COPLINK® will be Deployed to Support Colorado
Law Enforcement Agencies in the Denver Metro Area

09/08/05
Tucson, AZ

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.