Long Beach , CA - Police officials from throughout the United States are learning how to develop secure on-line “actionable intelligence” repositories as part of comprehensive national and local homeland security programs via web-based training.

The complimentary classes are provided by Laserfiche Document Management, the nation’s leading supplier of digital archiving solutions for municipal governments.

“Police executives are looking for every advantage available in the war on terrorism and street crime,” said John Devine, Laserfiche director of government programs. “Many departments would like instant access to records including incident and arrest reports, photos, audio and video files, as well as maps and blueprints of community buildings.

Increasingly, officers can get this information via wireless internet in their vehicles.”

Technology to enable this access is available at affordable prices, Devine said. Often federal and state grant money is often available. Many City Councils are voting to buy this software to improve community policing efforts.

With wireless internet connections, officers can download floor plans of banks and fast food restaurants reporting crimes in progress. They can check previous criminal activity at a specific location or compare police artist sketches with suspects in the field.

The web classes discuss technology that is currently available, how it can be used with digital records departments may already be using and how to begin an “actionable intelligence” program in their community.

To schedule a web class or a local in-office presentation, contact Connie Dwyer at 800-985-8533 ex. 178.

Laserfiche Document Management, headquartered in Long Beach , is a worldwide leader in developing software to manage records in over 21,000 government agencies, schools, law offices, financial services companies and other businesses.

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