REPORT ON NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM (NLETS) UPGRADE (FROM PROJECT SEARCH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM, 2D - PROCEEDINGS - SEE NCJ-25660)

• NCJ Number: 25701
• Author(s): C J BEDDOME
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 3 pages
• Grant Number(s): 73-SS-99-3312; 75-SS-99-6007
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: SEARCH Group Inc.
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Program/Project Description
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND, EVOLUTION, FUNDING, MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONAL INTERFACES OF NLETS, A NATIONWIDE CRIMINAL JUSTICE TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, ARE OUTLINED.

Abstract

THE UPGRADE OF NLETS ALLUDED TO IN THE TITLE OF THIS ARTICLE WAS CONDUCTED FROM 4 SEPT. 1973 TO 24 DEC. 1974; IT INVOLVED SUCH IMPROVEMENTS AS CREATING A BACK-UP SYSTEM FOR RELIABILITY, GREATLY INCREASING THROUGHPUT AND SWITCHING SPEED, PROVIDING COMPUTER-TO-COMPUTER INTERFACE AND DATA BASE ACCESS FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND CHANGING THE SYSTEM FROM A LOW-SPEED TELETYPE NETWORK TO A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK.