FORT COLLINS, COLORADO INFO SHARING SYSTEM
The Fort Collins, Colo. Police Department and the Larimer County Sheriff's Office have launched a $3.7 million computer system to share computer-aided dispatch, criminal records and jail management. The system will help solve crimes and track suspects that inevitably cross city and county lines.
Source: “Local law enforcement unveils new shared computer system” by Courtney Lingle; Fort Collins Coloradan, 13 Oct. 2004: 1B
COLORADO TO OPEN INTELLIGENCE FUSION CENTER
Colorado's Office of Preparedness, Security, and Fire Safety (OPSFS) is planning to have its anti-terrorism fusion center operating by January 2005, with links to national databases and other state intelligence centers designed to ensure information flow on terrorist threats back and forth between state and local law enforcement agencies. Although a federal grant for the center has been requested, initial center staffing will come from the transfer of about 12 analysts from other state agencies.
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CAPWIN ALLOWS DATA SHARING IN D.C. METRO AREA
Law enforcement agencies in the
Source: “Wireless network integrates law-enforcement databases in
VERMONT SEX OFFENDER LIST NOW ONLINE
As of Oct. 1, the Vermont Department of Public Safety has brought its sex offender registry online, allowing residents to search the site by either the registrant’s name or by county. In order to access the site, which is still adding content, state residents must register by entering their names and addresses.
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AFIS HELPS NAB CALIFORNIA FUGITIVE IN FLORIDA
With the help of the FBI's Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS), the
Source: “L.A. fugitive apprehended after 13 years; Local fugitive task force members pick up a Pompano Beach man wanted for a 13-year-old murder in California” by Wanda J. DeMarzo; The Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2004: B7
DNA COLD HIT SOLVES 1994 NEW YORK CITY MURDER
Using a federal grant that funds DNA processing of evidence, the New York City Police Department’s cold case squad has identified a suspect in the 1994 bludgeoning murder of a woman in her Bronx apartment. The cold hit DNA database match identified the victim’s nephew, who has seven prior arrests and served nine years for a 1993 stabbing.
Source: “New Testing of DNA Evidence Leads to Arrest in 1994 Death” by Shaila K. Dewan; New York Times, 9 Oct. 2004: B3
