A public safety organization ... What if unsolved crimes could be reduced through timely and collaborative police intelligence?

1. Let’s build a smarter planet Government
The Opportunity
To bring criminals to justice efficiently, law enforcement officers (LEOs)
must collaborate. Yet police forces across the country were working
in isolation, which inhibited them from sharing records and evidence
in a timely manner. Without a comprehensive view of crime and
investigation records from across the nation, police forces struggled to
link suspects with unsolved crimes. After a public inquiry confirmed
that the lack of timely intelligence and collaboration between police
forces had caused the primary suspect of a high-profile murder case to go
unidentified for two weeks, this public safety organization recognized the
need for a secure, centralized police intelligence system that could help
improve the efficiency of investigations.
What Makes It Smarter
By implementing a robust police intelligence system that establishes
clear visibility into records gathered from across the nation, this public
safety organization eliminated information-sharing barriers between
forces while improving the ability of LEOs to identify the most likely
suspects of crimes. The new solution integrates more than 1.5 billion
crime, custody, domestic violence and child-abuse records from
230 databases maintained by 49 police forces across the nation,
establishing a secure and centralized repository for important records.
Further, the new solution scans each record for data associated with
persons, objects, locations and events, running probabilistic algorithms
to group together records that most likely refer to the same individual.
By analyzing these groups, LEOs can connect potential suspects with
crimes, identify new patterns of criminal behavior and quickly take
action in an appropriate manner.
A public safety
organization
By implementing a solution that integrates criminal
records and helps link potential suspects with crimes,
this public safety organization has transformed the way
police bring criminals to justice.
What if unsolved crimes could be reduced
through timely and collaborative police
intelligence?

2. Real Business Results
• Accelerates information sharing between forces from up to two
weeks to less than 30 minutes, an improvement of 99 percent
• Empowers LEOs to link suspects with crimes and identify patterns
of criminal behavior more quickly, thereby enabling them to take
action earlier in investigations
• Fosters improved collaboration and greater force efficiency across
the country
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