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 professional services firm with police, sheriff, fire, corrections, airport, and university public safety agency customers in 48 states.
Ed began working on various CAD/RMS projects in project management, business analyst, technical analyst, and procurement roles for state and local government in 2008. His core expertise includes CAD, RMS, mobile field reporting systems, system specifications, public records, NIBRS, and CJIS standards. He also specializes in government procurement, contract management, and systems integration.
Ed led PRI to national prominence after the company was hired in several high-profile projects involving crime reporting issues at the Milwaukee Police Department and Metropolitan Nashville Police Department. The firm continued to grow its training and consulting services, expanding into the larger government market after 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 Business 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.