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Colo. To Join States Using Data-Mining Program on Criminal Suspects

By Jeralyn, Section Civil Liberties
Posted on Wed May 27, 2009 at 08:58:00 AM EST
Tags: Coplink, data-mining (all tags)
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Colorado is getting a spiffy new data-mining program, courtesy of a federal budget earmark. Of course, that's not what they call it (they call it a "crime fighting tool"), but a little digging shows that's what it is and many other states(Arizona is one) are using it too.

Another hint:

On Tues. May 26th the Colorado Information Sharing Consortium will hold a special news conference on the steps of the state capitol to unveil its latest crime fighting tool, a statewide data sharing network called “COPLINK”. This new system will allow street cops and investigators to analyze information regarding individuals, property, vehicles, and incidents from a variety of state and local law enforcement records.
Coplink is sold by Knowledge Computing Corp. [More...]

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