Sharing ballistics data across the European Union

Across Europe police organisations are using numerous systems, both computerised and manual, to capture information about firearm crimes. The Odyssey platform intends to address this issue by providing police organisations with the ability to access ballistics data from other European law enforcement agencies. The Odyssey platform is a prototype system that has been developed to identify standards for the development of a European wide ballistics information system. In this paper, we outline the investigation tools found within the platform and discuss how these were developed. The prototype has been demonstrated to law enforcement communities across Europe and is in its final stages of development.