# COPLINK **Domain:** Austin Research / Surveillance **Doc Type:** Research entity **Source basis:** Supplied essay and the specifically identified records; verification scope is recorded in [[wiki/Austin Surveillance Evidence Ledger|the evidence ledger]]. **COPLINK** is the law-enforcement information product family whose history connects Knowledge Computing’s COPLINK Detect, IBM ownership, Forensic Logic’s acquisition, and the later COPLINK X/CrimeTracer branding. It provides the product-line junction in the commercial branch of the Austin surveillance essay. The analytically important transition is the combination of an established police-records product with search infrastructure, followed by placement in a broader operational software portfolio. Search results can then sit alongside lead handling, case management, and other decision-support functions. Those product relationships should be evaluated separately from a particular agency’s subscription and the datasets enabled for it. The documented product lineage supports a study of commercial consolidation. It does not independently identify the recipient of NCTCOG’s 2014 LEAP transfer. That institutional connection remains in [[wiki/LEAP Provider Transition|LEAP Provider Transition]], while [[wiki/CrimeTracer|CrimeTracer]] tracks the later product name. ## Connected entries [[wiki/Forensic Logic|Forensic Logic]] · [[wiki/LEAP Network (Forensic Logic)|LEAP Network (Forensic Logic)]] · [[wiki/CrimeTracer|CrimeTracer]] · [[wiki/SoundThinking|SoundThinking]] · [[wiki/LEAP Provider Transition|LEAP Provider Transition]] ## Sources and corpus context - [[research/The Austin Surveillance Field|The Austin Surveillance Field]] - [SoundThinking — COPLINK X Is Now CrimeTracer, June 5, 2023](https://www.soundthinking.com/blog/coplink-x-is-now-crimetracer/) **Cluster:** [[wiki/Austin Surveillance Field|Austin Surveillance Field]] · [[wiki/Austin Executable Loop|Austin Executable Loop]] · [[wiki/Austin Surveillance Evidence Ledger|Austin Surveillance Evidence Ledger]]