COPLINK Crime Fighting Solutions Now Available To Law Enforcement Agencies In The UK Through Orbitron Technologies Knowledge Computing Corporation Enters International Markets

12/04/03
Tucson, AZ/Wigan, Greater Manchester, UK

Every day in the United Kingdom, burglaries, car thefts, assaults, and other more serious crimes like armed robberies, drug trafficking and gang related offences often go unsolved despite the best efforts of law enforcement. But all that could now change with COPLINK® - Knowledge Computing Corporation’s critically acclaimed crime-fighting tool that as of today, is available to law enforcement agencies throughout the United Kingdom. Orbitron Technologies, a respected leader in software development and systems integration, will serve as the company’s first international distribution partner. The agreement represents Knowledge Computing Corporation’s first entry into international markets.

“Improving community safety and providing law enforcement with tools that help keep more public safety officers on the streets to solve crime is a universal priority,” said Bob Griffin, CEO of Knowledge Computing Corporation. “Unlike other solutions, COPLINK is economical and scaleable, and will not require massive government subsidies to implement nationwide. Orbitron Technologies’ expertise and scope in the field makes them an ideal partner for advancing our international expansion strategy,” added Griffin.

COPLINK provides unparalleled analysis and decision support for rapidly identifying criminal suspects, relationships and hidden patterns that can help solve and prevent crime. The solution is also promising for use in prevention of domestic terrorism.

COPLINK works by allowing vast quantities of structured and seemingly unrelated data, currently housed in incompatible computer-based record management systems (RMS), to be organized under a single, highly secure intranet-based platform. One search using known facts from an ongoing criminal investigation can produce qualified leads in just minutes – a process that prior to COPLINK, often took days or weeks of exhaustive and intensive police work.

Through sophisticated analysis, COPLINK builds ‘institutional memory’, reduces knowledge gaps, and prevents criminals from falling through the cracks. A recent study by the Tucson, Arizona police department where the system has been in use for three years demonstrated that COPLINK is producing a 14:1 labor savings ratio. It saves time, improves police efficiency, reduces expensive resource costs, and allows police officers to spend more time preventing crime because COPLINK helps solve crimes faster.

“Sharing information and intelligence data among police forces throughout the UK is essential to solving crime and improving community safety, but this is often hindered by inadequate technology,” said Paul Birchall, CEO of Orbitron Technologies. “COPLINK generates qualified leads where there are none, and can help put criminals hiding under the radar behind bars. With COPLINK, Orbitron is able to provide a new, intelligent and powerful solution to help all police officers significantly improve crime detection in every area,” added Birchall.

Designed by former law enforcement officials, COPLINK is tactically sophisticated yet user-friendly. Even the most non-technical law enforcement officials can master it in less than a day. By the end of 2003, COPLINK will be deployed in nearly 30 local, regional and state-wide locations throughout the U.S. The solution was most recently brought online in Alaska as the first state-wide law enforcement information sharing network in the country, and is actively used by police departments across the U.S. from Boston, Massachusetts to Spokane, Washington.

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.net.

About Orbitron Technologies
Orbitron Technologies Ltd is a developer, distributor and systems integrator for leading edge software applications for business, law enforcement and government agencies. Based near Manchester in the UK, the company specializes in providing intelligent database and mobile software applications for use in both public and private sectors. For more information: www.orbitrontech.com.