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04-15-2004

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April 15, 2004

ROMNEY ADMINISTRATION UNVEILS NEW CRIME FIGHTING TOOL

 

MARBLEHEAD – The Romney Administration today announced a new online database that provides the Commonwealth’s criminal justice agencies access to information maintained by the Registry of Motor Vehicles.

 

“One of the priorities of the Governor’s Commission on Criminal Justice Innovation is improving cross-agency information sharing,” said Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey, who chaired the Commission. “The state’s ultimate goal is to create a fully integrated criminal justice IT plan that will allow data to flow quickly and seamlessly between different agencies and individuals to prevent crime.”

 

Specifically recommended by the Commission last week, the CJISWeb/RMV database was developed by the Criminal History Systems Board (CHSB) in partnership with the Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV).

 

“This cross agency information sharing shows us that barriers can be overcome to better serve our citizens,” said Public Safety Secretary Edward Flynn. “This is a valuable addition to the tools used daily by law enforcement officers to solve crime and to protect the citizens of the Commonwealth.”

 

Massachusetts law enforcement agencies now have immediate access to driver license photos and information through their Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS) workstations, hand-held personal digital assistants (PDAs), and mobile data terminals (MDTs) located in police cruisers.

 

The web-based tool allows authorized users to access RMV records based either on personal or vehicle data. Providing tremendous flexibility, the tool allows officers to make identifications when only a last name is available, or identify vehicles with only a few digits of license plates. This technology will be useful in traffic stops, and criminal and homeland security investigations.

 

This system is being used successfully as an investigative tool by numerous police departments throughout the state, including Marblehead.

 

Through the use of the CJIS/WebRMV’s investigative search component and image comparison, Marblehead Police Chief Ed Carney was able to determine that the subject of an investigation was operating under several aliases with multiple drivers licenses, discovered outstanding arrest warrants, and arrested the suspect, who was in possession of $10,000 worth of cocaine and an unregistered handgun.

 

The Sex Offender Registry Board, the Probation Department of the Massachusetts Trial Court and 31 police departments and 200 State Police cruisers are currently using the system in the first phase of this program. By the end of June, every police department and law enforcement agency in Massachusetts will be able to electronically access information on file at the RMV.

 

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