About Edward Claughton
Founder and CEO
Built upon experience as a public safety records and IT management consultant, and former Police Lieutenant from the Coral Gables, FL Police Department, Ed founded and grew PRI into public safety’s premier records management and technology firm with police, sheriff, fire, corrections, airport, and university public safety agency customers in all 50 states.
Ed also founded the Institute for Public Safety Records Management (IPSRM), a national coalition of records management personnel to advance the profession. His core expertise includes CAD, RMS, mobile field reporting systems, public records, NIBRS, and CJIS standards.
Ed led PRI to national prominence after building a model for public safety agencies to modernize, streamline, and achieve compliance through training, sound business process, and technology. The firm continued to grow its services, expanding into the larger government market after building GovQuest, and winning contracts with transportation agencies, universities, and fire/EMS departments.
Ed holds a Masters in Criminal Justice degree from Boston University, and completed the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program with a Certificate in Entrepreneurship. He also holds Certificates in Public Records, and Law Enforcement Auditing.
Public concerns about the accuracy of the police department crime statistics have been addressed by this comprehensive review. The report details exactly how the errors occurred and what we need to do to fix them. This exhaustive report will serve as a basic template for every police department in the country that has experienced crime data errors.
Your experience and expertise in the area of police operations, crime data and records management was a valuable resource that I would be happy to call on again, should the need arise.