FINDERSM

  • Law Enforcement Information Sharing network software accessed only by Law Enforcement via CJNet
  • Federated system (Distributed-no warehouse)
  • FINDERSM Functionality includes:
    • Ability to search records by multiple categories.
      • Name Query- name, ID, address, and other identifying information
      • Vehicle Query- make, year, model, and other identifying information
      • Person Description Query- physical description including age, hair color, eye color, and other identifying information
      • General Query- multiple fields related to a general second hand/ pawn transaction information
      • Article Query- multiple fields related to a specific article in a second hand/ pawn transaction
      • Dealer Query- multiple fields related to a pawn dealer involved in a second hand/ pawn transaction
      • Seller Query- multiple fields related to a seller involved in a second hand/ pawn transaction
      • Jewelry Query- multiple fields related to a jewelry article when searching for a specific article of jewelry
      • Metal Query- multiple fields related to a scrap metal transaction including person, vendor, metal type/ classification, and description
    • Ability to search through multiple types of records including pawn/ second hand dealer transactions, incident reports, accident reports, traffic citations, scrap metal transactions, etc
    • Ability to export search results into Excel spreadsheets
    • Billboard feature that allows administrators to flash important messages to users
    • Compound query allowing reports to be queried by Person and Vehicle details
    • Subscription Services which allows users to save queries for future use
    • "Frequent Pawners" analytics module which displays the top pawners across multiple jurisdictions
    • Ability to track successes, i.e. the user thinks that he/ she has found a report that will assist in solving a case, finding a person, etc., via FINDERSM including number of arrests, dollar amount recovered and any additional notes. These results can then be exported to an excel spreadsheet. This information can aid in the collection of empirical data to track how well the FINDERSM system is "working" for a law enforcement agency.
    • Link Analysis function which allows the user to draw associates between a subject and any known associates from all data contained in the FINDERSM system.


    What Our Users Have to Say:


    "We've been involved with FINDERSM since the beginning. We were an early supporter of FINDERSM because I believe that information is power; that information is an absolute necessity in law enforcement. Crime is trans-jurisdictional and when agencies can collaborate and share information, it can significantly aid in solving crimes." – Sheriff Donald Eslinger, Seminole County Sheriff's Office


    "I like having the ability to cross-reference person, vehicles (including tags), and property with other agencies. This expedites the process; detectives used to have to call several law enforcement agencies and speak with several persons in order to learn whether or not they had any intelligence of value. FINDERSM is a very cost effective way of sharing law enforcement information with sister agencies." –Lt. Chad Parker, Collier County Sheriff's Office