Linking up the easy way: initiatives in Ohio and West Virginia are linking officers to...

While it's imperative for law enforcement to communicate and share information, that information still isn't easily accessed across different jurisdictions. When a crime is committed in one town, officers in neighboring communities don't always know what's happening and whom to be on the lookout for.

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Frustrated with the lack of information available to him and his fellow officers, one former beat cop developed a computer tool to quickly share vital statistics with nearby agencies, and send information directly to a police cruiser witho