Northgate is offering the Initiate solution to its police and criminal justice customers in the UK. The solution creates and automatically maintains the master or ‘golden’ record of individuals by accurately linking information on individual identities, known associates, location and other details.
With Initiate Identity Hub software, police and criminal justice agencies can establish a clear, centralized view in real-time of individuals and cases, using the most up-to-date information drawn from multiple disparate systems and applications. Individuals can view information according to their security clearance in a format best suited to their particular need.
The result, according to the software developers, is a rich and accurate source of intelligence that can be used by police and other agencies to help prevent and solve crime. The solution also provides critical time and resource savings during the investigative process by eliminating the need to extract and check data from different information systems.
The solution’s other benefits include enhanced intelligence on people sharing the same residence to increase understanding of what level of intervention is required, and support for automatic requests of systems supplying data, which helps reduce workloads for bureau staff and provides processing, administration and enquiry cost savings.
The Initiate solution is already extensively used and has brought substantial benefits to criminal justice agencies throughout the USA, commented David Ashworth, general manager for commercial and public sector at Initiate Systems UK Limited. I firmly believe that, with Northgate, we can repeat that success here.
