The Memex software aids in the management and sharing of intelligence information collected among the various law enforcement agencies. It is designed to allow JRIC officials to gather, collate, track, analyze and disseminate intelligence information, including counterterrorism tips and leads, in real time.

"Memex gives us a secure platform and powerful analysis tools needed to leverage the resources of hundreds of local, state and federal agencies in our fight against terrorism and other criminal activities," said Lt. Robert Fox of the LAPD.

Fox said the software enables law enforcement agents to search for information across different databases simultaneously. (The LAPD already uses the software in its own major crimes division, he said.)

"This initiative is at the forefront of law enforcement's efforts to combat crime and terrorism," said Mike Himley, general manager for Memex's western division. "The system itself is calling together the counterterrorism tips and leads from theses agencies..., brings them together, performs searches against its own tips and leads databases [and] does searches against other area criminal databases. We allow the analysis to look for clues and give [officers] some tools so they can perform some analysis on that data."

Himley said intelligence reports are then produced and disseminated throughout the JRIC.