ProsLink, Inc.

History

Over a period of 26 years, ProsLink, Inc. has evolved from providing computer services to a handful of prosecutor's offices in Indiana to now servicing all the offices of the prosecuting attorneys throughout the state of Indiana.

ProsLink was founded in 1987 by Don Hickman when it became apparent that there was no central collection of criminal history in the State of Indiana. The Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys Council [IPAC] requested that the founder of ProsLink, Inc. create a statewide network among all the prosecuting attorney offices in the state to accomplish three main objectives:

• Automate the paper production process for charging criminal defendants.

• Track criminal cases as they progress through the courts

• Collect this criminal case history at a central repository and then share it among the prosecutors throughout the state so that prosecutors would know the criminal history of those they prosecute.

In order to accomplish these objectives, ProsLink, Inc. created the software necessary to perform these functions and also installed and maintained all of the equipment used by the prosecuting attorneys throughout the state that accessed the system. The ProsLink, Inc. system expanded voluntarily to over 80 counties and now receives, retains and disseminates over 90% of all the criminal history in the state of Indiana. Updates are provided to the software to keep it current with new legislation. Telephone support and training are provided to all the prosecutors throughout the state.

In recent years, additional links have been established so that large counties such as Marion (Indianapolis) and Allen (Ft. Wayne) transmit their criminal history to ProsLink, Inc. from their own proprietary systems. In addition, all of the data is now transmitted to the [Indiana State Police] criminal history repository for inclusion in criminal history background checks.

External Links

• http://www.proslink.com/

Contact Information

812-245-6060
PO Box 25
Clear Creek IN 47426