Advancing National and Global Security: Four Pillars for Enhanced Interoperability
This article was first published in Police1 found at this link. By Kevin Pope, CEO, PenLink Agencies must embrace cutting-edge technology to expedite information sharing and streamline data collection to obtain mission-critical insights. The ever-evolving complexities of national and global security landscapes pose an increasingly formidable challenge for intelligence agencies and law enforcement. This challenge […]
Investigator Spotlight: Frank Perhacs of the Ohio HIDTA
In this month’s edition of our monthly Investigative Q&A series, we sat down with Frank Perhacs, an investigative support center manager with the Ohio HIDTA, about the future of investigations and how digital evidence is changing the law enforcement landscape. This month’s edition explores Perhacs’s most helpful tip for using PenLink in investigations, how digital […]
How Criminal Investigators can Fill in Story Gaps Using Vehicle and Ride-sharing Data
When talking about digital intercepts, we most often focus on mobile device data. However, there is a wealth of information available from vehicles. As investigators know, pinpointing the location of a target and victim can be crucial in putting together the pieces of a story. The transportation used by targets can help provide mobile device […]
Busting Myths About Collecting Social‑media Data for Criminal Investigations
Social-media companies collect and store data to understand patterns for advertising and product-development purposes. The data collected and behavior patterns revealed are also useful to criminal investigations. Investigators need to build patterns of activity for any target with whom they are communicating, and of the specific content in conversations. Unfortunately, many persistent myths about social-media […]
Social-media Data Provides Valuable Information for Criminal Investigations
There are a few persistent myths in law enforcement today: that social-media data isn’t useful for investigations, that it is too expensive to gather and analyze, and that working with social media companies is too difficult to be practical. This article will help you debunk these myths and explore how, when properly dealt with, social-media […]
Find Value In Interagency Connections
Early adopters of PLX Connect, the recently released PLX feature that allows for interagency connections, are finding value in being able to cross-reference data from other databases. Users have learned that sharing data with fellow agencies in a safe and secure way has extreme benefits. Many of the early adopters have gained greater insight into […]
Leveraging Lawful Intercepts
View this presentation on leveraging lawful intercepts and get a side-by-side comparison of all types of intercepts and a cost vs benefit analysis of each type. We will discuss real cases that utilized PLX and PenPoint to assist in furthering and closing investigations. Following this on-demand webinar, attendees will: Understand the different types of intercepts […]
Strengthening Your Investigation With Social Media Data
Strengthening Your Investigation With Social Media Data When violent gang activity in the California Bay area hit a tipping point, law enforcement agents knew they needed something special to gain the upper hand in their investigations. That’s where live social media intercepts turned into the secret weapon agents needed to start making arrests. Live social […]
Broaden Your Community With PLX Connect
With the news of the recently released PLX Connect feature, agencies can now gain greater insight with cross-agency deconfliction. PLX Connect allows agencies to share and search data in a safe and secure way. By leveraging the data in this larger collective community, investigators can make faster case connections, improve officer safety, and identify larger […]
