State of Alabama Selects Voyager Secure Wireless Data Platform from Advanced Technology Systems.

MCLEAN, Va. -- Advanced Technology Systems, Inc., a leading IT company that delivers innovative technology solutions to federal, state, and local government organizations, today announced that the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center (ACJIC) has selected the company's Voyager Secure Wireless Data solution as the central technology platform to support and manage its statewide enterprise wireless system for criminal justice data. The contract is valued in excess of $1 million over a three-year period.

A first of its type in the United States, the statewide enterprise wireless system provides more than 15,000 local Alabama law enforcement officers with mobile access to secure criminal justice data using virtually any wireless device, such as laptops, personal data assistants, and cell phones, on any wireless data communications platform. With the Voyager system, local agencies now have the flexibility and freedom to make their own decisions related to data communications and device choices through best of breed, commercially available technologies, rather than encountering restrictions that inevitably occur when states force a single technology standard for all agencies.

"We're fully committed to helping the state of Alabama achieve interoperability and improve communication among its law enforcement and homeland security agencies," said Martin Gillespie, Vice President and General Manager of Public Safety Solutions at Advanced Technology Systems. "Our extensive experience as both a complex system integrator and custom software developer for the criminal justice community positions us very well to help ACJIC better support the law enforcement officers who protect

and defend citizens across the state."

Interoperability is commonly cited as a major hurdle in attempting to create a common communications platform for all first responders and public safety organizations. The Voyager platform conquers this problem by allowing any commercially available or private radio data network to be used to access data wirelessly, thereby allowing for interoperability among disparate systems. Local agencies are thus able to make individual decisions regarding RF voice and data network coverage and associated costs, while still employing the Voyager system. Additionally, the unique secure messaging component of the Voyager platform allows for interoperable communications between agencies, departments, task forces, and other critical law enforcement stakeholders.

"Voyager supports immediate access of mission critical criminal justice data by putting it directly into the hands of local law enforcement officers. This technology fundamentally changes the way we can protect the citizens of the state, while significantly increasing officer safety. We couldn't ask for a better strategic technology partner than ATS. Their focus on next generation technology and customer service fits perfectly into our mission of service to the Alabama law enforcement community," stated Maury Mitchell, Director of ACJIC.

The Alabama Department of Homeland Security allocated federal funding to support the Voyager project, which, along with providing the invaluable ability to access criminal records from state and national systems, incorporates wireless access to Hazardous Material (HAZMAT) data, supports the transmission of Amber Alerts, and facilitates the push of information regarding critical weather during natural disasters.

Prior to full implementation of the Voyager system, ACJIC requested support from Advanced Technology Systems' Public Safety Solutions division during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The state's law enforcement community needed a way to perform onsite criminal background and verification checks of suspected sex predators and other felons as people in Alabama and the surrounding states became displaced. The Voyager platform's ability to quickly access critical criminal history data wirelessly allowed local and state law enforcement to perform these vital checks, ultimately leading to the identification and arrest of several convicted felons and parolees.

Located in Montgomery, Ala., ACJIC assists all state officials and agencies of the criminal justice community by providing 24 hour per day, 7 day per week access to information through its information network, processing over 15 million transactions per month. Currently, ACJIC provides access to internal databases, as well as databases maintained by other Alabama state agencies, agencies in other states, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Crime Information Center. ACJIC serves more than 900 state member agencies operating over 2500 terminals that communicate immediately with those in other federal, state, and local criminal justice agencies throughout the United States.

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