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Los
Angeles County deploys COPLINK to Support Crime Solving and
Anti-Terrorism Initiatives Across the Region
IACP, New Orleans,
LA and Tucson, AZ
10/15/07
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Knowledge Computing Corp. today announced
that its award-winning COPLINK® solution suite will be deployed to
support Los Angeles County law enforcement through the Regional
Terrorism Information and Integration System (RTIIS) consortium. This
follows on the heels of successful deployments with the Los Angeles
Police Department, Los Angeles Sheriff's Department and other major
regional deployments in California. The announcement was made today in
conjunction with the 114th Annual International Association of Police
Chiefs (IACP) conference in New Orleans, Louisiana.
"COPLINK's proven performance solving crimes and thwarting terrorism in
Los Angeles, San Diego, and Orange County to date, combined with its
national footprint serving over 600 jurisdictions across the country
offers the most compelling value proposition to law enforcement agencies
with information sharing and intelligence led policing initiatives,"
said Robert Griffin, CEO of Knowledge Computing Corp. "We are pleased to
expand our support across Los Angeles and increase the county's success
in thwarting crime and terrorism with COPLINK's tactical lead generation
and actionable intelligence capabilities."
"This initiative will speed the discovery process in criminal and
terrorism investigations by discovering relationships and associations
between criminal activity and suspects that would otherwise be difficult
to detect. This will help law enforcement agencies across Los Angeles
County get violent and repeat offenders off the street faster," said
Commander John Radeleff of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
"In addition, the RTISS initiative will increase our ability to share
information with other neighboring agencies to catch criminals who
operate across multiple jurisdictions."
COPLINK provides unparalleled analysis and decision support for rapidly
identifying criminal suspects, relationships and patterns that help
solve crime and thwart terrorism. Using a GJXDM compliant interface, it
works by allowing vast quantities of structured and seemingly unrelated
data - including data currently housed in various incompatible databases
and records management systems - to be securely organized, consolidated
and rapidly analyzed over a highly secure intranet-based platform.
One search using known or partial facts from an ongoing investigation
can produce qualified leads that would otherwise be unapparent in
seconds - a process that prior to COPLINK was not possible or often
takes days or weeks to accomplish. Through sophisticated analytics,
including powerful visualization tools, COPLINK builds "institutional
memory," reduces knowledge gaps and prevents criminals from falling
through the cracks.
COPLINK will be used for law enforcement purposes only, utilizing 45
public data sources from an assortment of disparate records management
systems used by law enforcement agencies across the county. Los Angeles
County is the most populous in the United States. Police departments
contributing data include: Arcadia, Azusa, Baldwin Park, Bell, Bell
Gardens, Claremont, Culver City, Downey, Glendora, Long Beach, Monrovia,
Palos Verdes, Pomona, Santa Monica, Sierra Madre, South Pasadena, and
West Covina.
Access to LA County's RTIIS will be restricted based on individual user
security clearance levels, and the sensitivity of the data itself based
on strict policy protocols spelled out in a memorandum of understanding
between participating agencies. COPLINK also creates a detailed audit
trail for every search conducted. This serves two purposes. Officers
seeking to question or obtain a warrant on suspects identified through
COPLINK are able to clearly demonstrate with hard facts how that person
fits the criminal profile and how others were excluded. The Systems
Administrator is also able to monitor use for audit purposes to identify
any abuse that would result in suspension of a user's access privileges
under the privacy and use protocols established by RTIIS participants in
accordance with local, state and federal laws.
COPLINK is currently deployed in major strategic deployments across
California including: the Los Angeles Police Department; Los Angeles
Sheriff's Department: across Orange County through the Orange County
Integrated Law and Justice (OCILJ) consortium of county police agencies,
and across San Diego through the Automated Regional Justice Information
System (ARJIS) Network which supports federal, state and local law
enforcement agencies across San Diego. Each COPLINK "node" within
California is or will be linked to provide for cross jurisdictional
information sharing and collaboration to solve crimes.
When COPLINK is used to create regional or statewide networks, each
participating agency has real-time control over what data is shared,
with whom and when. In addition, data continues to reside and be updated
at its existing source, with automatic refresh mechanisms triggering
updates within COPLINK. These safeguards help protect the integrity of
the data and sensitive information while allowing for the creation of ad
hoc regional task forces to address specific criminal activity.
COPLINK first catapulted into the national spotlight for its proof of
concept role following the Montgomery County, Maryland sniper
investigation. Today, the solution is in use in over 600 jurisdictions
nationwide spanning across 20 states, including four of the nation's
five largest cities, helping police officers fight crime, thwart
terrorism and improve community safety. A powerful force multiplier,
COPLINK is documented as conservatively providing a 14:1 investigative
time advantage, reducing the time it takes to identify qualified
suspects, thereby enabling law enforcement to keep more feet on the
streets.
Winner of numerous awards, COPLINK was recognized twice by the
International Association of Chiefs of Police for deployments in Tucson,
Arizona and across the State of Alaska. The Center for Digital
Government also recognized COPLINK as one of the best-of-breed and most
innovative IT projects undertaken by cities in the nation.
About Knowledge Computing Corporation
Knowledge Computing Corp. provides technology-based crime-fighting
solutions to leading edge law enforcement agencies nationwide. Its
critically-acclaimed COPLINK®, solution, in use since 1998, is based on
knowledge management technology first prototyped by top-ranked
researchers in the Artificial Intelligence Lab at the University of
Arizona in Tucson through a grant by the National Institute of Justice.
The technologies developed at Knowledge Computing Corporation have been
tested and proven by law enforcement agencies around the country. For
more information: www.knowledgecc.com or www.coplink.com.
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