Reader comments: Despite costs lawmakers like upgrading law enforcement info-sharing

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embarrased | 5:49 p.m. Sept. 17, 2008
Canada's Western teritory was mandated to have one system for all agencies to share information and was given a date to complete it. big city and small. criminals dont have boundries and they use that to thier advantage. currently Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office, Taylorsville city and weaber county actually share thier records information which is i believe the larges populas in the state all the other agencies in the valley although many have the same system the are seporate STAND ALONE agencies. they talk about briding the gap but my not mandate they use the same as Salt Lake City, County, and Taylorsville were the largest amount of data is alread stored?????? yes it cost more but along with the cost you get support and continued improvments, and backbone
Cliff | 4:12 p.m. Sept. 18, 2008
Let me guess, Ty will propose a piece of legislation that suggests a very specific set of RFP requirements that can only be met by...low and behold, a software company that Ty is lobbying for. Lobbyists need to be banned from testifying in front of interim committees to push their own self-interest, and line their own pockets with state money...end of story!

Law enforcement agencies already share a plethora of information...LIVE, off of existing databases. Communication, regarding sharing of vital information has been taking place for decades. The solution is not to purchase a piece of software that allows these communications and connections, but to simply get the existing information technologists, that already exist at every of government, to continue their ongoing process of information sharing.

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