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Knowledge
Computing Corporation (KCC), is based in Tucson, Arizona
in the United States, and is a leading Knowledge Management
Systems company focused on providing state-of-the-art
technologies for organising vast quantities of structured and
seemingly unrelated information in the law enforcement arena.
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 US National Institute of Justice.
The software
got its start at the artificial intelligence lab at the
University, when Director Hsinchun Chen was interested in using
data mining and spidering technology to tie together data from
different Web sites. He originally thought of biomedical
applications, but a Tucson Police Department sergeant in Chen's
graduate class spotted the idea's crime-fighting potential.
A prototype application was developed in 1998 with a $1.2
million grant from the NIJ, the research-and-development arm of
the U.S. Justice Department. Leading on from that, the enhanced
technologies now developed at Knowledge Computing Corporation
have been tested and proven by law enforcement agencies
throughout the United States.
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Case studies and News Reports from the US
Over the past couple of years COPLINK has attracted much
attention and acclaim from law enforcement agencies and the media
throughout the United States, gaining extensive press coverage from
leading publications like The New York Times, The Boston Globe,
Newsweek and Time magazine. The success of COPLINK has also
gained the attention of local and national television stations, who
clearly defined the benefits of the product especially during the
"Washington sniper case" in 2002. To provide a flavour of the
media coverage and samples of actual case studies, we have listed
below various articles and press releases along with links that have
appeared over the past two years in the US relating to COPLINK.
Note. All news stories are in
Acrobat pdf
format.
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'COPLINK'
aids police
'COPLINK'
Helps officers collect
clues, solve crimes
9/23/03
Arizona Republic |
Technology is making it harder for the bad guys to get away.
Where police officers have used old-fashioned shoe leather,
extensive interviews and sheer intuition to solve crimes, more
of them also are using software developed in Tucson to scour
databases for information and link key clues together.
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Law Enforcement Agencies Lack
The Right Tools To Prevent The
Next Terrorist Attack On U.S. Soil
9/10/03
Tucson, AZ |
The next Mohamed Atta will seemingly
operate below the radar and may not be on any terrorist watch
list, according to Bob Griffin, CEO of Knowledge Computing
Corporation. He or she will be pulled over for a routine
traffic violation...
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Software Helps Police
Draw Crime Links
Page A1 July 17,
2003
Boston Globe
By Gareth Cook, Globe Staff |
The
Boston Police Department is rolling out a powerful new
computer program built to find hidden connections among people
and events almost instantly...
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COPLINK Artificial
Intelligence Helps Solve Crimes
May/June 2003 Issue
Police and Security News
by Bill Siuru |
The potential uses of COPLINK
are virtually unlimited, including proactive applications like
finding planned terrorist incidents. Washington DC
Sniper case...
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Crime: A Google for Cops
A computerized way for police to coordinate crime databases
3/3/03 Newsweek
By
Seth Mnookin |
As any
crime fighter worth his tights will tell you, it takes a nerd to
beat the bad guys. Spider-Man wouldn't even be spinning webs if
it weren't for that science-loving Peter Parker.
"Google for Cops"
News story |
Data Miners
New software instantly
connects key bits of data that once eluded teams of researchers
12/23/02
Time Magazine
By
Daniel
Franklin |
Americans got a glimpse of how such a system
might work this fall during the Washington-sniper
investigation. Two weeks into the shootings, Knowledge
Computing, an Arizona company whose COPLINK
system has integrated police databases. . .
News story |
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A Missing
Link Most Wanted
11/07/02
Washington Post
By Shannon Henry
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Robert
Griffin is one of the many former local technology executives
who for one reason or another got out of Washington these past
few years. Washington Post.
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An Electronic Cop
That Plays Hunches
10/24/02 New York Times
By Mindy Sink |
Officials building a case against the Washington-area sniper
suspects are using a new investigative tool to help trace their
movements across the country. New York Times
News story |
Tucson cops, local software to help in D.C.
sniper probe
10/23/02
Tucson Citizen
By Larry Copenhaver |
A
computer database system that Tucson police employ in
crime investigations will be used in the hunt for the
Washington, D.C.-area sniper or snipers. Two Tucson police
officers were scheduled to leave for Washington today to assist
investigators in using the system.
News story
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Sniper probe to get
help from Tucson
10/23/02 Arizona Daily Star
By L. Anne Newell
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A program developed by Tucson police and the
University of Arizona will be used to try to capture the
Washington, D.C.,-area sniper, officials said Tuesday,
just hours after the sniper apparently claimed another life.
News story |
Letter of appreciation to KCC from
Tucson Police Department in using COPLINK
10/6/03
By Tucson Police Detective |
A copy of
recent letter of appreciation received by Knowledge Computing
Corporation from a Detective in the Tucson Police Department who
has worked with COPLINK applications from the beginning and
stating its success in crime detection and solving cases.
Letter pdf |
Alaska Adopts
Criminal Data Mining
10/21/03
Federal Computer Week |
A consortium
of Alaskan law enforcement agencies today announced a new
information sharing initiative that uses the
commercially-available COPLINK
system to analyze disparate pieces of data for investigative
leads.
News story |
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US Television
Reports about COPLINK in Windows Streaming and downloadable
Flash formats
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Up and Running.
News 5, Phoenix
May 2003 |
Coming to Colorado.
KCNC News Denver
February 2003
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Byte Out Of Crime.
CNBC, Boston, MA
August 2003 |
Sealing Up the Cracks.
TechTV
April 2003
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questions or require more specific information about COPLINK,
then please do contact our sales team on 0870 760 7536
or email us at
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