DALLAS, March 22, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- COPsync, Inc.
(NASDAQ: COYN) today released a case study as to how the COPsync
Network™ helps promote fair and equitable policing practices. The
COPsync Network is an advanced law enforcement real-time
information sharing and cross-jurisdictional communication system
being used by law enforcement officers and agencies in over 16
states around the country. Its use helps keep law enforcement
officers safe while preventing crime and otherwise keeping
communities safer. Officer and community safety are increased with
advance warnings of dangerous people and real-time notification of
crimes in progress. COPsync's systems can save minutes when seconds
count, save lives and protect citizens and communities.
The COPsync case study involves a situation in Marlin, TX, which is one of the 568 Texas law
enforcement agencies and 725 U.S. law enforcement agencies using
the COPsync Network. According to Marlin Police Chief Damien Eaglin, "Recently a man entered the
Marlin Police Department and made
verbal threats against law enforcement and civilians. Officers
recognized he might have been experiencing a mental health crisis.
We used the COPsync system to issue a be-on-the-lookout (BOLO) to
other officers and agencies. The BOLO advised officers in other
jurisdictions of his mental condition and other pertinent
information about him. When the man had a subsequent encounter with
officers in another law enforcement agency, because of the BOLO
those officers knew his actions were a symptom of illness and not
hostile behavior. He was then taken to a mental hospital for
treatment instead of jail."
COPsync helps protect officers and citizens with the use of its
data messaging and non-adjudicated, real-time law enforcement
information sharing system. The COPsync Network provides officers
advance notice of threats and crimes in progress and real-time
access to non-adjudicated law enforcement information about persons
and vehicles. Officers exit their patrol cars equipped with more
information. The more information available to the officer, the
safer that interaction will be for both the officer and the
citizen.
In July 2016, Philando Castile was shot and killed by a police
officer in Falcon Heights,
Minnesota. The traffic stop spiraled out of control when the
police officer reportedly overreacted to the potential presence of
a lawfully carried weapon and shot Mr. Castile. If the officer had
known that Mr. Castile's numerous, previous interactions with local
police did not involve any aggression or hostile behavior towards
the police, the officer might have managed the traffic stop
differently.
Ronald A. Woessner, CEO of
COPsync commented, "COPsync provides officers instant access to
actionable, mission-critical law enforcement information that an
officer can use in that split-second required to make a potentially
life or death decision. In the case of the Marlin Police Department, officers were able
to distribute information known to them to the thousands of
officers and hundreds of agencies that are connected to the COPsync
Network. Equipping officers with more information protects both the
officer and the citizen. This also promotes fair and equitable
policing practices."
About COPsync, Inc.
COPsync, Inc. (NASDAQ: COYN) is a technology company that
connects law enforcement officers across the nation, so they can
communicate and share mission-critical non-adjudicated information
in real-time. This saves officers' lives and keeps the public
safer; helps law enforcement officers catch criminals and stop
child kidnappings, vehicle thefts, bank robberies and other crimes
in progress; and arms the nation's law enforcement officers with
needed information so they can help defend against terrorism. For
more information, go to www.copsync.com.
Contact:
Investor Relations
Everest Corporate Advisors, Inc.
702-902-2361
702-982-1339
For COPsync:
Ronald A. Woessner
Chief Executive Officer
9728656192
invest@copsync.com
Media:
Cynthia Vetter
Director of Media
and Investor Relations
cvetter@copsync.com
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