Sussex County Chiefs Launch Countywide Ballistics Intelligence Network With Revelen.ai

GEORGETOWN, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Sussex County Police Chiefs Association (SCPCA) announced today the countywide deployment of the Revelen.ai ballistics analysis platform. The partnership, formalized through a Memorandum of Understanding with the Association, will deploy on-site ballistics intelligence technology across law enforcement agencies in Sussex County, Delaware, creating a countywide intelligence network that enables officers to match shell casings to prior shootings, suspects, and weapons in minutes, directly at the scene, while preserving evidence for formal forensic analysis.

Participating agencies include, but are not limited to, the police departments of Milford, Seaford, Rehoboth Beach, Bethany Beach, South Bethany Beach, Ocean View, Lewes, Georgetown, Milton, Delmar, Millsboro, Fenwick Island, South Bethany, and Dewey Beach.

With Revelen.ai's ShotOptix Scanner, any participating agency can scan a shell casing at a crime scene and receive confirmed ballistics matches in minutes, revealing connections to other shootings, geographic patterns, and case histories while suspects are often still in custody. Every scan is shared instantly across all 19 participating agencies, meaning a shooting that appears isolated in one town can be connected to incidents countywide the moment it's discovered. Sussex County is building what law enforcement experts call a "digital mosaic": a real-time picture of how violent crimes connect across the entire county, rather than each department holding isolated puzzle pieces.

“We're making a digital shift in how we respond to gun violence. Now we can scan evidence at the scene and get confirmed correlations immediately, connecting shell casings to other incidents right there in the field, while preserving everything for the state lab's formal forensic confirmation later," said Chief Tom Spell, President of the Sussex County Police Chiefs Association and Chief of Lewes Police Department.

Using the ShotOptix Scanner, officers capture high-resolution images of shell casing markings. These images are sent to an AI-powered correlation engine that searches for matches across all participating agencies in minutes. Investigators receive actionable intelligence, including the firearm's history, connections to prior incidents, and links to known suspects.

"Coordination across our county agencies has always been a strength of this association, and this program extends that coordination to ballistics intelligence in near real-time, in a way that simply wasn't possible before. When one agency scans a casing, every participating department benefits in near real-time. That's the power of building a shared intelligence network at the county level," said Chief Ken McLaughlin, Vice President of the Sussex County Police Chiefs Association and Chief of Ocean View Police Department.

"The Sussex County Chiefs are leading the charge on a critical innovation in American policing. By providing their agencies the ability to match casings and connect crimes immediately in the field, they're empowering officers to generate their own leads instantly while maintaining the forensic rigor that cases require. This is about giving investigators every advantage, both immediate intelligence and long-term laboratory confirmation," said Bradford Davis, CEO of Revelen.ai.

The countywide deployment means that for the first time, every Sussex County resident is covered by the same real-time ballistics intelligence network, whether they live in Rehoboth Beach or Delmar, a larger department, or a one-officer town. Agencies that previously had no access to forensic ballistics capabilities now have the same tools as the largest departments in the county, with results delivered in the field rather than weeks later from a distant lab.

"As the first agency in Delaware to deploy ShotOptix, Laurel has seen firsthand what real-time ballistics intelligence means for a small department. Having this capability available countywide, across agencies of every size, is exactly the kind of force multiplier Sussex County needs to stay ahead of gun violence," said Chief Rob Kracyla, Chief of the Laurel Police Department.

The Association plans to conduct field demonstrations featuring mock crime scenes to showcase the technology's capabilities for media and stakeholders. All Sussex County agencies will have access to the technology, ensuring every community benefits regardless of department size.

About the Sussex County Police Chiefs Association

The Sussex County Police Chiefs Association represents 19 law enforcement agencies across Delaware's southernmost county, serving over 237,000 residents.

About Revelen.ai

Revelen.ai delivers real-time ballistics intelligence to law enforcement. The ShotOptix Scanner enables officers to digitize shell casing evidence and receive AI-powered analysis within minutes while preserving evidence for traditional laboratory analysis. For more information, visit revelen.ai.