Mark43 Crime Gun Interfaces

Accelerate gun crime investigations

Automate crime gun intelligence sharing from Mark43 RMS to ATF, giving investigators faster, precise information.

Help Investigators Make
Gun Crime Connections Faster.

Mark43 Crime Gun Interfaces connect Mark43 RMS with ATF’s NESS and eTrace DIRECT, helping agencies automate firearm and incident data sharing without duplicative entry or paper-like handoffs. By reducing manual work, avoidable errors, and delays in ATF validation, agencies can get clearer investigative answers faster and keep teams focused on solving cases. 

Automate Firearm Data Sharing in Real Time

Eliminate manual entry by instantly sending critical firearm and incident data from Mark43 RMS to the ATF. 

Capture Cleaner Data From The Start

Standardized fields and guided workflows in report data entry reduces errors, rework, and back-and-forth with federal partners. 

Receive Trace Results and Actionable Insights Quickly

Automatically submit data and receive trace results in hours, with instant notifications when new intelligence is available. 

Reclaim Time for High-Impact Work

Free staff from manual data entry and reprocessing, enabling focus on mission-critical investigative work. 

Quickly Gain Intel to Link Gun Crime

NESS Interface: Building a Complete View of Gun Crime
Automatically find and pull related RMS reports and ingest them into the NESS API. Help ATF and neighboring agencies build a more complete view of connected scenes, shooters, and firearms.
eTrace DIRECT Interface: Cleaner Firearm Data, Faster Trace Results.
Use standardized firearm make and model data to support cleaner data entry and accurate firearm records that are automatically shared with ATF. After trace completion, receive known possessor or purchaser information back in Mark43 RMS.

From Weeks to Hours: Enabling Faster, Definitive Investigations

Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) moved from manual, batch-based ATF data sharing to automated submission at the moment of entry with Mark43’s Crime Gun Interfaces. 

3500+

Firearms recovered annually

438

Workdays returned

95%

Average cycle-time reduction

$157,500

Annual staff capacity

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“We were spending 10 to 14 days on manual, batch-based submissions, requiring follow-up reviews and lots of waiting. Now, with the Mark43 interfaces, that data can be sent instantly, enabling investigators to receive trace results in hours.”

Kris Cambron, Property Room Supervisor at Louisville Metro Police Department