Metropolitan Police
Met police in web 2.0 crime map mash up
News The site has been developed by the Met Police Service in conjunction with the Metropolitan Police Authority and the Mayor of London - and is part of a Home Office initiative to get more people involved with their local police and enable the public... [18 Aug 2008]
The £500k hunt for missing HMRC discs
News The Metropolitan Police Service mounted a months-long search for the data discs containing 25 million child benefit records after they went missing in October 2007. Police are believed to have searched National Audit Office buildings, two HMRC... [18 Jul 2008]
Reports in full: HMRC and MoD data breaches
News These were a management and process review by chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers Kieran Poynter, a review of staff by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) and an unsuccessful search to recover the missing CDs by the Metropolitan... [26 Jun 2008]
E-crime unit on track, says police chief
News Detective superintendent Charlie McMurdie, Metropolitan Police Service e-crime chief and one of the architects of the proposed Policing Central e-Crime Unit (PCEU), said that regular talks are taking place between government, police bodies and... [13 Jun 2008]
The CIO's route to the top
Comment Ailsa Beaton - director of information management at the Metropolitan Police Service where she manages the force's IT strategy and £300m tech budget - actually studied chemistry, then opted for a career in accountancy before being lured into the... [11 Jun 2008]
Female CIOs break through glass ceiling
Comment Ailsa Beaton, director of information services at the Metropolitan Police Service, sits on the management board reporting to the Commissioner and is responsible for an IT budget of £300m per year. The lack of women in the IT profession is well... [11 Jun 2008]
Ailsa Beaton
CIO Profile Ailsa Beaton's career path to becoming IT chief at the Metropolitan Police Service hasn't followed the typical IT route. Beaton is also a volunteer police officer and occasionally can be seen patrolling the streets of Brixton, south London. [11 Jun 2008]
Phishing, malware and online fraud is booming
News The Association of Chief Police Officers and the Metropolitan Police Service are waiting to see if the Home Office will grant £1.3m in start-up costs for their proposed Policing Central E-crime Unit, which would co-ordinate cyber crime... [06 Jun 2008]
ANPR "ring of steel" watches over Manchester
News The network of 15 automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras cover main approaches to the metropolitan area. A GMP spokesman said the stored data would be used to provide criminal intelligence and evidence in police investigations. [05 Jun 2008]
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 industry body Apacs and other... [05 Jun 2008]
The McCue Interview: Ailsa Beaton, CIO, Metropolitan Police Service
Comment Patrolling the mean streets of London on a Friday evening isn't where you would usually find a CIO but then not many CIOs get to experience front line service in the way the Metropolitan Police Service's director of information management Ailsa... [02 Jun 2008]
Revealed: Cyber crimefighting successes
News The Association of Chief Police Officers and the Metropolitan Police Service are waiting to see if the Home Office will grant £1.3m in start-up costs for their proposed Policing Central E-crime Unit, which would co-ordinate cyber crime... [15 May 2008]
National fraud reporting centre to arrive next year
News The chief of e-crime for the Metropolitan Police Service, Charlie McMurdie, revealed last week she expected government funding for a national cyber crime unit was imminent. A spokesman for the Attorney General's Office said: "A proof-of-concept... [28 Apr 2008]
Police e-crime unit set for green light
News Speaking at the Infosec security show in London, The Metropolitan Police Service's detective superintendent Charlie McMurdie said: "I'm fairly convinced we'll get the required sum of £5.3m some way or the other. [25 Apr 2008]
'CopNav' to track Met's police officers
News The £2.2m scheme will see the Metropolitan Police Service's 31,500 officers have tags fitted to their radio microphones from this autumn. In news reports the Metropolitan Police Federation - the body representing the rank and file officers in the... [11 Apr 2008]
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