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'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]
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 ask for power to hit terrorist websites
News A list of anti-terror recommendations from the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) has been handed to MPs in the wake of the London bombings this month, as the government is reviewing laws on how to tackle... [25 Jul 2005]
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 to store number plate camera data for two years
News Police forces will keep that data in a "live, searchable system" for two years, according to the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo). The Acpo guidance states: "This period of retention is to... [18 Jan 2006]
Freedom fighters sound alert over ISP data powers
News C&C director, Yaman Akdeniz, claimed the document was prepared in private by the UK's ISP Association (ISPA), and passed on to the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO). C&C wants discussions between... [01 Feb 1999]
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]
Met IT chief gets national role
News London's Metropolitan Police IT chief has been selected to head a national management group for the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo). Ailsa Beaton is to lead Acpo's Information Management... [14 Nov 2005]
E-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]
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]
£1.1m police firearms database takes aim at gun crime
News The National Firearms Forensic Intelligence Database (NFFID) has been set up by the Forensic Science Service (FSS) with the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) and is now fully operational. Alan Green, Deputy... [25 Nov 2003]
UK police and ISPs debate legal access to email
News Detective chief superintendent Keith Akerman, chair of the Computer Crime Group set up by the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), said: "We aim to cover all crimes. Mitchell believed the ACPO... [18 Sep 1998]
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]
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]
Police road camera network targets criminals
News The datacentre will collect all the readings for crime analysis, ACPO (Association of Chief Police Officers) said. The trial of the technology last year ran into problems because of poor quality of the data held in the... [23 Mar 2005]
