BCS is the exclusive UK Partner of Linear Systems Corporation, the leading providers of Digital Information Management Systems to law-enforcement, government, military and other 'blue light
services' in the USA. 

If you are interested in more information regarding Linear Systems' Digital Information Management Systems (DIMS) for managing 'Chain of Custody' records for all types of digital information - digital photographs, hand-held and in-car video, dictation and recording systems - please contact us for further information.

About Linear Systems and DIMS

Linear Systems is the worldwide leader in technology and market share for digital information management for law enforcement and public safety.  Linear provides expertise and experience in delivering completely automated digital information workflow solutions to local, state, and federal government agencies.  This includes consultation, engineering of customized solutions for specific tasks, creation of associated policies and procedures, implementation of a system of hardware and software to accomplish the task, integration into exisiting systems and operations, training of users, and maintenance of the completed project.


DIMS is the ONLY solution designed to give total ownership of the data contained within it to the department using it.  With DIMS you are not stuck having to pay for unneeded upgrades, conversion fees, or maintenance fees to a less than forthcoming software company that has your data held hostage in proprietary formats.  By design, DIMS stores assets in non-proprietary, industry standard formats, which allows Linear to easily provide your department the ability to interface with many other database applications, such as CAD, RMS, or LIMS.  Embedded multi-level security prevents challenges to authenticity or validation of digital evidence while giving administrators, and other authorized staff, access to photo, audio, or video evidence and metadata in a Windows based browser or a web interface viewer. 

DIMS Core Software

DIMS Core is a complete implementation and automation of Policy and Procedures for management of
digital images, audio, and video including a comprehensive chain of custody, audit trail, and enhancement history.  DIMS creates a totally redundant workflow maintaining original evidence with working copies on multiple repositories.  DIMS also provides automatic RAW file conversions that are completely accurate, without applying look-up tables, for quantitative, qualitative, or comparative analysis.  DIMS Core is available as software only or with DIMS Enhanced Download Stations and DIMS Server repositories.  DIMS Core Solutions are perfect for a small to large size organization that requires chain of custody, security, reliability, redundancy, and management of digital evidence from several download sites with multiple users.

DIMS ImageServer

 

DIMS ImageServer is a hardware and software system solution that provides additional features, performance, scalability, and expandability for the management of digital evidence.  The DIMS ImageServer is designed as a secure centralized repository to collect data directly from systems running DIMS Core software. ImageServer adds a customised searchable database, a web based browser access with unlimited user licenses, and a very powerful advanced security protocols to control access and log tracking.  In addition, the DIMS ImageServer system includes from 5.0TB to 200TB of redundant storage utilizing the DIMS Dynamic Volume Allocation Array technology for painless storage upgrades and includes Quality of Service (QOS) for the intelligent management of network bandwidth.  DIMS ImageServer Solutions are perfect for a mid to large size organization that requires chain of custody, security, reliability, redundancy, and management of digital evidence from multiple sites with a large number of users.