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Northumbria Police upgrades its handhelds

Phil Muncaster — 2008-09-17T17:15:00.000Z

Phil Muncaster, Computing, Wednesday 17 September 2008 at 17:15:00

Motorola chosen to supply over 4,000 CESG accredited devices

Northumbria Police today became the first force in the UK to roll out handheld terminals to its staff based on the UK government-backed Communications Electronics Specialist Group (CESG) accreditation....

North Wales Police outsources email to Unisys

Tom Young — 2008-09-09T16:41:00.000Z

Tom Young, Computing, Tuesday 9 September 2008 at 16:41:00

Move frees up IT staff to work on other projects, says force

North Wales Police has outsourced its email infrastructure to Unisys. The agreement will see a migration of more than 2,500 email accounts from the current Exchange 2003 to an Exchange...

E-crime fighters share know-how

Tom Young — 2008-09-04T13:32:00.000Z

Tom Young, Computing, Thursday 4 September 2008 at 13:32:00

UK prosecutors lead the way in setting up data-sharing scheme

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is taking the lead in establishing an information network for e-crime prosecutors around the world....

London launches online crime maps

Tom Young — 2008-09-04T11:00:00.000Z

Tom Young, Computing, Thursday 4 September 2008 at 11:00:00

Citizens can examine crime data down to sub-ward level

London yesterday became the first major UK city to provide crime data to the public in the form of an online mapping service....

UK to lead e-crime prosecutor network

Tom Young — 2008-08-28T10:34:00.000Z

Tom Young, Computing, Thursday 28 August 2008 at 10:34:00

Database of prosecutors, legal guidance and training to be available online

A UK-led international network of specialist e-crime prosecutors will be set up by next year, attorney general Baroness Scotland announced today....

DNA database "should have innocents removed"

Tom Young — 2008-07-30T10:40:00.000Z

Tom Young, Computing, Wednesday 30 July 2008 at 10:40:00

HGC inquiry urges the government to remove innocent people from the database

A million innocent people should be removed from the police national DNA database, an inquiry told the government last night....

Police forces to roll out interactive crime maps

Tom Young — 2008-07-28T17:03:00.000Z

Tom Young, Computing, Monday 28 July 2008 at 17:03:00

Public feedback in trial areas has been positive

Every police force in the country will publish interactive crime maps on their web sites as part of a new government plan to keep the public informed of the safety...

Cameron reports stolen bike online

Tom Young — 2008-07-24T16:53:00.000Z

Tom Young, Computing, Thursday 24 July 2008 at 16:53:00

System allows non-emergency crimes to be reported on Met web site

Tory leader David Cameron used Scotland Yard's online crime reporting system to report the theft of his bike. The system allows the public to report non-emergency crime to the police...

Home Office provides another £25m for police mobile computers

Tom Young — 2008-07-22T14:07:00.000Z

Tom Young, Computing, Tuesday 22 July 2008 at 14:07:00

Total rolled out to police officers by March 2010 will be about 30,000

The Home Office is to provide another £25m funding to help police forces distribute 15,000 additional handheld devices, taking the total to about 30,000....

Bichard recommendations not yet implemented fully

Tom Young — 2008-07-17T17:26:00.000Z

Tom Young, Computing, Thursday 17 July 2008 at 17:26:00

Police still not sharing information properly as system costs rocket

A number of key recommendations made by an inquiry into the Soham murders have failed to be implemented by police, according to a report published yesterday....

Bank hacking software developer walks free

Ambrose McNevin — 2008-07-16T17:02:00.000Z

Ambrose McNevin, Computing, Wednesday 16 July 2008 at 17:02:00

Police plan to use his skills to fight cybercrime

A teenage hacker who was part of an international gang who stole $20m from bank accounts has avoided jail, because police want to use his hacking skills....

Met Police signs Steria for HR system

Tom Young — 2008-07-09T12:39:00.000Z

Tom Young, Computing, Wednesday 9 July 2008 at 12:39:00

Savings to be diverted to frontline policing resources

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) and the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) have signed a contract with Steria to improve Human Resources (HR) services....

Auction sites are hotspot for fake goods trading

Angelica Mari — 2008-07-03T17:28:00.000Z

Angelica Mari, Computing, Thursday 3 July 2008 at 17:28:00

Five per cent of goods online are fake making an £800m criminal market

Auction web sites are increasingly becoming a significant channel for the sale of counterfeit and illegal products, according to research....

Police sergeants being swamped by IT

Angelica Mari — 2008-07-03T11:56:00.000Z

Angelica Mari, Computing, Thursday 3 July 2008 at 11:56:00

Frontline police staff spend more time in computer work then out on the field but IT skills base remains still poor

Calls for the introduction of national standards for preparatory IT training for police sergeants emerged today, in a report by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC)....

Digital ID for police moves closer to rollout

Tom Young — 2008-07-03T09:46:00.000Z

Tom Young, Computing, Thursday 3 July 2008 at 09:46:00

Officers will use smartcards for system login

Single digital identities for police officers and criminal justice system workers came a step closer this week as procurement started for an identity and access management system....