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Wyoming's Division of Criminal Investigation to Upgrade Message-Switching System

The new system will help law enforcement agencies across the state share information.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- State officials said the first major upgrade to the Wyoming law enforcement message-switching system since 1990 is under way and estimate that the project will be completed by the end of the year.

The state's Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) will replace its existing mainframe message-switch system with a National Criminal Information Center-compliant message switch, officials said.

The DCI uses its message switch to manage communications among criminal justice agencies, including transmission of criminal history information, arrest warrants, stolen property, vehicle registration and driver license checks, investigative lead requests and information regarding missing persons, terrorism alerts and warnings.

The new message switch will allow the DCI and criminal justice agencies to take advantage of transmitting digital images and will provide greater flexibility to integrate with other criminal justice information systems including the FBI's NCIC-2000 system.

The state, which signed an $860,000 contract with Datamaxx for the upgrade, will begin by replacing approximately 140 workstations with the company's Web browser software and a client/server message-switching system. Officials said the system will provide desktop, browser-based network-access hardware and software plus the capability to add new interfaces as technology advances.

The company will also publish an interface guide that will make it simpler for any authorized agency to attach to the system and be able to upgrade with minimum programming effort.