Connecticut is officially demanding that a Virginia company reimburse the state $6.2 million it spent on a failed upgrade of a major law enforcement database.
In a letter to Maximus Inc., Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said the firm failed to fix some 800 defects in the retooled database system, which state officials have not put into operation for fear it could endanger police and the public.
About 15,000 people, including state and local police officers, the FBI, Secret Service and other federal agencies, use the Connecticut Online Law Enforcement Communications Teleprocessing, or COLLECT, system, to look up everything from motor vehicle information to protective orders.
Blumenthal said the “demand letter,” sent last week to Maximus, is standard operating procedure. Legal action against the company is the next likely step.
“Given the history, the courtroom seems necessary to resolve these issues because Maximus has completely failed to meet its legal and moral obligations,” he said Tuesday.
A call was left seeking comment with a Maximus spokeswoman in Reston, Va.
