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Missouri deploys
COPLINK
By Rutrell Yasin
Government Computer News
1/8/2008
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Missouri will deploy a software suite from
Knowledge Computing Corp. that will foster better information sharing
and collaboration among local and state law enforcement.
The state will use COPLINK crime analysis tools, which provide decision
support for rapidly identifying criminal suspects, relationships and
patterns to solve crimes and thwart terrorism. COPLINK allows vast
quantities of structured and seemingly unrelated data – including data
stored in incompatible databases and records management systems – to be
securely organized, consolidated and quickly analyzed over a secure
intranet-based platform.
The software includes sophisticated analytics and visualization tools to
build institutional memory.
One search using known partial facts from an ongoing investigation could
produce qualified leads that would otherwise be unapparent in seconds.
Without COPLINK, this process could take days or weeks to accomplish,
Missouri law enforcement officials said.
COPLINK can generate new investigative leads in rapes, murders,
burglaries, robberies and other crimes, said Mick Covington, executive
director at the Missouri Sheriff’s Association.
“Vague physical descriptions and bits of information given by crime
victims or witnesses, such as tattoos, car colors and nicknames, take on
new life when they are researched in a regional database,” he said.
COPLINK will allow the Missouri Information Analysis Center and other
agencies to instantly cross-reference and analyze law enforcement
records systems statewide. MIAC, launched in 2005, collects, evaluates,
analyzes and disseminates information to agencies tasked with Homeland
Security responsibilities.
Authorized law enforcement officers, investigators, detectives, highway
patrol troopers, and crime analysts statewide will have access to
COPLINK. Missouri has 12,655 full-time sworn officers serving
communities across 114 counties, the city of St. Louis, 535
municipalities and other state law enforcement entities.
Missouri-based Professional Services & Resources Inc. will serve as a
subcontractor to Knowledge Computing Corp. Funding for the project,
known as Missouri Data Exchange, was made possible through a partnership
between state and local law enforcement, which pooled federal funding,
state officials said.
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