Enhancing Law Enforcement Investigations: Building a National Repository of Criminal Justice Records

Law enforcement agencies across the U.S. face the challenge of disconnected data systems that hinder criminal investigations and cross-jurisdictional collaboration. To address this issue, the FBI launched the National Data Exchange (N-DEx), a powerful information-sharing platform that bridges these data gaps. This case study explores how Tom Sawyer Perspectives helped transform N-DEx into a critical tool for connecting the dots between people, places, and events—leading to faster, more effective criminal investigations.