Tracker Products LLC

Tracker Products traces its roots to 1996 and was for several years known as EvidenceTracker.com. Over time, however, the company simply outgrew its name and expanded into markets beyond police department evidence tracking. Other industries were just beginning to catch on. And they’re still catching. We continue to grow into new markets because our software can be applied so many different ways, depending on the client’s needs.

But initially, business was primarily police departments. Then a new chapter presented itself. Tracker Products was born in 2004, somewhat by accident.

That year, the police department in the Cincinnati suburb of Independence, Ky., hired us to buy and implement tracking software for its data collections, reports, chain of custody for evidence, things like that. Police wanted to more efficiently track every piece of evidence, from the initial log-in to the conclusion of the case. Which officer did what? When? And why? We thought it would be fairly simple.

But in searching the market, we were a bit surprised. Choices were limited. Prices were high and systems were antiquated. We knew we could do it much better.

"It started almost by accident," Tracker Products owner Ben Townsend recalled. "When we looked at the market, we thought, what's out there isn't very good and it's very expensive. Other companies were established and their products hadn't evolved."

The first thing we did was design our system to be browser-based, making it easily accessible. Clients can run it through the Internet, but it’s not required.

That was one of the failings of the market in ’04. Our success with the Independence, Ky., police grew more business. Departments from Massachusetts to California, large and small, are using Tracker Products.

But the name EvidenceTracker.com was now insufficient to reflect our range of clientele. A wide range of businesses and institutions saw the value of our software. Hospitals tracking records. Museums tracking inventory. And, with much pride, we secured contracts in 2007 with the U.S. Army and Navy.

Tracker Products has grown quickly because there are so many uses for individualized tracking systems. For instance, we donated software so that the new Creation Museum in northern Kentucky can keep track of its large collection of items. The museum’s theme is a Biblical account of the Earth’s history. Items had been donated from all over the world.

In 2007, our software was implemented by the U.S. Army and Navy in their operations overseas. We can’t be more specific in terms of exactly what our tracking software is used for, but we’re proud to serve our country as well as we serve all our other clients.