The overlay software provides real-time access to local, state and federal crime databases for faster and more accurate law enforcement and emergency response. By entering information only once, an officer using Info-Cop can simultaneously taps into eight massive databases and receives data and photos in just two to four seconds. Traditionally, it takes a beat officer five to 10 minutes to check the databases individually with a dispatcher.
The Bergen County system underwent a 14-month pilot project using Info-Cop technology. The pilot project included 18 departments.
"Our whole patrol division has begun using [the software] on laptops in our patrol vehicles," said Vincent Caruso, chief of the Lodi Police Department. "It solves a real safety issue for officers. Now, when they pull over a vehicle, they are able to know almost instantaneously whether that vehicle or operator is wanted for something. I can't begin to describe the importance of that information."