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Police commission votes to ask supervisors to accept Penlink investigative software
Summary
The commission approved a resolution requesting the Board of Supervisors accept Penlink analysis software (value approximately $60,000) for SFPD use. Inspector Antonio Casillas described the tool's link-analysis and graphical capabilities to combine records, phone data and photographs.
The Police Commission voted unanimously, without objection, to approve a resolution requesting Board of Supervisors approval to accept the Penlink analysis software and any needed augmentations. Inspector Antonio Casillas, assigned to the homicide detail, told commissioners he submitted the federal grant application for Penlink and described it as a relational database with graphical "link analysis" that helps investigators knit information from disparate data sources into a clearer picture for resource allocation.
Casillas said Penlink's capabilities include importing phone records, photographs and other investigative records to produce link charts that show relationships among people, places and events. Commissioners had packet materials available and asked only technical clarifying questions; staff indicated the packet described the system's functionality in general terms.
Outcome: motion moved, seconded, no objections; the commission will forward a request to the Board of Supervisors to accept the software and associated augmentations.
