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Tool developed by Tucson Police being used nationwide
Ten years ago, Tucson Police developed a tool that is now becoming a nationwide standard. It's called COPLINK. Whether it's an armed robbery, a homicide or a smuggling case along the border, law enforcement in Southern Arizona has an instant stream of inf...
Full storyPosted 02.02.10 -
BPD's newest gadgets meant to solve crime
The wizardry of technology is pushing real life police toward the swiftness of television crime solvers. Bakersfield Police Department officers in the field have a database for suspects and their photographs, the capability of providing on-the-spot photo ...
Full storyPosted 01.22.10 -
What's up with that pole?: LA police explain that the eyesore serves an important function
Once termed a hideous eyesore by some Los Altos residents, the 140-foot monopole continues to tower dominantly and conspicuously above the Los Altos civic center complex. "It’s hideous … it looks like a giant industrial smokestack," e-mailed...
Full storyPosted 01.13.10 -
Law enforcement agencies finding new ways to share information
TAMPA - The alleged drug dealer had a stomach tattoo that showed a raised middle finger. The would-be kidnapper's license plate started with "583." The auto burglary suspect was known as "Erica" and hung out in hotels with a man named "Tony" who drove a w...
Full storyPosted 01.03.10 -
The new CEO of technology software company i2 has big plans for how the organisation can continue to aid police forces in their daily work. The Investigator talks to Bob Griffin about how i2 will move forward in 2010. Saskia Welman reports.
Bob Griffin took over the position of CEO for i2 on July 15, 2009. He had previously been one of the founders and CEO of KCC - an organisation which has now merged with i2. This merger, said Mr Griffin, has made perfect sense as KCC works to help tactical...
Full storyPosted 01.01.10 -
What Goes Mobile?
E-mail and Web browsing are obvious applications for smartphones. But some businesses are doing much more--using the smartphones that increasingly are in more employees' hands to solve specific business problems and hit specific business goals. General Mo...
Full storyPosted 12.05.09 -
Data-Driven Crime Fighting
E-mail and Web browsing are obvious applications for smartphones. But some businesses are doing much more--using the smartphones that increasingly are in more employees' hands to solve specific business problems and hit specific business goals. General Mo...
Full storyPosted 11.13.09 -
Pima County Sheriffs Department detectives get iPhones
Crime fighting goes high tech. Recently, the Pima County Sheriff's Department issued I-phones to all 132 detectives. Now they're able to access criminal information from the palm of their hand. Det. Derek Ogden works night detectives, and he spends part o...
Full storyPosted 10.04.09 -
More powerful crime-fighting computer software comes to Denver
Law enforcement officials in Denver will have a new tool at their disposal to find the bad guys in the coming months. Denver - Coplink, a computer software program that correlates vast amounts of new and existing information in police databases will soon ...
Full storyPosted 10.01.09 -
Good Gov
Visualization tools aid good gov contracting practices The scope of American government is bigger than one can imagine, a fact that has become especially evident during the recent economic recession. The big "T," as in trillion, is getting tosse...
Full storyPosted 08.04.09 -
Army employs visualization software to uncover procurement fraud
When it comes to understanding government procurement, any tools that can help make sense of the inherent complexity of contracts can be hugely helpful. So, not surprisingly, integrator SRA International, which has a contract to help the Army Criminal Inv...
Full storyPosted 07.14.09 -
New program links 7 local police agencies
A new program called COPLINK has been a few years in the making. It's a database that links 7 local police agencies and helps them investigate crime and now it's ready. COLUMBIA COUNTY, GA - COPLINK has been in the works for several years. Now, it's final...
Full storyPosted 07.30.08 -
KC-Area Police To Share Crime Information COPLINK Program Gives Police More Access To Details
Several law enforcement agencies from the Kansas City area are teaming up for a project that will allow them to share crime information easier and break cases. KANSAS CITY, Mo. - They'll be using the COPLINK computer program. It was designed by a Tucson, ...
Full storyPosted 07.22.08 -
Police 'Google'-like tool will link police records, go after criminals
The department jumped a significant hurdle in implementing a new investigative tool for officers called COPLINK, known as "Google" for police, to search confidential criminal information maintained by law enforcement agencies. Currently, Mesa ca...
Full storyPosted 07.02.08 -
National Dragnet Is a Click Away
Authorities to Gain Fast and Expansive Access to Records Several thousand law enforcement agencies are creating the foundation of a domestic intelligence system through computer networks that analyze vast amounts of police information to fight crime and r...
Full storyPosted 03.06.08 -
COPLINK helping catch more bad guys
Colorado law enforcement officials are in the process of implementing COPLINK, a "quantum leap" for police efforts across the state, according to Aurora Police Chief Daniel Oates. COPLINK is commercially developed software that accepts data from...
Full storyPosted 03.05.08 -
Houston Police Department's Crime Center
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Full storyPosted 02.21.08 -
Missouri deploys COPLINK
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 r...
Full storyPosted 01.08.08 -
Missouri to Deploy Statewide Law Enforcement Information Sharing Solution
The State of Missouri will deploy Knowledge Computing Corp.'s COPLINK solution suite to support comprehensive information sharing and collaboration among local and state law enforcement for solving crimes and thwarting terrorism. Funding for the project, ...
Full storyPosted 01.08.08 -
Funding for new police tool approved. COPLINK purchase paired with other metro area buys.
Aurora - Local lawmakers approved funding Monday night, Jan. 7, for COPLINK, a computer software system that some say will revolutionize the way criminals are caught in Aurora. Aurora City Council awarded $329,221 to Knowledge Computing Corp. for the soft...
Full storyPosted 01.07.08 -
Data-Driven Crime Fighting
Law enforcement agencies adopt new tools in an effort to be more proactive in getting resources where they're most needed. On a Saturday afternoon last summer, Mark Rasch took his son to his baseball game at a park in Georgetown, Md. The ballpark is locat...
Full storyPosted 11.12.05 -
CJIS system uses enterprise architecture, sign-on security to link law enforcement
The threat of terrorism has made the FBI more aware than most agencies of the need to share information across jurisdictions, but terrorism isn't the only reason the bureau shares data. To confront crime on many fronts, the bureau has developed the Nation...
Full storyPosted 10.11.05
