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SCRA and TENNESSEE ANNOUNCE RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM CONTRACT FOR TENNESSEE FUSION CENTER
System to Provide Public Safety Agencies with Secure, Integrated Network Across Jurisdictional Boundaries and Greater Crime-Prevention Ability
Charleston, SC – June 6 , 2007 – SCRA and The State of Tennessee announce a contract to deliver the Law Enforcement Automated Data Replicator (LEADR) records management system to the Tennessee Fusion Center. A central data warehouse at the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation will integrate law enforcement information from the Law Enforcement agencies located in Tennessee Homeland Security Region One.
SCRA is providing its expertise in establishing interoperability among public safety agencies. A team led by SCRA developed the web-based LEADR information-sharing tool, utilized in South Carolina since 1999, with a grant from the National Institute of Justice. LEADR facilitates information-sharing between federal, state, andlocal law enforcement agencies. LEADR was originally developed for the Low Country Information Technology Improvement Project (LCITIP) and is currently integrated into the statewide South Carolina Information Exchange (SCIEx).
“SCRA is pleased to implement the proven LEADR system in Tennessee after its success with South Carolina’s SCIEx program,” said Bill Mahoney, SCRA CEO. “This valuable information-sharing system was made possible through the support of Senator Hollings for law enforcement interoperability in South Carolina several years ago. The direction of SCRA, in response to its interoperability clients, is to deliver a network environment for interstate information sharing and for fused data from various sources to regional interstate agencies,” he said.
“Tennessee is the first state outside of South Carolina to implement the LEADR program,” said Brad Truitt, Director of Information Systems, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. “Quick access to records by public agencies improves crime prevention efforts any way you look at it,” he said.
SCRA is teaming with Scientific Research Corporation in delivering this innovative information sharing technology to the state of Tennessee.
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SCRA is a global leader in applied research and commercialization services with offices in Anderson, Charleston, and Columbia, South Carolina. SCRA collaborates to advance technology. SCRA provides technology-based solutions with assured outcomes to industry and government, and with the help of research universities like Clemson University, the University of South Carolina and the Medical University of South Carolina.
SCRA also administers the operations of the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center, Southeast Region (NLECTC-SE), a program of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) under a cooperative agreement with the Office of Justice Programs, (OJP), U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). For more information please visit www.scra.org .
