Canada Upgrades RCMP's Technology

OTTAWA, Canada -- The Royal Canadian Mounted Police will soon have a new police reporting and occurrence system that will be faster, more efficient and more interoperable. Niche Technology Inc. of Winnipeg, Manitoba, is the successful bidder for a contract in the amount of $16.3 million, awarded at the conclusion of a competitive tendering process for the RCMP's advanced Police Reporting and Occurrence System (PROS).

The PROS system will enable the RCMP to provide more efficient and effective policing to Canadians by giving law enforcement officers improved access to more complete information in a more timely fashion. It will cut down on the amount of paper work RCMP members must complete, allowing them to spend more time preventing and investigating crime in the communities they serve.

"Accurate, complete and up-to-the-minute information is critical to police and this system will help RCMP members do the job they do best - safeguarding Canadians and their communities. This investment in new technology demonstrates the Government of Canada's ongoing contribution to public safety, " said Minister Wayne Easter, Solicitor General of Canada.

The system will help the RCMP meet the needs of a police organization of the 21st century by enhancing information sharing, improving data quality and providing the infrastructure required to carry out integrated law enforcement activities. The system will be a scaleable and interface with other information systems and databases within the RCMP and Canadian law enforcement communities to create an integrated national police occurrence records management system.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is Canada's national police service and part of the Solicitor General of Canada's portfolio. It provides federal policing service to all Canadians and provincial policing services under contract to eight provinces (except Ontario and Quebec), as well as services to the three territories, approximately 198 municipalities and, under 172 individual agreements, to 192 First Nations communities.