Ontario Provincial Legislation Mandates Use of Xanalys’
PowerCase Software in all Major Case Investigations
Waltham, Mass. and Toronto, Canada — February 21, 2005
— At a press conference from the Major Case Management
office in Toronto, Community Safety and Correctional Services
Minister, Monte Kwinter announced an initiative to help protect
communities throughout the Province of Ontario from serial
offenders and other forms of major crimes. During the briefing,
Minister Kwinter outlined legislation enacted in January 2005
that mandates the use of new major case investigation and
information sharing procedures across the Province, and the
technology that will be used to support that initiative. Named
within the legislation is investigation management software
developed by Xanalys of Waltham, Mass., the leading provider
of investigative management software solutions for law enforcement,
homeland security, and corporate investigations.
According to the new legislation, investigators working on
all major case investigations conducted within the Province
of Ontario will be required to share information across jurisdictional
boundaries. To support the management of this shared information,
major case investigators will use Xanalys’ PowerCase
Investigation Management Software.
PowerCase combines the most advanced investigation techniques
with some of the world’s most sophisticated information
retrieval and management technology. “Best practices”
law enforcement techniques developed by organizations such
as Scotland Yard, Interpol, CIA, FBI, US Marshals and the
Secret Service have been built into the software along with
data acquisition, workflow, action management and link analysis
technologies of the highest order.
In total, the Xanalys software will give major case investigators
throughout the Province of Ontario the ability to:
- Collect information from multiple sources
such as phone logs, witness statements, tips, e-mail messages,
video, word processing documents, banking transactions,
external and internal applications and databases, and web
services.
- Analyze and Manage information to ensure
vital links and associations are quickly revealed between
people, locations, phone numbers, and vehicles etc., tying
together many levels of interaction between criminals involved
in illegal activities. Additionally, PowerCases’ comprehensive
management of people, resources and property ensure that
all aspects of an investigation are focused, methodically
controlled and audited.
- Share information among many types of
computer systems, different type of users, across geographical
and technical boundaries that have, in the past, caused
critical investigation information to remain inaccessible.
- Prove and validate in court the direction
and arrests made during an investigation. Every document
collected and every action made in an investigation can
come under the microscope months after arrests have been
made. Evidence managed in the PowerCase application has
stood up to the closest scrutiny in high profile cases and
has been commended by the Ontario court system.
“Xanalys’ PowerCase has proven itself over the
past 5 years of use within various law enforcement departments
in the Province of Ontario. In today’s information intensive
environment, we’re confident that our investigators
will stay a step ahead of criminal activity by using sophisticated
software,” said A/Detective Superintendent Mike Coughlin,
Director, of the Ontario Major Case Management program. “Successful
major case management will always center around great investigators.
This is the next evolution of law enforcement technology that
puts the investigators at the center of information and personnel
management. We see the new legislation as the best available
structure to protect the citizens of Ontario, and the Xanalys
software is an important part of that structure.”
“The Province of Ontario is a recognized world leader
in investigation techniques,” said Glenn Conradt, vice
president, marketing, Xanalys. “Law enforcement agencies
from around the world now study Ontario and use it as a model
to be emulated. We are delighted that the partnership with
the Province of Ontario has been extended in this way and
we will continue to assist the Ministry of Community Safety
& Correctional Services to stay on the forefront of law
enforcement.”
Further information about the PowerCase software can be obtained at www.xanalys.com. For further information about the
new legislation, please contact A/D/Superintendent Mike Coughlin
at 416-235-3806.
About Xanalys
Xanalys develops
and markets innovative investigation software solutions for
financial, insurance, healthcare, law enforcement, homeland
security, and intelligence organizations.
Xanalys provides a dependable suite of software solutions
that enable investigators and analysts to rapidly collect,
manage, analyze and share actionable, proven investigative
intelligence. Every bit of data capable of helping an investigation
team to accurately and efficiently solve its case is quickly
refined and distilled into crystal-clear intelligence. Xanalys
combines award-winning and patented software with its industry
experience to deploy solutions that address the complex demands
of investigation management.
With worldwide deployment of its solutions, Xanalys supports
its clients through a network of partners and distributors,
and directly through its offices in the UK.
For more information, visit www.xanalys.com.
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