DALLAS, December 21, 2004 – LeadsOnline, the nation’s largest online
investigative system used by law enforcement for the collection and analysis of
transaction records from pawn and secondhand stores, reached a major milestone
in December, 2004 when the 50,000,000th transaction record was imported into
the LeadsOnline system.
LeadsOnline is used by more than 300 law enforcement agencies across the
country to solve crimes involving property – from burglary to identity theft,
arson, homicide and narcotics crimes. Investigators search online for suspects
and items – and despite the vast amount of data, most searches take one second
or less. Thousands of businesses – stores that accept merchandise from the
public such as pawnshops and secondhand stores – are registered with
LeadsOnline.
Tens of thousands of transaction records are received by LeadsOnline each
day. These records include detailed information about the merchandise entering
pawn and secondhand stores, as well as the identification of the person who
provided the merchandise to the store. Consumer privacy safeguards are in place
to ensure that the information is accessible only to authorized law enforcement,
and appropriately used for the investigation of crimes involving property.
LeadsOnline’s service is highly useful to law enforcement agencies and
business owners, largely because of its adaptability and ease of use. Businesses
across the country have hundreds of different point of sale and accounting
systems in their stores, and the LeadsOnline system can accept files sent
from any of them. The flexibility of LeadsOnline enables law enforcement
officials in any jurisdiction to ask area business owners to participate without
requiring the stores to pay a fee or change the software they currently use to
manage their business.
Transaction information is sent to LeadsOnline via a secure Internet
connection through a simple process that takes store employees less than 30
seconds per day. Even stores without computerized point of sale systems can
rapidly input and upload ticket data via their home or other computer through a
secure web interface exclusive to LeadsOnline.
LeadsOnline exemplifies the enhanced performance and budget efficiencies
available to law enforcement agencies that incorporate technology breakthroughs
from the private sector. With more than 50 million records, LeadsOnline
boasts one of the largest and most powerful law enforcement database systems in
the nation.
For more information on LeadsOnline, visit www.leadsonline.com,
or call 972-361-0900.
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