Verus - LEO Technologies

LEO Technologies has developed a Speech-to-Text system called Verus. It is patent-pending, state-of-the-art, proprietary, automated phone recording transcription system which utilizes software and provides subject matter experts (i.e. service) to Law Enforcement Organizations so they can more easily disrupt criminal operations within correctional facilities and determine whether mentally ill inmates need immediate assistance. LEO Technologies utilizes multiple pieces of Amazon Web Service (AWS) software as part of the LEO Verus system and has been deemed a Global Partner of AWS.

The LEO Technologies Verus produces near real-time intelligence from inmate phone calls, based on keywords and phrases. It automatically downloads, analyzes, and transcribes all recorded inmate calls, proactively flagging them for review

How Verus works

Verus is a user friendly automated solution built upon human law enforcement expertise. It is a searchable, model-driven analytical processing software that provides searches, reports, and intelligent notifications to potential criminal events. The end result is a more efficient action model for the Law Enforcement community.

Verus is automated. Calls are monitored and flagged automatically using three proprietary pathways.
Verus is fast. Calls are downloaded and analyzed in a matter of seconds. Authorities have real-time intelligence that can save lives and solve crimes.
Verus is objective. Technology removes the subjective human element. No implicit bias, no racial profiling—LEO Verus simply analyzes and reviews content of the calls themselves.

The Verus System Leads to Arrests in Young Man’s Murder

Vincent Webster Cole, 20, was found shot and pronounced dead at the scene on April 4, 2018, in Bessemer. LEO Technologies investigators, using Verus, flagged an incriminating inmate phone call with admissible information related to the killing.

Verus Detects Activity

LEO Technologies investigators used the Verus System to review telephone calls from an inmate well known for previous crimes and knowledge on prior homicides. In a call between the male inmate and an unidentified male caller, the inmate identified the shooter in a homicide that had occurred the day before.

During the conversation, the caller asked, “You see the news?” The inmate replied, “I seen the news talkin’ about what ‘Lil Burt’ did on Berkley.” Not only did the conversation mention “Berkley,” the street where the murder had taken place, but the call also detailed information on the vehicle used. The male caller described the shooting and details of his involvement.

Conversation Leads to Suspects

The LEO Technologies investigator sent the phone conversation to an investigator interviewing witnesses regarding the homicide. Through the information in the phone call and the capabilities of the departmental database, all suspects were identified, and capital murder arrest warrants were issued for both the male caller and the shooter the call had identified.

Providing Proactive Solutions for Law Enforcement

The suspects, Ladarius Burts and Willie Jenkins III, were arrested and taken into custody the day following the murder. Additional phone calls the suspects placed from the booking area to their relatives were recorded and monitored. These phone calls provided further information that will continue to assist law enforcement.

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