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News The growing appetite for data is posing questions about whether existing network infrastructure is fit for purpose, according to the NPIA's Deyes. Despite the questions over Airwave's data capacity, Nick Deyes, head of... [15 Jun 2009]
Police mobiles cautioned for bad behaviour
News The Home Office claims that mobile devices are cutting time officers spend doing paperwork at the station, citing the Birmingham force where handhelds have helped reduce the time taken for stop and searches from 20 minutes to 60 seconds,... [12 Jun 2009]
Cops spend £5m on secure access
News The National Police Improvement Agency (NPIA) has signed a £5m contract with Siemens. Under the deal, Siemens will supply the NPIA with a secure access system. Better information sharing will also be... [08 Apr 2009]
£75m police database: "A major weapon in crime fight"
News Bichard's comments came after a Logica-headed consortium was awarded the £75.6m contract to deliver the first phase of the PND - namely to design, build and operate the system - by the National Police Improvement Agency... [06 Apr 2009]
Crash cops get plumbed into national computer
News The National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) said the service will cut down on paperwork by replacing the traditional collision reporting forms, improve the accuracy and speed at which crash data is gathered, and... [28 Jan 2009]
Photo: Policing the depths of the Tube
Photo Chief executive of the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA), chief constable Peter Neyroud, said the system could be easily expanded to support extra users during the London 2012 Olympics. Navigating the rabbit... [14 Jan 2009]
Photos: Cops use tech to point the finger of suspicion
Photo It is estimated the mobile fingerprinting system saves about 67 minutes per search and if it were scaled to a national level, as planned under Midas, it would be equivalent to having an extra 336 officers on the beat, the... [24 Oct 2008]
Mobile biometric scanners for all UK police
News Speaking at Biometrics Conference 2008 yesterday, Geoff Whitaker, CTO of biometrics at the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA), said other biometrics such as facial scans and the ability to access mug shots of... [22 Oct 2008]
Police to get thousands more mobiles
News The new funding will pay for an additional 15,000 handheld computers by March 2010, bringing the total number to around 30,000 by 2010, according to policing support organisation the National Policing Improvement Agency... [22 Jul 2008]
Fingerprints analysed on the beat
News The National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) has extended a mobile fingerprinting trial by handing out 100 devices to a further 10 police forces.silicon.com's A to Z of Biometrics NPIA CIO Richard... [11 Jun 2008]
£50m mobile funding to keep police on the beat
News Forces applied for a share of the funding to the NPIA, detailing training and plans in place to have the necessary infrastructure ready by September 2008 or March 2009. The project is a collaboration of the Association... [27 May 2008]
FBI proposes global biometric criminal database
News The UK's National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) said it was aware of the proposal and that any such system could be linked into existing law enforcement databases such as Ident1, the UK repository of more than seven... [15 Jan 2008]
Police National Computer gets a facelift
News Pito handed responsibility for the computer to the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) on Sunday (1 April). An NPIA spokeswoman said the upgrade will mean continued high levels of availability... [03 Apr 2007]
Police IT body to be scrapped in government reform
News The PNICTG would form part of the broader National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA), which is due to come into force during 2007. While that is our immediate focus, we will also play a full and active part with the... [24 Jun 2005]
