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Why Longeye

Every demo looks the same. The year after doesn’t.

Two vendors run near-identical demos on their own curated datasets. One built theirs in four days. The other spent two years. You find out which one you bought at scale, under audit, or in court.

Your evaluation process needs to reveal the company building things the right way.

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“We were giving up so much time combing through jail calls, cell phone downloads, financial records and spreadsheets. Longeye helps our team find the few minutes or few pages that matter most in all of that data, and it has turned up valuable evidence we could have missed. I’ve been able to spend more time following up on time-sensitive information and out in the field where the work matters most. At the end of the day, it gives us more time to do what we became detectives to do: investigate cases, uncover the truth and bring resolution to victims and their families.”

Lauren Cunningham Homicide Detective, Oklahoma City Police Department.
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Two ways to build a justice company

The easy way and the hard way.

Before it holds up in court, somebody has to do the hard work: either the vendor or the agency. At Longeye, we do things the hard way to provide a true force multiplier to justice agencies.

The easy way
  • A wrapper. Your evidence goes to a general-purpose model, one file at a time.
  • Days to a demo. Built in a few weekends. Fine for a demo.
  • Security as paperwork. A questionnaire answered once, to close the deal.
  • Here ’til the sale. The people you met in the demo move on once the contract is signed.
The hard way
  • Built for Big Evidence. Every file in a terabyte-scale, mixed-format case ingested and indexed, so a question reaches the whole case.
  • Two years to a real product. Built by engineers working next to people who spent careers in the justice system.
  • Security as a program. Audited every year and staffed for the life of your contract.
  • Here for the long haul. The same team stays on your account, with training and reviews for the life of the contract.

Longeye builds the hard way. It costs us more and takes longer. It’s also what keeps your investigative program moving forward, instead of shut down by a compliance review.

Two detectives working through photos and maps pinned to a case board
The difference in the field

Every vendor works hard on their product. But you can tell who takes shortcuts.

01

Edge cases

Justice system evidence and analysis are extremely diverse. Fragile sets of bolted-on parts built for pilot programs do not hold up long-term like fundamentally sound products.

02

Hidden limits

Low sticker prices may come with severe limits. Read the fine print and get an apples-to-apples comparison that approximates the return on investment for your agency.

03

Accountability

Any “Easy Way” company can self-certify CJIS compliance. A “Hard Way” company can provide a full CJIS matrix, identify their CJIS sponsor, and offer a trust center kept updated with even more advanced documentation.

Hold vendors accountable

How to evaluate an AI vendor: quick and clean process, with references.

Hard way companies want to be held to a high standard. Here’s how to find them.

  1. Ask for three references, in three roles.

    An IT lead, a commander, and a working detective from the same agency. If they can only produce the chief, that tells you something.

  2. Keep trials short and side by side.

    Write your criteria first, give it one or two weeks, and test competing tools at the same time. Months apart, the second one wins by default.

  3. Start the security review on day one.

    A mature vendor hands your IT team its documentation and a live trust center up front, and keeps carrying its share for the life of the contract.

Frequently asked questions

Evaluating AI for your agency

What is the difference between an AI wrapper and a purpose-built investigative platform?

A wrapper passes one file at a time to a general-purpose model and formats the reply. A purpose-built platform ingests and indexes the whole case first, so a question reaches every file, and it cites each answer to the exact page, second, or row it came from. A demo rarely shows the difference. A real caseload does.

How long should a law enforcement AI trial last?

One to two weeks, with your criteria written down before it starts and competing products tested at the same time. Open-ended trials let a vendor hand-build one-off fixes for your agency, and testing tools months apart favors whichever one came second.

What should we ask for in an AI vendor's security review?

Ask for the SOC 2 Type II report, a line-by-line CJIS policy matrix, the completed security questionnaire, and access to a live trust center, all on day one. "CJIS compliant" on a website is a self-certification, so ask to see the controls behind it.

What references should we ask an AI vendor for?

Three people from the same agency: an IT leader, an operational leader, and an investigator who uses the tool every week. It shows whether the vendor supports everyone who touches the product or only the person who signs the contract.

See it on a real case.

We'll show you what your detectives get back: more time in the field, with victims, and in court.

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