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The New Digital Dragnet
i2, recently acquired by IBM, has merged its CopLink and Analysis product lines into the integrated i2 Clarity Platform, an enterprise-class intelligence system that aggregates investigative, analytical, operational and command-level capabilities and tool...
Full storyPosted 01.10.12 -
Computer 'predicts' crime before it happens
LORAIN -- A new crime analysis computer program correctly "predicted" a crime in Lorain this week. Using sophisticated software called Analyst's Notebook, police were able to arrest a suspected burglar on the city's west side. Read Article...
Full storyPosted 12.23.11 -
Software helps police catch suspected burglar
LORAIN — The women’s jewelry and screwdriver allegedly found in his pockets and the crowbar allegedly found in the car he was driving made police suspicious of burglary suspect Kelly D. Rice when they stopped him for a traffic violation Thursday. A ne...
Full storyPosted 12.23.11 -
Criminal Intelligence Center in Metairie promises added efficiency
The benefits of the new Criminal Intelligence Center in Metairie are already clear. Searching for as much intelligence as possible for a recent murder case, Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office detectives relied on the new CopLink software system to search f...
Full storyPosted 08.26.11 -
Arizona crime data shared by police through network
Network gives agencies fast access to records from 800 U.S. jurisdictions The Arizona Criminal Justice Commission, a consortium of police officials, prosecutors and other law-enforcement stakeholders, say patrol officers, dispatchers and detectives from 4...
Full storyPosted 08.03.11 -
Surprise police eager to join Coplink network
Surprise police say new software will plug them into a nationwide network and allow officers to investigate crimes similar to detectives on the popular television show "CSI." Coplink, which developers described as the "Google for police officers," will gi...
Full storyPosted 07.27.11 -
Award presentation for i2
Lord Lieutenant of Cambridge Hugh Duberly visited the company’s premises at Capital Park, Fulbourn, to make the presentation to chief executive Robert Griffin. View article...
Full storyPosted 07.20.11 -
Intelligence Analysis to Take Down a Terrorist
Intelligence experts are increasingly relying on advanced data extraction software in the fight against terrorism. Berenice Baker talks to the CEO of i2, Bob Griffin, to find out how increasingly intelligent computer software can sift through mounds of in...
Full storyPosted 07.19.11 -
INSIGHT – The increasing importance of intelligence analysis software
Intelligence has always played a vital role in the outcome of military action and national security. With the exponential growth of digital data, including computers, social networking, telephone calls, texts and CCTV coverage it is almost impossible to f...
Full storyPosted 05.31.11 -
Software to monitor terror networks
Dan Pearson from i2 explains to the BBC's Frank Gardner how data analysing software can help intelligence agents track terror suspects. View Article...
Full storyPosted 05.12.11 -
Osama Bin Laden's Killing: How Tech Helped In The Takedown
It is possible to pinpoint several key junctures where technology played an important part in the takedown of Osama bin Laden, though significant gaps still exist. According to officials, the search took off when a detainee gave up the name of bin Laden's...
Full storyPosted 05.04.11 -
Analyst's Notebook - Five-Star Review
Analyst's Notebook is a bit of a different beast for a digital forensic review, but make no mistake: This is a powerful addition to any digital forensic tool box. While the product does not perform forensic testing per se, it does provide a significan...
Full storyPosted 05.03.11 -
Counterterrorism Software Helps Cops Shine Light Into Terrorism's Dark Corners
One of the largest distributors of commercial law enforcement software in the United States is integrating open source intelligence into its products--and they are betting the results will lead to enhanced counterterrorism efforts. More than ever, law enf...
Full storyPosted 04.28.11 -
FEATURE-Govts struggle to recruit, keep "cyber warriors"
States struggle to find enough cyber security experts Private sector, anti-establishment causes both rivals Could China, Russia "patriotic hackers" turn on masters? LONDON, April 20 (Reuters) - Cyberspace is likely to be a key battleground for states in t...
Full storyPosted 04.26.11 -
US hotspot woos Cambridge wireless and biotech
US economic development influencers plugged into Federal government in Washington have pledged to help Cambridge technology companies gain traction in America’s top trade hotspot. Web infrastructure software company, Autonomy Corporation – a world lea...
Full storyPosted 04.19.11 -
Cloud ready?
U.S. Army pushes for online analysis apps as developers fear revenue loss A software approach tested in a basement laboratory at Fort Belvoir, Va., is starting to force developers of intelligence analysis software to figure out how their most advanced too...
Full storyPosted 03.14.11 -
Make vision elementary - Sleuths and other BI data visualisation data apps
Workshop “Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.” Jonathan Swift’s observation applies perfectly to crime detection. Thanks to data visualisation, the toil of thumbing through card index boxes to trace the links between people and ...
Full storyPosted 02.25.11 -
Fusion centers come of age as threats to the homeland evolve
Ten years ago, law enforcement at the local, state and federal levels was, at best, only strongly suited for dealing with jurisdictional criminal behavior. Even though criminals do not respect jurisdictional boundaries, the culture was still territorial. ...
Full storyPosted 02.25.11 -
Unprotected home computers vulnerable to hijack
Protect your home computer or you could unwittingly help to launch a cyber attack, experts are warning. They say the rise in such attacks risks undermining critical national infrastructure and the future of the global economy. Cyber expert: 'It is your re...
Full storyPosted 02.14.11 -
Local law enforcement has joined forces to keep tabs on gang members.
There are 1,000 documented gang members in the Austin Police Department's database. Last spring a KVUE crew rode along with the gang unit to see just how the documentation process works. They look for nine criteria including tattoos, dress, or admissi...
Full storyPosted 01.31.11 -
Geospatial Intel Conference: pioneering technology that could save lives
A group of defence firms is working together on some pioneering technology that could save lives. View Article Watch video...
Full storyPosted 01.27.11 -
China National Police use i2 to investigate online gambling and money laundering
Online gambling and money laundry have been growing in China, causing a serious financial problem. The China National Police, especially the JiangSu Police security, has increased its efforts and adopted i2’s software for its investigation. This has all...
Full storyPosted 01.21.11 -
Law enforcement data streamlined with Coplink
It is a lot easier for police agencies throughout the area to communicate thanks to an sharing system that links more than 31 police organizations throughout South County and the Central Coast. View Article...
Full storyPosted 01.12.11 -
Guandong Public Security Bureau used i2’s Analyst’s Notebook to fight fraud
With the rapid development of telecom and banking sectors in China, more and more criminals are using high-tech means of telecommunications and banking to commit fraud. The Guandong Public Security Bureau used i2’s Analyst’s Notebook to find correlati...
Full storyPosted 01.11.11 -
Police Agencies a Nation Apart Discover 2,400 Common Names in Their Systems
Two law enforcement agencies located on opposite ends of the country found that they had more than 2,400 common names in their systems — a finding that led them to formalize an information sharing agreement to aid future efforts. The Integrated Law and ...
Full storyPosted 01.04.11 -
i2’s solutions advance information sharing
As law enforcement agencies strive to keep communities safer, the ability to integrate and share information has become an integral part of the investigative process. Similarly, the ever-present threat of terrorism impacts on the law enforcement environme...
Full storyPosted 12.09.10 -
IMPACS gives a boost to crime fighting in the Region
IMPACS Headquarters – Port-of-Spain Trinidad and Tobago: The CARICOM Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS) will soon outfit Community Member States with the latest i2 Analyst Intelligence-Led Operations Platform said to deliver the riche...
Full storyPosted 12.07.10 -
Breaking the Cycle: Vancouver Police undergo transformational change
By Ryan ProxIt’s 6 pm on a busy Friday and Unit 3B31 is investigating a report of extortion at the Eastern Sweets Emporium. Mr. Sing tells officers what transpired; they enter it into the Police Records Information Management Environment (PRIME) and move o...
Full storyPosted 11.23.10 -
New computerized system for sharing information among 31 police agencies
The Coplink program, an integrated information sharing system, has connected 31 law enforcement agencies in Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Monterey and San Benito counties, allowing them to consolidate thousands of records into one large database and access it ...
Full storyPosted 11.23.10 -
Insight - The cyber security threat
The importance of defence against cyber attacks to national security was highlighted by the priority it was given in the UK government’s recent Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR). Despite substantial cuts in other areas of defence, the UK ...
Full storyPosted 11.22.10 -
COPLINK soon to be available to Stoneham Police department
From Stoneham Massachusetts I wanted all the COPLINK users to be able to see that this community and their Police Department are anxiously anticipating the ability to share information with Massachusetts State Police and beyond with COPLINK. ...
Full storyPosted 11.02.10 -
Redlands Police use COPLINK database in robbery arrests
Using a sophisticated law enforcement database, Redlands Police were able to piece together disparate pieces of information leading to the arrest of two teenagers for robbery Tuesday. On two separate occasions, Sept. 26 and Oct. 17, students at the Univer...
Full storyPosted 10.29.10 -
Social Network Analysis: Beyond the Hype
HBO’s hit television series, The Sopranos, often depicted FBI agents putting pictures of the crime family organisation on a bulletin board. The Agents were always seeking a mole to go undercover to obtain enough evidence that would lead to a breakdo...
Full storyPosted 10.28.10 -
Data sharing: Police see all the dots
The most important new weapon in fighting crime? Sharing data. Our national security infrastructure is often maligned for an inability to share information critical to counterterrorism efforts. But what the media often overlook in this discussion are the ...
Full storyPosted 10.26.10 -
U.S. counter-terrorism agents still hamstrung by data-sharing failures
Nine years after 9/11 and nine months after a Christmas Day bombing attempt, analysts still can't search across myriad intelligence databases to find potential threats. Technical and policy hurdles abound. Read more...
Full storyPosted 10.06.10 -
i2 social network analysis helped track down Saddam
i2 social network analysis helped track down Saddam – Our CEO discusses in the Sept. 4 issue of The Economist. Read the Full Story...
Full storyPosted 10.06.10 -
Esri, i2 improve geospatial analysis
MCLEAN, Va., Sept. 15 (UPI) -- Virginia's i2 and Esri are delivering improved combined Analytics and Geospatial Capabilities to defense, intelligence and law enforcement communities. The companies said their partnership has resulted in improved analysis a...
Full storyPosted 09.21.10 -
Taichung Agency Relies on i2 to Bust Drug Ring
The prosecutor’s office launched the special team for the investigation of drug cases in August 2007. The team built a database on drug-related cases by monitoring the cell phones of drug abusers the police sent to the Prosecutor’s Office sinc...
Full storyPosted 09.17.10 -
Sharing Information Laterally
White paper examines benefits of info sharing between communities State and local fusion centers, encouraged by the federal government after 9/11, must now come of age and start pushing information laterally to local law enforcement agencies instead of me...
Full storyPosted 08.26.10 -
i2 aims to 'accelerate your mission with transformational technologies'
As CEO of i2, Bob Griffin reminded his audience at the recent i2 EMEA User Conference held in Brussels, of what has changed at i2 during the past 12 months. View article...
Full storyPosted 08.26.10 -
Jane's Defence Weekly - Vol 47, Issue 24
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Full storyPosted 08.19.10 -
Software helps police piece evidence together
Police agencies on the Grand Strand have been using special software to analyze data and evidence, and now they hope to expand the system's reach in the hopes of making it an even more valuable tool. Read more...
Full storyPosted 08.09.10 -
Intelligence specialist i2 looks to Pacific Rim to grow business base
firm i2 is seeking to squeeze greater value from its current offerings while also expanding further into the Pacific Rim region, the company has told Jane’s. Download Full Story...
Full storyPosted 08.09.10 -
Horry County Law Enforcement uses high tech tool to catch criminals
CONWAY, S.C. -- Some Grand Strand law enforcement agencies have been using a tool that makes narrowing down a list of suspects as easy as the click of a mouse. Read more...
Full storyPosted 08.09.10 -
COPLINK system gives police 411 on suspects on Strand
With the click of a computer, area police officers can access hundreds of records, criminal histories and photographs of offenders. Read more...
Full storyPosted 08.03.10 -
Horry Co. takes crime fighting efforts high tech
HORRY COUNTY, SC (WMBF) - A high-tech tool is helping police along the Grand Strand catch criminals red-handed, and now Horry County officials hope to expand services to other jurisdictions. Horry County officials will be joining representatives of i2 Inc...
Full storyPosted 08.02.10 -
Law enforcement to dispaly high-tech crime fighting tool in Conway
CONWAY - Law Enforcement agencies on the Grand Strand have been using a high tech tool to catch criminals and are now hoping to expand its use to neighboring jurisdictions. Currently the following agencies are linked to the system: Horry County Police, Ho...
Full storyPosted 08.02.10 -
Queen’s Award for Enterprise presented to Cambridge firm
A Cambridge business has received the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in recognition of the support their technology provides for fighting crime and preventing terrorism. View Article...
Full storyPosted 07.27.10 -
Cambridgeshire’s crime-busting company
THE hunt for the Bali bombers and their links to the Al-Qaeda network and the search for the people at the centre of the international tiger trade, are just two of the massive global operations that have been helped by a Cambridge company’s cutting edge...
Full storyPosted 07.27.10 -
Software contract boosts security
The city of Austin and surrounding areas will soon be adding more muscle to law enforcement with a contract awarded by i2, the leading provider of intelligence and investigation software in the nation. Announcing the contract last week, i2 will provide th...
Full storyPosted 07.20.10 -
i2 celebrates Queen’s Awards success
Hugh Duberly Esq CBE, Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire presented i2 with the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the Innovation Category 2010. The award was in recognition of the support that the company’s Intelligence-Led Operations Platform provides fo...
Full storyPosted 07.20.10 -
Connecting the Right Dots
This piece of coverage appeared in issue no.49 of Public Security magazine, published in June 2010. For more information about this publication please visit http://www.appss.org.uk/resources/publications View Article...
Full storyPosted 07.14.10 -
Students use Crime Charting Technology to investigate underbelly of life
QUT School of Justice PhD student Michael Cerruto with a chart created by the new Analyst's Notebook software. Queensland University of Technology (QUT) students are following in the footsteps of the nation's best detectives by using electronic cr...
Full storyPosted 07.09.10 -
Opinion: Citizens play roles in crime drop
Extract: Information is shared easily through a tool called COPLINK …Thanks to this initiative, it is increasingly more difficult for perpetrators to continue to commit crime in Chandler and other neighboring communities. View article...
Full storyPosted 07.06.10 -
Terrrorist watchdog ties Shahzad to other militants, groups
WEST HAVEN -- The links to Faisal Shahzad reveal a chain of terror and danger. One connects Shahzad, a 30-year-old University of Bridgeport graduate, to Anwar al-Awlaki, the U.S.-born former imam now living in Yemen. His hate-filled lectures encouraged Sh...
Full storyPosted 06.29.10 -
CeBIT 2010 Highlights
CeBit 2010 - State-of-the-art surveillance technology and iPad apps are Australian IT editor Stuart Kennedy's CeBIT highlights Click here to view the video...
Full storyPosted 05.28.10 -
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
