New FBI computer system finally tracking cases

Published July 31, 2012 10:16pm ET



WASHINGTON (AP) — A computer system to track cases finally worked for the FBI. After years of delays, the nation’s premier law enforcement agency and its 13,000 agents are abandoning paper-based case management for electronic case files.

Sentinel, as it’s called, makes new case information and intelligence available more quickly to agents and analysts. And the search capabilities seem impressive, at least to a group of reporters who watched a quick run-through of the technology at bureau headquarters on Tuesday. Sentinel was put on line for all employees on July 1.

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