Knowledge Computing Corporation Wins Integrated Law and Justice Contract to Deploy COPLINK® Across Orange County, California

02/07/05
Tucson, AZ/Orange County, CA

After a very competitive bid process managed by an independent national consulting firm, and the intense review by a fourteen person multi-jurisdictional team from Orange County, Knowledge Computing Corporation announced today that it has been awarded a contract to support the Orange County Integrated Law and Justice (OCILJ) Project with its critically acclaimed crime fighting solution COPLINK®. As the prime contractor, Knowledge Computing Corporation is leading a team that includes Unisys, which is providing the hardware platform and professional services as a subcontractor to Knowledge Computing Corporation. Funding for the project was made possible by Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) Grants in Orange County.

"This project is significant to our strategy to play a major role in building the national information-sharing network," said Bob Griffin, CEO of Knowledge Computing Corporation. "We are proud to be working with Orange County to help them meet and exceed the OCILJ Project goals with an exceptional team."

"As the second most populous county in the state of California and the fifth most populous in the United States, Orange County plays a central role in homeland security," said Newport Beach Chief of Police Bob McDonell, Chairman of the Steering Committee for the OCILJ Project.

He commented further, "This project will provide the capability to electronically share information across multi-jurisdictional lines for the first time in the history of the Criminal Justice System in this County. It's also the first time so many disparate databases have been linked in one County and as a result, the model will provide an excellent example for other similar jurisdictions. COPLINK will substantially enhance efforts to protect our citizens by allowing us to share such information, significantly improve our investigative abilities and reduce the potential for criminal activity and terrorist related acts to go undetected."

COPLINK provides unparalleled analysis and decision support for rapidly identifying criminal suspects, relationships and patterns that can help solve and thwart crime and terrorism. It works by allowing vast quantities of structured and seemingly unrelated data, currently housed in various incompatible databases and record 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 or often took days or weeks. Through sophisticated analytics, COPLINK builds 'institutional memory,' reduces knowledge gaps and prevents criminals from falling through the cracks.

Phase One of the OCILJ Project provides for full implementation of the COPLINK Solution Suite, which includes COPLINK Mobile, COPLINK Detect, COPLINK Visualizer, COPLINK Active Agent, and COPLINK Incident Analyzer search and analysis tools. Data will be integrated from five police agency records management systems, the Orange County Sheriff's Dept. records and jail management systems, and the Orange County Superior Court's citation database. Phase two will provide for the addition of the remaining police agencies on an incremental basis.

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 100 jurisdictions nationwide from Boston to San Diego helping police officers fight crime and improve community safety.

Winner of numerous awards, COPLINK was recognized by the International Association of Chiefs of Police as a finalist for the prestigious Webber Seavey Award for quality in law enforcement for the Tucson, Arizona deployment. 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.net.