ATLANTA and WASHINGTON, May 7,
2019 /PRNewswire/ -- LexisNexis® Risk
Solutions today announced it is further expanding its public
safety solutions with the acquisition of all Lumen assets, a
product line owned by Numerica Corporation, a Colorado-based company. Lumen is an integrated
data platform leveraged by public safety analysts, investigators,
patrol officers and commanders to help solve cases faster.
Lumen will become part of the product line of the Government
group of LexisNexis Risk Solutions and its public safety and law
enforcement solutions. Lumen customers will gain access to a larger
law enforcement network with additional solutions, new data sets
and continued advancements in analyzing and responding to crime to
help solve cases faster and support officer safety initiatives.
"The acquisition of the Lumen product line of Numerica continues
our 20-year investment and commitment to the public safety sector,"
said Haywood Talcove, CEO,
Government, LexisNexis Risk Solutions. "We will continue to foster
the innovations that have made both LexisNexis Risk Solutions and
Numerica leaders in the marketplace. We look forward to working
with our joint customers and welcoming the new police agencies,
including the Colorado Information Sharing Consortium (CISC)."
CISC is a government legal entity with a Board of Directors of
nearly a dozen sheriffs, police chiefs, and or top commanders from
Colorado law enforcement agencies
sharing data. CISC was founded in 2014 to fund technology tools to
connect member agency information, avoid duplication, share costs
and prevent crime while protecting civil liberties.
"Over the last seven years, we have successfully developed and
commercialized the Lumen product line," said Jeff Poore, Numerica Corporation president. "We
are excited for our technology to continue to support the important
mission of public safety with expanded capabilities from LexisNexis
Risk Solutions. This was a strategic decision to allow an even
greater focus on our core security and defense business to better
meet current needs within those markets."
"The CISC Board of Directors and team look forward to this new
relationship with LexisNexis Risk Solutions; one that will help our
member agencies provide exceptional public safety services to
Colorado citizens for many years
to come," said Vince Line, bureau
chief, Arapahoe County Sheriff's
Office and CISC board chair.
About Numerica
Founded in 1996, Numerica focuses on
creating innovative solutions to the most pressing technical
challenges faced by customers in the fields of defense and
security. Headquartered in Fort Collins,
Colo., Numerica's rapidly growing team of talented research
scientists and engineers tackle data science problems by developing
advanced algorithms to power mission-critical defense and security
solutions. Numerica's state-of-the-art technologies have been
deployed around the world to integrate networks, fuse data,
precisely track targets and quantify uncertainty. Learn more at
www.numerica.us.
About LexisNexis Risk Solutions
LexisNexis® Risk
Solutions harnesses the power of data and advanced analytics to
provide insights that help businesses and governmental entities
reduce risk and improve decisions to benefit people around the
globe. We provide data and technology solutions for a wide range of
industries including insurance, financial services, healthcare and
government. Headquartered in metro Atlanta, Georgia, we have offices throughout
the world and are part of RELX (LSE: REL/NYSE: RELX), a global
provider of information and analytics for professional and business
customers across industries. For more information, please visit
www.risk.lexisnexis.com, and www.relx.com.
Media Contact:
Sara Herrmann
571.213-6866
sara.herrmann@lexisnexisrisk.com
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