CarfaxforPolice.com Is Access Portal for Free Carfax Investigative Tools that Help Solve Crimes
CENTREVILLE, Va. (July 27, 2015) – Carfax has launched a new website to help law enforcement solve crimes faster. At CarfaxforPolice.com, more than 2,500 law enforcement agencies nationwide are quickly accessing free Carfax investigative tools and Carfax® Vehicle History Reports™ to help solve homicides, abductions, drug trafficking and other felonies, along with combating auto crime. Carfax used direct input from investigators to build the site so it best meets user needs.
“This new Carfax website is a huge asset to our department,” said Deputy Chief Darryl Tolleson, Criminal Investigations Division of the Atlanta Police Department. “At any given time, there may be hundreds of suspect vehicles we’re monitoring for open cases. Carfax makes that easier. The immediacy in which our investigators can add and get updates on vehicles helps ensure they take advantage of every opportunity to solve a case.”
Law enforcement investigators can log on to CarfaxforPolice.com from their desktop or mobile device. Adding specific vehicles to Carfax VIN Alert now is as easy as clicking a single button on any Carfax Report being viewed on the site. A redesigned homepage dashboard keeps track of Carfax investigative tools usage by individual users and department. Agency crash report sales and revenue from Crashdocs.org also are included in the dashboard.
Registered users have access to crash reports from other police departments partnered with Carfax as well.
“Our job is to maintain a safe environment for the citizens and visitors of Atlantic City,” said Lt. James A. Sarkos, Commander of the Atlantic City Police Department Special Investigations Section. “The new CarfaxforPolice website is a great resource for our investigators to monitor activity on vehicles they suspect are involved in a crime. Our decision to put the free investigative tools from Carfax to work for our department is making us more efficient and effective solving cases.”
The free Carfax investigative tools are available for use by law enforcement agencies partnered with Carfax. In addition, there is zero investment – no start-up costs, maintenance fees, or hardware/software to buy – for police departments to make their crash reports available online through Crashdocs’ e-commerce platform.
About Carfax (www.carfax.com) and Crashdocs.org (www.crashdocs.org)
Carfax, a unit of IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), is the vehicle history expert for used car buyers, sellers and the automotive industry. Carfax created the Vehicle History Report in 1986 and continues to develop innovative services – like Carfax Used Car Listings and myCarfax – that make it easier to buy, sell and own a used car. The company maintains a database comprising over 14 billion vehicle history records from more than 92,000 sources worldwide. Crashdocs.org provides law enforcement agencies with a no-cost e-commerce solution for the distribution of official accident reports. Based in Englewood, Colorado, USA, IHS is the leading global source of information, insight and analytics in the automotive industry and other critical areas that shape today's business landscape.
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