Company History - 1987 to 2009
Over a period
of 23 years, ProsLink has evolved from providing computer services
to a handful of offices in Indiana to all the offices of the
prosecuting attorneys throughout the state. ProsLink began in 1987
when it became apparent that there was no central collection of
criminal history in the State of Indiana. The Indiana Prosecuting
Attorneys Council requested that the founder of ProsLink 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 created the software
necessary to perform these functions and also installed and
maintained all of the equipment used by the prosecuting attorney
offices throughout the state that accessed the system. The ProsLink
system expanded voluntarily to over 85 counties and now receives,
retains and disseminates over 95% of all the criminal history in
the state of Indiana. Updates are provided to the software to keep
current with new legislation. Telephone support and training is
provided to all the prosecutors and their staffs 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 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.
ProsLink,
from experience, has learned how to work with technology and
individuals on a large scale. This has allowed us to expand into
the private sector, which began in March of 2005. With this new
endeavor ProsLink will continue to grow the Prosecutor's Management
System into other states and allow businesses both small and large
to take advantage of our expertise in the world of Information
Technology and Support.
Company Timeline
1987
ProsLink began in 1987 using AT&T UNIX and Conetic Software
Systems C/Base. Email, legal research and criminal history were
implemented statewide alongside local case management and other
local office management routines.
1995
ProsLink transitioned to Microsoft Windows and Microsoft
Access.
2002
ProsLink
began transmitting conviction information to the State Police IDACS
system and built an interface to transmit information from the
“LiveScan” fingerprinting system directly to the
prosecutor to aid in identifying Defendants with previous criminal
records.
2005
ProsLink
moves their main office to Bloomington, IN.
2006
ProsLink unveils collaborative web applications for both government
and private business.
2007
ProsLink celebrates
20 years of providing
business excellence and opens their colocation facility to private
entities.
2008
ProsLink becomes Cisco Select Certified.
2009
ProsLink upgrades Support Services with online portal access
and a quick easy e-mail to ticket feature