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Chen, Hsinchun

hchen@bpa.arizona.edu

University of Arizona

Abstract
The COPLINK project ($1.1M, NIJ, 1997-2000) was conceived to integrate law enforcement databases in a single web-based interface and to support intelligent analysis of incident-based law enforcement information. The COPLINK project has now successfully integrated approximately 1.5 million incident, gang, and mug shot records from the Tucson Police Department in a multimedia database system with a web-based interface. The COPLINK application is currently undergoing testing at the Tucson Police Department and is scheduled for active deployment in Tucson by May of 2000. The application is specifically designed to share case and investigative information between law enforcement agencies in a secure Intranet. The integration of these records supports textual mining and analytical applications. The proposed NSF COPLINK Center for Excellence will build on the above COPLINK testbed and aims to achieve the following two goals: (1) Develop knowledge management systems technologies and methodology that are appropriate for capturing, analyzing, visualizing, and sharing law enforcement related information in social and organizational contexts. (2) Study the organizational, social, cultural and methodological impacts and changes that organizations need to make to maximize and leverage on a law enforcement agency’s investments in information and knowledge management.