisdictions in an attempt to avoid detection,” said Interim
Superintendent Dana V. Starks.
The system can compare data housed in incompatible databases and records
management systems. Users can provide facts about an undergoing
investigation and the system will find relationships between that
information and existing data, providing new leads and avenues for law
enforcement organizations to explore.
Officials used the system during the 2002 investigation of the random
murders of the Washington, D.C., snipers as its proof-of-concept
operation.
The value of the Chicago contract is about $500,000.
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