TUCSON, Ariz. and ANCHORAGE, Alaska, June 21 /PRNewswire/ -- A statewide
consortium of Alaska law enforcement agencies today announced it is winner of
an international award for Leadership in Technology presented by the
International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP). The Alaska Law
Enforcement Information Sharing System (ALEISS), a collaborative crime solving
initiative powered by COPLINK(R) technology, was recognized for excellence in
law enforcement communications and interoperability for its technology
deployment approach. The awards program is open to local, tribal, state,
provincial, federal, and multi-jurisdictional law enforcement agencies that
demonstrate superior achievement and innovation in the field of communication
and information technology.
"Alaska may be the last frontier, but our law enforcement agencies are
proud to be known as an international pioneer of best practices in
establishing multi-jurisdictional information sharing initiatives," said
Juneau Assistant Chief of Police Greg Browning, Chairman of the ALEISS
Consortium. "We are honored to receive this prestigious award and be selected
to share our experiences with other law enforcement agencies at the second
annual Alaska Summer Justice Institute Conference taking place in Anchorage in
July as well as the 112th Annual Conference of the International Association
of Chiefs of Police taking place in Miami this fall."
Alaska law enforcement agencies began formulating their award-winning
approach to information sharing in September 2002 with assistance from the
National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center - Northwest
(NLECTC-NW) and the Alaska Association of Chiefs of Police. This included
bringing prospective participating agencies together to understand their
needs, and developing shared objectives for ALEISS. These were spelled out in
a memorandum of understanding between agencies that was unanimously adopted in
August of 2003. Subsequently, months of meetings which included legal review
and collaboration between participating agencies took place to establish
detailed systems requirements and governance policies which include security
directives, privacy impacts, operations, training, administration and user
protocols.
Following these efforts, Knowledge Computing Corporation's COPLINK
solution (http://www.coplink.net) was selected for its ability to meet and exceed
ALEISS consortium functional and governance requirements and to do so cost
effectively. Deployment began in December 2003.
The COPLINK solution that powers ALEISS provides unparalleled analysis and
decision support for rapidly identifying criminal suspects, relationships and
patterns that can help solve and prevent crime. It works by allowing vast
quantities of structured and seemingly unrelated data, currently housed in
incompatible computer-based record management systems (RMS) at various
agencies, 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 seconds -- a process that prior to COPLINK,
often took days or weeks. Through sophisticated analytics, COPLINK builds
'institutional memory', reduces knowledge gaps, and prevents criminals from
falling through the cracks.
In the aftermath of September 11, 2001, information sharing among law
enforcement agencies emerged as a critical priority for ensuring the nation's
safety. Unfortunately, these initiatives sometimes fail for reasons that
include: lack of early end user involvement; failure to address privacy,
security, civil liberty and legal issues up front; inadequate governing
policies; inability to effectively scale and incorporate critical technology
advances like analytics; and procurement approaches that neglect to
incorporate these issues in defining system requirements.
The approach taken by the ALEISS consortium established best practice
protocols for selecting, operating and deploying information sharing
technology. It now serves as a model enabling other law enforcement
jurisdictions across the United States to rapidly and successfully deploy
their own initiatives with widespread community support.
About ALEISS Consortium
First conceived in September 2002, the Alaska Law Enforcement Information
Sharing System (ALEISS) is a consortium of Alaska law enforcement agencies
committed to working together to help fight and solve crime across the State
of Alaska. Founding law enforcement agencies include the Alaska Department of
Public Safety and police departments in Anchorage, Homer, Kenai, Juneau,
Seward and Soldotna. Fairbanks, North Pole, Skagway and Wasilla have since
joined the alliance. Today, these agencies contribute data that represents
sixty-six percent of public data from existing law enforcement databases
across the State with the goal to eventually achieve one hundred percent
statewide participation and coverage. Initial funding was provided by a
federal grant and the State of Alaska. The program is administered by the
National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center - Northwest -- a
program of the National Institute of Justice. For more information:
http://www.aleiss.org.
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(R), 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: http://www.knowledgecc.com or
http://www.coplink.net.
For additional information contact:
Amy M. Smith
Knowledge Computing Corporation
(703) 200-8218
Greg Browning, Juneau Assistant Chief of Police
ALEISS Consortium Chairman
(907) 586-0680
Bob Griffiths, Director
NLECTC-NW
(907) 569-2969
SOURCE Knowledge Computing Corporation
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Related links:
http://www.knowledgecc.com
CONTACT:
Amy M. Smith of Knowledge Computing
Corporation, +1-703-200-8218; or Greg Browning, Juneau Assistant
Chief of Police, ALEISS Consortium Chairman, +1-907-586-0680; or
Bob Griffiths, Director of NLECTC-NW, +1-907-569-2969
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