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Police failing to grasp new tech
News The 43 forces that cover England and Wales have been too slow in upgrading incompatible computer systems to share information between forces and are not making full use of features on Airwave radios and smartphones that could cut... [16 Feb 2009]
Police slash paperwork with mobiles
News Beat bobbies across the UK will be able to use mobile devices to slash paperwork following street searches from next week. The Home Office says that red tape following stop and searches has been cut from about 20 minutes... [23 Dec 2008]
Inbox: "Stupendous incompetence" from DfT
Comment Also attracting some comments was a story claiming bobbies on the beat need crime 'breathalysers', and the Naked CIO got readers reaching for their keyboards - but, this week, some actually agreed with our resident... [19 Dec 2008]
Is that a police station in your pocket?
News Bobbies on the beat can currently access the Police National Computer - which includes criminal record, vehicle, property and driver information - and local force computer systems from their handhelds. [16 Dec 2008]
Leicestershire police save time with virtualisation
Case Study Leicestershire police force is using Citrix XenDesktop to give patrol officers access to central police systems when they're out and about, enabling them to file reports remotely and reduce the amount of time spent travelling to and from... [11 Nov 2008]
Beat bobbies need more cash for smartphones
News Despite calls for more money to give all frontline police officers access to PDAs and help boost the time bobbies spend on the beat, not all officers that have tested the technology claim are convinced. [10 Nov 2008]
Do you have what it takes to be an e-caped crusader?
News Detective superintendent Charlie McMurdie of the Metropolitan Police Service - one of the architects of the Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU) announced today - has proposed recruiting individuals from industry to assist the unit with... [01 Oct 2008]
Mobile data keeps Wiltshire Police out on the beat
News Wiltshire Police is to start usability testing of a mobile data application next month in a project slated to cost £2.1m and save £4.4m in productivity by keeping officers out on the beat. The application is intended to free officers in... [11 Feb 2008]
'Police data-sharing plan will hurt privacy'
News For the data-sharing system - which would allow Europe's bobbies to swap details of individuals' biometrics including fingerprints and DNA - to be adopted by the EU it must be approved by all 27 member states. [01 May 2007]
'Big Brother' listening for angry exchanges
News The aggression detector has been fitted to CCTV cameras on the streets of Groningen and Rotterdam, with UK bobbies also considering installing the system in London. Smarter CCTV cameras have been given the ability to... [22 Nov 2006]
eBay and UK bobbies team up on stolen mobiles
News The Metropolitan Police Force has announced a partnership with eBay to crack down on the trade in stolen mobile phones over the internet auction site. According to the Met, officers have been working with eBay fraud prevention staff to... [07 Aug 2006]
Police: Have BlackBerrys, not afraid to use them
News Police in West Yorkshire are using BlackBerrys to run real-time checks on suspects they stop on the street or in vehicles - and the county's head of IT claims it is dramatically improving police performance in the area. [30 Mar 2006]
Leader: Madness of the government's 'e-bobby' plans
Leader If ever there was evidence, if indeed it was needed, that some parts of government really don't 'get' technology, it's in the Home Office's latest hair-brained scheme for 'e-bobbies'. Apparently the Home Secretary... [29 Sep 2005]
Euro group calls for techies to become bobbies
News IT professionals could soon be asked to volunteer their services to police the internet. The European Information Society Group (EURIM) is calling on the government to employ the services of IT workers as special constables. [02 Dec 2004]
The silicon.com Weekly Round-Up: 16.05.03
Comment UK police forces are currently toying with the idea of putting our good old bobbies on the beat on Segway Human Transporters (or 'Ginger' as it was known during development). It's said that a week is a long time in IT. [16 May 2003]
