JusticeXchange(R) Used to Support the Work of the National Center for Missing & Exploited...

JusticeXchange(R) Used to Support the Work of the National Center for Missing
& Exploited Children
Center's staff makes it a part of daily workload

LOUISVILLE, Ky., July 31 /PRNewswire/ -- A partnership between the
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and Appriss is paying
off in the search for suspected abductors and registered sex offenders. NCMEC
uses the company's JusticeXchange service to seek updated information on
inmates held in jails and prisons across the country.
JusticeXchange is an integrated justice solution that provides instant,
up-to-date access to booking records, incident reports, and other data from
thousands of law enforcement agencies. Users can also set up watches and
register to be notified when someone matching a description shows up in
custody in any of the jails covered by the system.
Appriss began providing the service to NCMEC on a pro bono basis in 2004
to assist case analysts in their efforts to monitor suspected abductors or
missing children who may have been arrested as adults and jailed in other
states. Since that time, analysts have made JusticeXchange an integral part
of their daily routine.
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) recently asked NCMEC to locate a
non-compliant sex offender who had failed to register as required by law.
Analysts conducted person searches for the offender and added him to the
JusticeXchange Watch List.
"We received an automatic e-mail weeks later locating the offender in a
Missouri county jail. We were also able to obtain his current address and
employer," said Staca Urie, program manager with NCMEC's Special Analysis
Unit. "With JusticeXchange, we were able to provide law enforcement agencies
with important information to get the offender extradited to Kansas and back
in court."
Birmingham, Alabama authorities contacted NCMEC to assist in locating a
missing 17 year old with a history of drug and alcohol abuse. After six
months, NCMEC located the teen by finding, through JusticeXchange, that he had
been arrested and was in custody in another community. Law enforcement was
able to confirm the teen's identity and his safe recovery.
"JusticeXchange is an important resource used to assist law enforcement in
missing child investigations and often contains vital information," said Urie.
"In this particular investigation, JusticeXchange played a key role in
reuniting an endangered runaway with his family."
JusticeXchange is currently used by law enforcement professionals in
Texas, New York, Florida, Washington, Kentucky, Maryland, Utah, Arkansas, and
North Carolina; by agencies in Indiana, Illinois, South Dakota, and Arizona.
JusticeXchange has performed more than one million searches in the last six
years and located more than 250,000 wanted individuals.
About Appriss
Appriss provides innovative technology solutions that help thousands of
local, state, and Federal government agencies serve and protect their
citizens. Its flagship product, VINE(R), keeps crime victims informed on the
custody or court status of their offender in more than 2,000 communities
across the country. Other innovative services include VINE Protective
Order(R), which alerts individuals when a protective order has been served;
MethCheck(R), which works with both law enforcement and pharmacies to address
the illegal meth lab problem; and AlertXpress(R), a high-speed notification
service for government agencies.
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Rick Jones of Appriss Inc., +1-502-815-3855, rjones@appriss.com