FAST FACTS

Company:

• Founded in 1992
• Privately held corporation based in Winnipeg, Canada.
• Principal product: the Niche Records Management System (RMS) a unified police information management system.
• Niche RMS used by more than 100,000 sworn officers in more than 90 services worldwide.
• Principals are actively involved in all aspects of product development and support.
• Most of Niche’s high-calibre development team members have been with the company for over 10 years.
• Niche Technology has business representatives in three countries – Canada, Australia and the UK

Product:

• First version of RMS product launched in 1999.
• Used by nearly 50% of Canadian police officers:
  • OPTIC - North America’s largest data sharing cooperative, comprising the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and 43 municipal police services in Ontario, Canada.
• Used by 27% of UK police officers:
  • 12 services, including the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and West Yorkshire Police, the UK’s fourth largest service with 5,600 officers.
• 20% of Australian market:
  • Queensland Police Service (QPS) - 10,000 officers policing 25% of the Australian land mass.
• Selected for 3 US projects in 2009
  • Including US Department of the Interior Multi agency project with over 6,000 projected users
  • Line in Springfield Missouri January 2011
• Average size of installation = 3,292 officers.
• Time from start of project to go-live = 9-12 months.