CANYON LAKE, Texas, March 10, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- COPsync, Inc. (OTCBB:COYN), a software technology provider to law enforcement and emergency service professionals, announces today that six new law agencies in the State of Texas were awarded federal funding to implement the COPsync™ information sharing technology.
The funding for the installation of the company's in-car information sharing software was provided under the Recovery Act - Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant. The installation of the COPsync software in the Coke, Schleicher, Kimble and Mason Counties Sheriff's Offices and the Sonora and Seymour Police Departments will bring these agencies into compliance with federal mandates established by the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security with respect to interoperability and information sharing requirements, as well as provide them with critical historical and real-time crime data as it is reported and stored on the COPsync network.
COPsync, Inc. CEO, Russell Chaney, said, "The award of this funding to implement our software at these Texas law enforcement agencies further reinforces the value of COPsync within the law enforcement community. We are pleased that federal and state governments see the critical need of our real-time data sharing and collection software solution. Their proactive stance on technology advancement in law enforcement is vital in creating our vision of a nationwide information sharing network in the future."
COPsync's focus is to provide a universal mobile data collection user interface to standardize information collection, while concurrently providing real-time information sharing, at the point of incident to all law enforcement agencies. The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program, through the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Assistance, is the primary provider of federal criminal justice funding to state and local jurisdictions. JAG funds support all components of the criminal justice system, from multijurisdictional drug and gang task forces to crime prevention and domestic violence programs, courts, corrections, treatment, and justice information sharing initiatives. JAG-funded projects may address crime through the provision of services directly to individuals and/or communities and by improving the effectiveness and efficiency of criminal justice systems, processes, and procedures. These funds are administered by the Criminal Justice Division (CJD) of the Office of the Governor of Texas based upon competitive scoring by the relevant Council of Governments (COG). These agencies participated in the competitive grant application process under which their applications were scored by the Criminal Justice Advisory Committee of the Concho Valley Council of Governments.
About COPsync, Inc.
COPsync, Inc. (OTCBB:COYN) is positioned to become one of the fastest growing software technology providers to law enforcement and emergency service professionals worldwide. COPsync, Inc. is the only law enforcement software provider to provide full data collection and information sharing capabilities to all subscribing agencies in real time at the point of incident directly to the patrol officer. For more information, please visit http://www.COPsync.com/.
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