Regional Enforcement Information Network

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"The database was run on an IBM 360/40, and participating agencies could access it on local computer terminals. The system was linked to state and FBI databses, which allowed local agencies to quickly call up country, state, and federal records."
"The growth of all of these databases did not go unnoticed."
"There, the sheriff and local police departments pooled resources to create the Regional Enforcement Information Network, a county-wide computerized database system that digitized and centralized law enforcement records ofarrests, indictments, warrants,...