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RSS ACPOE-crime victims confused on where to go for help
News According to a report by the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo), the UK lacks a central reporting point for online crime, leaving victims "often uncertain about how, and to whom, they should report an e-crime... [28 Aug 2009]
Acpo: Police should go open source
News Ian Readhead, director of information for Acpo, said on Tuesday at a Unisys security event that emergency service data transferral systems should be open source, to help ensure interoperability between them. [24 Jun 2009]
Police in talks over PC crime 'breathalysers' rollout
News Officers in the Association of Chief Police Officers' (Acpo) e-crime group are looking into commercial devices that can search text, pictures and computer code on a hard disk for material of interest. [03 Jun 2009]
'Police drowning in CCTV data': Acpo
News The police cannot deal with the amount of information generated by CCTV cameras, according to the director of information for the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo). Ian Readhead, director of information for the... [18 May 2009]
Police eye 'grab your phone and shop a criminal' tech
News According to Ian Readhead, director of information for the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo), the technology to allow such reporting is already being looked at by the force. According to Acpo,... [24 Apr 2009]
Legal Eye: Does Home Office online surveillance go too far?
Comment In fact the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) estimates the UK police conducted nearly 200 remote hacking operations in 2007-2008. Increased scrutiny of the public's online activities could undermine the... [21 Jan 2009]
Full steam ahead for police plans to hack home PCs
News The Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) said that between 2007 and 2008 there had been 194 warrantless searches performed by the police but an Acpo spokesperson was unable to confirm at the time... [05 Jan 2009]
Cyber crime: The global battle
News The campaign has received backing from the Metropolitan Police, Conservative Party, a former White House cyber security adviser, blue chip FTSE100 companies, the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo), UK payment... [05 Jun 2008]
UK businesses: No one cares about cyber attacks!
News Elliott said the BCC will be raising the issue of cyber crime policing with the Home Secretary and the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo). The Home Office has still not agreed to provide the £1.3m in start up... [09 Apr 2008]
Gov't pledges to take e-crime seriously
News The announcement comes in the wake of an e-crime discussion meeting between Home Office minister Vernon Coaker, Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) representatives and the Metropolitan Police's head of e-crime... [26 Mar 2008]
Businesses may be forced to pay for e-crime police
News It follows a suggestion that the Policing Central E-crime Unit, proposed by the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) and the Metropolitan Police Service, would be jointly funded by the Home Office,... [17 Mar 2008]
Police e-crime funding set for green light?
News Detective Superintendent Charlie McMurdie, who has just stepped down as head of the Metropolitan Police Service's e-crime unit, is waiting for Home Office approval for the £1.3m start-up costs for the Policing Central E-Crime Unit... [12 Mar 2008]
Police backs calls for e-crime unit
News The campaign has received backing from the Metropolitan Police, the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo), politicians, businesses, UK payment industry body Apacs and other corporate IT security heads. [12 Mar 2008]
e-Crime Crackdown - silicon.com launches national campaign
News The campaign has received backing from the Metropolitan Police, Shadow Home Secretary David Davis, a former White House cyber security adviser, blue chip FTSE 100 companies, the Association of Chief Police Officers... [12 Mar 2008]
Tech to cut red tape and leave police to police
News The Home Office, Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) and the Association of Police Authorities have commissioned the National Policing Improving Agency to review the police's IT strategy and report back in May. [08 Feb 2008]
