ARMONK, N.Y., Nov. 19, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM)
today announced i2 COPLINK Everywhere, a MobileFirst application
that securely delivers access to police data to officers, analysts,
and commanders when they are in the field. The new offering
is an expansion of IBM's i2 COPLINK portfolio, which also includes
office and patrol car applications.
i2 COPLINK Everywhere is designed to help law enforcement
organizations solve crimes faster, keep officers safer, and disrupt
crime via analytics of vast quantities of seemingly unrelated data
utilized by law enforcement via mobile devices.
i2 COPLINK Everywhere accesses the same extensive i2 COPLINK
database as desktop clients, but minimizes keyboard and pointing
device input. This capability will enhance officer safety by
eliminating or minimizing the need to concentrate on device
interaction in favor of focusing on the situation at hand.
"The Integrated Law & Justice Agency for Orange County (ILJAOC), which serves 24 Member
Agencies in the County, has worked with IBM i2 for many years on a
variety of successful projects, and we are happy to see that
COPLINK will be available on handheld devices," said Bob McDonell, ILJAOC Executive Director. "It is
another example of technology being placed in the field at
officers' fingertips, to increase both officer and citizen
safety."
The convenience of mobile access to data and analytics enables
officers to validate information and compare partial observations,
such as vehicle license plates, distinguishing markings such as
tattoos, known affiliations and recent addresses, during an ongoing
investigation. Photo match and mug shot identification provide
crucial information during interviews with victims, witnesses and
others at the scene. The user advantages of mobile device tap and
swipe technologies speed queries, saving critical time that can be
used to further investigation and crime mitigation.
"Technology has long intertwined with law enforcement, but
through the advent of Mobile we can enter a new era of police work
and crime prevention that can provide direct access to insights of
immense amounts of law enforcement data in the field," said
Robert Griffin, GM, IBM i2, Threat
and Counter Fraud. "Our team has vast experience with public safety
technology development and deployment, making i2 COPLINK Everywhere
a flexible, scalable solution that can support a variety of law
enforcement needs around the world."
Among its many benefits for officers in the field, i2 COPLINK
Everywhere can be used to help identify people with no form of
identification used in traditional public safety situations. For
instance, by accessing a photo and profile of an escaped suspect
while in the field, officers can show citizens the photo, thus
enabling them to locate and apprehend the suspect faster than
through regular means and resulting in a far more efficient use of
department resources.
For more information more about IBM i2 COPLINK Everywhere visit
http://www-03.ibm.com/software/products/en/coplink/ or IBM Public
Safety visit
http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/us/en/public_safety/ideas/
Contact:
Alexander
Aizenberg
IBM Global Communications
Energy & Utilities, Transportation, Education
Phone: (212) 671-9616
Mobile: (908) 723-4807
E-mail: aizenberg@us.ibm.com
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