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COPLINK® Crime Fighting
and Terrorism Prevention
Initiative Goes Live in
Orange County, California
08/09/05
Tucson, AZ/Orange County, CA
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Knowledge Computing Corporation
announced today that Phase I of the Orange County Integrated Law and
Justice (OCILJ) Project powered by its critically acclaimed crime
fighting solution COPLINK® is fully operational. The technology will
play a significant role in helping law enforcement in one of the most
populous areas of the United States fight crime and thwart terrorism by
allowing agencies across multiple jurisdictions to immediately share,
analyze and act on information critical to ongoing investigations. The
project was delivered on time and on budget and was funded by the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security through the Urban Area Security
Initiative (UASI) grant program.
"This initiative further demonstrates how proven, commercial
off-the-shelf crime fighting and homeland security solutions like
COPLINK can be deployed reliably, rapidly, cost effectively and less
intrusively to dramatically improve our nation's safety today," said
Robert Griffin, CEO of Knowledge Computing Corporation.
As the prime contractor, Knowledge Computing Corporation leads a team
that includes Unisys, which provided the hardware platform and
professional services as a subcontractor to Knowledge Computing
Corporation. Phase I deployed the full COPLINK Solution Suite, which
includes COPLINK Mobile, COPLINK Detect, COPLINK Visualizer, COPLINK
Active Agent, and COPLINK Incident Analyzer search and analysis tools.
In the first phase of the project, data was integrated from five police
agency records management systems and the Orange County Superior Court's
citation database. Phase II is underway and provides for the addition of
all other police agencies in the County by the end of 2006 or sooner,
with the timing only limited by the agencies' ability to provide the
required access to their systems' data. Included in this program are
other criminal justice agencies in Orange County, such as the Probation
Department and the District Attorney's Office.
Since the OCILJ Project went live, officers in participating agencies
have identified several suspects in active investigations that would
otherwise have gone unnoticed. These leads are now being further
developed and it is anticipated that some will lead to arrest warrants.
Officers using the system have noted that the COPLINK technology is not
only a powerful analytical tool but easy to use. For example, being able
to immediately search for persons or vehicles based upon partial
descriptions within minutes of a crime occurring is a huge advantage in
reducing the time between offenses and the apprehension of criminals.
"With COPLINK, law enforcement agencies across Orange County are able to
continuously share, analyze and act on information that contributes to
making well-informed decisions on how to deploy resources to prevent,
prepare for and respond to crime and terrorism," said Newport Beach
Chief of Police Bob McDonell, Chairman of the Steering Committee for the
OCILJ Project. "It's a powerful tool that instantly puts significant
information at the fingertips of our investigators that would otherwise
be next to impossible to assemble or analyze, and that will help solve
and thwart illegal activity across Orange County." Chief McDonell
further commented; "We have been very pleased with the responsiveness of
Knowledge Computing, Unisys, Deloitte Consulting (part of the OCILJ
Team), and all of the involved agencies. The spirit of cooperation and
anticipation of the power of the COPLINK product delivered to law
enforcement in this County has been outstanding."
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 (RMS), 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.
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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