Volusia County, FL Contracts with Tiburon, Inc. for Criminal Justice Information System Integration

CompuDyne Corporation (NASDAQ:CDCY) an industry leader in sophisticated security products, integration and technology for the public security markets, announced today that the County of Volusia, Florida has signed a $500 thousand contract with CompuDyne’s Public Safety and Justice unit, Tiburon, Inc. of Pleasanton, CA. to provide integration of the Sheriff Department’s Records Management System with the County’s regional Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS). Tiburon is an industry-leading provider of automated public safety and justice systems to meet the demanding and complex needs of law enforcement, fire & rescue, corrections and justice environments Volusia County Sheriff will be operating a regional law enforcement Records Management System to be installed by Tiburon in November of 2007. Local law enforcement agencies will use this regional database to store information related to arrests, citations, contacts, incidents, pawned property and more, while still maintaining their own data and security parameters. Authorized law enforcement officials can link related incidents and perpetrators, locate stolen property and indicate crime patterns and trends across jurisdictional boundaries. By integrating the Department’s regional records management database with the CJIS hub, critical criminal justice information can be quickly and accurately shared with the County’s court and jail management systems. This data exchange brings together once disparate systems into a comprehensive network of consolidated information. "The ability to share information between our 17 law enforcement municipalities, County Government, Clerks Office, State Attorney and the Court systems is paramount,” says George Conlon, Director of Information Systems for the Volusia County Sheriff's Office. "With the CJIS interface developed by Tiburon, the door to inter-agency communications and data flow is now possible. We look forward to working with Tiburon again on this important project.” Certain statements made in this report constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including those statements concerning the Company’s expectations with respect to future operating results and other events. Although the Company believes it has a reasonable basis for these forward-looking statements, these statements involve risks and uncertainties that cannot be predicted or quantified and consequently, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors which could cause actual results to differ from expectations include, among others, capital spending patterns of the security market and the demand for the Company’s products, competitive factors and pricing pressures, changes in legislation, regulatory requirements, government budget problems, the Company’s ability to secure new contracts, the ability to remain in compliance with its bank covenants, delays in government procurement processes, inability to obtain bid, payment and performance bonds on various of the Company’s projects, technological change or difficulties, the ability to refinance debt when it becomes due, product development risks, commercialization difficulties, adverse results in litigation, the level of product returns, the amount of remedial work needed to be performed, costs of compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements and the impact of the failure to comply with such requirements, risks associated with internal control weaknesses identified in complying with Section 404 of Sarbanes-Oxley, the Company’s ability to realize anticipated cost savings, the Company’s ability to simplify its structure and modify its strategic objectives, and general economic conditions. Risks inherent in the Company’s business and with respect to future uncertainties are further described in its other filings with the Securities Exchange Commission, such as the Company’s Form 10-K, Form 10-Q, and Form 8-K reports.