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COPLINK®
will be Deployed
to Support Colorado Law Enforcement Agencies in the
Denver Metro Area
09/08/05
Tucson, AZ
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Law enforcement agencies in the
northwest Denver metro area will soon gain a powerful new partner in
fighting crime. Knowledge Computing Corporation announced today that
its critically acclaimed COPLINK® solution will support the new
Jefferson County Law Enforcement Sharing System. The technology is
one of the most powerful analytical information sharing solutions
available for collaborating across jurisdictions and rapidly
generating qualified investigative leads that help solve and thwart
crime.
"Having a highly visible COPLINK deployment in Colorado is a key
cornerstone in the Rocky Mountain States that furthers our goal to
build the first nationwide crime-fighting network," said Robert
Griffin, CEO of Knowledge Computing Corporation. "The widespread
adoption of proven, commercial off-the-shelf solutions that can be
rapidly deployed like COPLINK can dramatically enhance our nation's
safety today."
"Violent criminals, petty thieves, drug traffickers and others bent
on conducting illegal activity in Jefferson County and neighboring
jurisdictions will find it far more difficult to stay under law
enforcement's radar now that we have COPLINK," said Jefferson County
Sheriff Ted Mink. "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."
"Arvada and neighboring jurisdictions have a strong track record of
information sharing, but it can take days or weeks to assemble and
analyze information from multiple jurisdictions critical to cracking
complex cases," said Chief Ron Sloan of the Arvada Police
Department. "COPLINK provides and analyzes information across
participating jurisdictions in seconds based on known facts in an
investigation which will significantly reduce the time it takes our
officers to identify suspected criminals and their associates and
apprehend violent and repeat offenders."
COPLINK provides unparalleled analysis and decision support for
rapidly identifying criminal suspects, relationships and crime
patterns. It works by allowing vast quantities of structured and
seemingly unrelated 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 wasn't
possible at all or often took days or weeks to accomplish. Through
sophisticated analytics, COPLINK builds 'institutional memory,'
reduces knowledge gaps and prevents criminals from falling through
the cracks.
The first phase of the project will integrate data from the police
agency records management systems for the Jefferson County Sheriff's
department and the cities of Arvada, Lakewood and Westminster. Phase
II will expand the coverage to include the cities of Broomfield,
Golden and Wheat Ridge. Each agency will control what data is
shared, with whom and when. In addition, agency data will continue
to reside and be updated at its existing source. 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 130
jurisdictions nationwide from Boston to San Diego helping police
officers fight crime and improve community safety.
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 Corporation provides technology-based crime
fighting solutions to leading edge law enforcement agencies
nationwide. Its critically-acclaimed product, COPLINK®, 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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