Information Sharing Networks in the

Commonwealth

LInXChief John A. Venuti

VCU Police Department&

Sam HoffmanDCJS

Why Share Information ??

Regional Crime Information Sharing NetworksAugust 2010

Law Enforcement Information Exchange (LInX) LInX Projects in Progress Independent Common Language Networks

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What LInX Is

• An advanced law enforcement information sharing system

• Not a technology project

• Populated with law enforcement data only

• Not an “off the shelf” product

• Governed by a regional Board of Directors

Data Collected in LInX

• Incidents• Field interviews• Arrests• Mugshots • Jail booking records• Traffic crash reports• Traffic citations data• Traffic stop data• Parking ticket data• Pawn shop records• Sex offenders registry

• Incident narratives• Investigative narratives• Supplemental reports• Computer aided dispatch/911 calls• Outstanding warrants• Adult criminal history

Federal Information

• FBI investigative reports

• DEA Person-of-Interest & Investigative Reports

• ATF Investigative Reports Notes

• USMS Warrants & Collateral Leads

• BOP Inmate Records

• BOP Inmate Call logs

What LInX Does

• Electronically “connects” member agencies’

records management systems

• Moves that data to the LInX data warehouse

• Allows the search of agencies’ data

What LInX Does

– Makes a lot of data available to you in seconds

– Saves you an extraordinary amount of time

– Generates investigative leads

– Identifies previously unknown relationships of

persons of interest

– Increases officer safety & situational awareness

– It allows all of us to know what each of us knows

Data

Warehouse

Single Agency with RMS Network of Agencies

Agencies Sharing an RMS State & Federal

Agencies

Universities, Airports &

Others

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Campus LInX Utilizations

• Armed robbery

• Discharging of a firearm

University/College Participants • Christopher Newport University Police Department• Hampton University Police Department• Longwood University Police Department• Norfolk State University Police Department• Old Dominion University Police Department• Thomas Nelson Community College Police Department• University of Richmond Police Department• University of Virginia Police Department• Virginia Commonwealth University Police Department• Virginia Military Institute Post Police Department• William and Mary University Police Department• George Mason University Police Department• James Madison University Police Department• Northern Virginia Community College Police Department• Richard Bland College Police Department• J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College Police Department• Prince George’s Community College Police Department• University of Maryland Dept. of Public Safety

LInX Participation

Contact:

Sam Hoffman

Department of Criminal Justice Services

sam.hoffman@dcjs.virginia.gov