Castle Rock became one of the early adopters of ForceMetrics Velocity and approached implementation with a simple objective: make critical data easily accessible to everyone who needs it.
While conducting a proactive follow-up on a theft investigation, an analyst at a university RTIC reviewed images of potential suspects and immediately recognized one of the individuals from a previous incident at the same business. Turning to the ForceMetrics Velocity Platform, the analyst searched the known offender's profile and leveraged the associated people feature to identify 22 known associates connected to that individual.
Listen to Information Assistant, Monica Williams from the Bloomington Police Department, share how she uses the ForceMetrics Velocity Platform every day.
During a routine patrol, an officer was reviewing shared information when a request for assistance identifying a robbery suspect caught their attention. The suspect had reportedly robbed a local retail store, and the victim had managed to capture a clear photograph of the individual as he fled the scene.
During a training session with a local east coast police department, the Chief requested assistance in researching an out-of-state license plate connected to a shooting that had occurred the previous night. Using ForceMetrics Velocity™, a search of the plate revealed a CAD-related record, and limited details were immediately available within the platform.
Bloomington, MN PD's Assistant Chief Damon Bitney, talks improving department-wide efficiency, surfacing data from multiple sources in a single click, and sharing data across neighboring Twin Cities agencies, with the adoption of ForceMetrics Velocity.
At the end of 2024, Englewood PD adopted ForceMetrics Velocity™, a centralized, intuitive platform for real-time search, pattern recognition, and case context. In doing so, they addressed their department’s central, strategic goal of creating a single, unified layer of insights across all existing systems. Their adoption strategy focused on the following areas:
In Colorado, officers responded to an apartment complex after reports that an individual had either jumped or fallen from a fifth-floor balcony. Upon arrival, they were faced with limited information and difficulty identifying both the victim and the exact apartment involved. The only detail that was initially available was the victim’s first name, leaving responding units with little to work from during a rapidly evolving and potentially life-threatening situation.
Just hours after attending ForceMetrics training, a detective at a Police Department in Washington state found himself relying on the platform to help him find the suspect of an attempted homicide. A woman had been shot in the face, and officers were scrambling to gather suspect information while securing the scene. The situation was rapidly evolving, and as with many violent crimes, the first few minutes were critical.
