Tim Daley: Connecting Islands of Data

Crime Cog provides information management solutions for the criminal justice community, connecting individuals and agencies from local law enforcement and county jails to prosecutors and parole officers. Their system is innovative in that it is entirely web based and can be accessed from any area with cell phone coverage. This eliminates the expense of building an entire infrastructure from the ground up, and opens up the markets of small law enforcement communities. Marketing efforts began on the local level. As use of the system has become more widespread and well known, sales are now occurring at the county level. There are market barriers beyond this in the form of internal IT departments that feel threatened by the innovation. In the smaller markets, there isn’t competition from other companies who cannot affordably provide this service to small communities, and there are not internal IT people to resist the change. The package provided by Crime Cog is remarkable in its ease of use and affordability. It is very accessible. Considering the amount of redundancy it eliminates from the work flow, it provides cost savings on many levels. It also facilitates collaboration between different agencies, giving law enforcement officers access to the tools they need to do their jobs. I’m really interested to see how far this could go. Hearing about the resistance on the state level was not encouraging. But everyone should admit that the law enforcement community needs this sort of information sharing, collaboration, and work flow -- not just at the state level, but at the national level as well. We’ve all heard of the costly failed attempts at creating software solutions for federal law enforcement agencies. I would like to know more about how this innovation has affected collaboration between different agencies. I’ve heard about “turf” issues between agencies that don’t want to share information. Is there any truth to that? If so, could Crime Cog’s software solutions change that? Rachel Ouillette EMU Student

Tim Daley, had look into the world found a problem, and found the solution to that problem. Tim Daley is the CEO, of Crime Cog, which links the different elements of law enforcement by having them all use one system that can be accessed by all of them. This is system that was long needed, as commutation in any sort of work is important, even more so, in one such as law enforcement that protects the well being of citizens. Young entrepreneurs can learn from Paul, as to what type of company to start, just look what is out there, the world, and what problems arise from already establish companies. By doing some research you can take an idea, bypass mistakes that have already been made by other companies and be on your way to being the head of the industry. Currently Tim has a very niche market of just bring together law agencies, but he can take this idea, and with small adjusting to his systems he could sell it to, emergency response teams, and larger companies that need help bring together all of there different departments, that have many parts in more then one place. Paul has come up with an idea that started with a specific purpose, but that can be adapted to many applications. This is definitely a lesson to entrepreneurs of how to find a problem, and bring a solution to that problem Richard Higgins

I was really fascinated by your interview because my major is Public Law and Government and I hope to go to Law school some day and has a lawyer it is very important for me to make sure that all the evidence and files are correct and easy to access when ever I need it. Crime Cog is a software services provider that links together law enforcement agencies, governmental agencies, and attorney offices together so that they information that they input can be accessed by the other departments without any trouble and it saves a lot more time then having to call up the different departments then wait for them to send it to you. I think that Crime Cog is in a good market because in today’s world law enforcement agencies want an effective way of storing files so that it is easy to access, and they want a program that they do not have to maintain has much and Crime Cog offers this service. The most important thing that Crime Cog offers is that it is very effect and it makes officers job a lot easier especially when they are trying to connect the dots on a case. Crime Cog has a lot of competition from different IT departments that the county’s already have set up and it is very hard to compete with an internal department because the state is always worrying about making jobs available for people. I think that if your infrastructure is messed up it is a lot easier to get Crime Cog because it will eliminate the amount of work that these IT personal have to do daily and it guarantees that all the information is there and easily accessible. The advantage that I see Crime Cog has is that you can access there data with a cell phone which is really important especially if you need a file but there is not computer around you. Has a future attorney I feel that Crime Cog would be important software to get because it makes accessing files a lot easier, you don’t have to maintain it has much, and it is very effective. I think that this company will go very far in the near future because in today’s market people want information faster and easily accessible. Best Regards, Gary Warren EMU Student

Tim, I think the most crucial point of this service is efficiency. It seems that in today's market, in almost every field, efficiency seems to be a major concern. We are very concerned with the efficiency of our automobiles, our electricity, our water, etc. It is great to see that a company can benefit the cause of efficiency the way your company is doing. I believe that by minimizing the amount of paper work and redundancy we can create a much more safe envirnoment. Police officers can concentrate on their concern of public safety rather than paper work. Another great point you made was the ability for many different offices to be connected. It is very difficult to accomplish a goal, whatever it may be, if there is a problem with communication. Communication should definitely be a conceren in public safety. The ability of all these offices to stay connected in such an efficient way, as you mentioned, seems to be a great stride in not only communication but public safety as well. Crime Cog seems to be a way of the future. I truly hope that people take note of your wonderful outlook and make a change towards the future. Emily Bender EMU Student