Now citizens can go to the website and view the data as soon as it is submitted. The system allows users to create their own queries to access specific crime information by department, by county or statewide. Evanko noted that, during the past year, State Police have conducted training for local police departments to help them become familiar with the new system. The new system was designed and implemented by the State Police Bureau of Research and Development with assistance from Electronic Data Systems, with offices in Camp Hill, Cumberland County, and Information Builders, with offices in Plymouth Meeting, Montgomery County. Gov. Ridge won sweeping reforms to Pennsylvania's criminal justice system through his Special Session on Crime, called immediately after his inauguration in January 1995.
Troopers can transmit fingerprints lifted at the scene of a crime directly to headquarters.