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Crouch: Mark43 will launch across Washington, D.C. in summer 2015

Scott Crouch · Scott Crouch and EJ Bensing, Mark43 // Reimagining Police Software (Hosted by FirstMark Capital) · Apr 20, 2015 · at 26:52

Scott Crouch, CEO of police software startup Mark43, discusses the company's first major municipal deployment at Data Driven NYC in April 2015.

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“Really the first major group to grow on this system is all of Washington, D.C. This summer, and so that's not only the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department with 4000 officers, but an additional 11,000 agents across Secret Service, Park Police, Capitol Police, and 34 other federal agencies”

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The claim, plainly

Mark43 will roll out its software system across Washington, D.C. in summer 2015, covering 4,000 D.C. Metropolitan Police officers and 11,000 agents across 34 federal agencies.

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Assessment

Mark43 successfully deployed its records management system across Washington, D.C. in August 2015, fulfilling the predicted summer 2015 rollout date prior to the September 30, 2015 horizon. However, the figures provided in the claim were offhand estimates that slightly differed from official counts: MPD had approximately 3,700–3,800 sworn officers (versus the claimed 4,000), the system connected with 40+ partner law enforcement agencies (versus the claimed 34 federal agencies), and trained over 10,000 personnel (versus the 15,000 total claimed).

Metropolitan Police Department 2015 Annual Report and DC Highway Safety Office FY2016 Annual Report confirm Mark43 (Cobalt) officially launched in August 2015.
Mark43 procurement and system records show the deployment covered ~3,700-3,800 MPD officers and connected 40+ D.C.-area law enforcement agencies, training over 10,000 personnel.

Checked against

[1] dc.gov [2] nhtsa.gov [3] mark43.com [4] lnwprogram.org [5] forbes.com [6] route-fifty.com

Mark43 Washington DC police officers 2015 Mark43 Cobalt Washington DC police 2015 "Mark43" "Cobalt" "August 2015"

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