Metropolitan Police installs arresting new software

System helps process and manage vehicles that are seized across the capital

New software will aid the processing of seized vehicles

The Metropolitan Police Service has rolled out new software to help manage the increasing number of vehicles being seized on London streets.

The Met is using the Easy Link Vehicle Information System for Vehicle Recovery (Elvis-VR) to record all information related to a vehicle’s removal, the nature of its disposal and financial details related to the costs incurred.

By streamlining the processing of information about seized vehicles, the Met expects to improve staff efficiency, cut costs through reduced paperwork and process more vehicle seizures if required.

The Met’s Vehicle Recovery and Examination Service is seizing an increased number of unlicensed and untaxed vehicles as well as those involved in a crime or collisions.

The unit operates 24 hours a day and must transport seized vehicles to dedicated car pounds for forensic and mechanical examination and storage.

The new system will improve performance, says head of the Vehicle Recovery and Examination Service Steve Ditchburn.

‘Through the introduction of this software, our overriding aim is to improve the effectiveness of our operations,’ he said. ‘Every vehicle seized relates to a crime detected or a potential crime prevented and this helps to make the streets safer.’

Developed by WPC Software, Elvis-VR will also assist the Met in crime pattern analysis by highlighting any links between vehicles and criminals and reduce the time taken to return vehicles to owners.