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Interoperability

Definition

The ability of separate agency databases, such as a police records system and a court case-tracking system, to exchange case data in a common format without manual re-entry.

Related terms

Case Conferencing
A scheduled meeting between the investigating officer, the prosecutor, and sometimes a court official before a matter is listed for trial, used...
Case Management System
Software used by a court, prosecutor's office, or police force to record, schedule, and track the status of individual cases from filing...
Inter-Agency Coordination
The set of formal and informal arrangements by which police, prosecution, courts, and corrections share information, align timelines, and hand off responsibility...
Liaison Prosecutor
A prosecutor embedded with a police investigation team from an early stage, able to flag evidentiary gaps before a charge sheet is...
Silo Effect
The tendency of an agency to optimise its own internal process and metrics without regard to how its output is used, or...

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