police national database
It's a dog's life for police BlackBerrys
News The thinking goes: if database checks can be made, and information at least entered on a mobile handset and sent securely back to police systems, the officer can remain for longer where they are most... [20 Oct 2009]
Home Office CIO on taming tech and why ID cards are good news
Comment The Home Office's role in safeguarding national security means Vernon has oversight of the most high profile and controversial IT projects in the UK, ranging from organising IT security at the London 2012 Olympic Games... [10 Jul 2009]
Whitehall: DIY tech to protect against public service knife
News Sir Michael Bichard, chairman of the Design Council and the man whose 2004 report laid the foundations for the Police National Database, warned that without embracing a "radical redesign... [11 Jun 2009]
Photos: What Brown's reshuffle means for tech
Photo Johnson will also have ultimate responsibility for the National DNA Database kept by UK police. Johnson will also have responsibility for the Police... [10 Jun 2009]
£75m police database: "A major weapon in crime fight"
News A new police national database has been welcomed as a "major new weapon in the battle against crime" by the man who investigated police intelligence handling. Bichard... [06 Apr 2009]
'Fundamentally flawed, almost certainly illegal': Gov't databases
News A national identity card that became essential for government and financial transactions would also establish an audit trail to which the intelligence services and much of the police would have... [23 Mar 2009]
Police failing to grasp new tech
News These include a Home Office Data Hub, a database expected to be in place in 2009/10 that will automatically share crime and detection data between the Home Office and police, as well as cutting 36 of the... [16 Feb 2009]
Home Office to widen ID card grasp?
News Now, those required to give their fingerprints to the police will include visitors representing overseas companies in the UK; those visiting for private medical treatment; domestic workers in private households; people... [13 Feb 2009]
"We must not allow ourselves to become a Big Brother society"
News Already e-Borders has screened over 75 million passengers against immigration, customs and police watch-lists, leading to over 2,700 arrests for crimes such as murder, rape and assault. The centre will be run by the UK... [10 Feb 2009]
Police database will make "a very big difference"
News Building a national police database is a major challenge but will make a big difference, according to the CIO of the agency given the job of putting it all together. From 2010, data will... [09 Feb 2009]
Photo: Policing the depths of the Tube
Photo BTP officers told how tackling violent or unruly travellers on the underground will be much easier with Airwave, as officers can radio fellow officers or the control room for help, as well as send and receive data or access the PNC, the... [14 Jan 2009]
One million people's details could be culled from DNA database
News The case was brought by two Britons, Michael Marper and "S", who were cleared of crimes and challenged the government over their details being kept on the 4.5 million-strong police database. Home... [05 Dec 2008]
Photos: Cops use tech to point the finger of suspicion
Photo A recent trial, Project Lantern, saw about 200 scanners - seen here - used to take roadside scans from suspects to be checked against the police national biometric database, Ident1.... [24 Oct 2008]
€100m Pink Panther robbers snared by fingerprints
News Two individuals suspected of being members of the Serbian gang were picked up by police in Monaco after an officer attending a car crash recognised a man from a photograph circulated by Interpol. The... [22 Oct 2008]
Mobile biometric scanners for all UK police
News The project will initially allow each force to ID suspects on the move by providing mobile access to the 7.5 million fingerprint scans held on the police's Ident1 biometric database. The... [22 Oct 2008]
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