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RSS policePolice restructure set to boost IT
News The government is set to restructure the police service in a move that could mean IT plays a larger part in cutting crime. We need to bring into effect the second step change - providing an effective... [20 Sep 2005]
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... [11 Nov 2008]
Police gets to grips with body cameras
Case Study Police in Staffordshire are trialling video technology to capture and store footage officers have gathered on the beat using cameras worn on the body. Inspector David Edge, who is coordinating the camera trial, told... [12 Mar 2008]
Police: There's no piggybacking crackdown
News The arrest of a man for piggybacking on someone else's wi-fi-enabled broadband connection is not part of a wider crackdown, police said. A 39-year-old man was arrested earlier this week by two police... [24 Aug 2007]
Police forces lack e-crime expertise and resources
News Local police forces do not have the resources or expertise to deal with growing cyber crime and online fraud threats facing businesses today. All 12 CIOs and IT directors on this week's CIO Jury are backing silicon.com's... [18 Mar 2008]
Police crack down on dodgy data
Case Study Humberside Police is cleaning up its crime-fighting information and making it easier to share data with other forces. Graham Dawson, head of information services at Humberside Police said the new data... [09 Nov 2006]
Satyam scandal, police search row and Apple without Jobs
News Full steam ahead for police plans to hack home PCs We'll block police home PC hacks': Security vendors January also saw the Home Office reveal it will work with the European Parliament to extend... [02 Feb 2009]
Police forces team up for number plate scanning
News Police in Derbyshire and Lincolnshire have joined forces on a project to share technology that will allow them to scan car number plates and automatically check them against police intelligence databases. [27 Oct 2005]
Police get extra back-up by linking systems
Case Study Two police forces have linked their systems to allow them to share intelligence and provide disaster recovery back-up. But until then police IT departments will continue to work independently of each other. [23 Aug 2005]
Police target £50m business identity theft scam
News Police have launched a crackdown on an online identity theft scam targeting businesses registered with Companies House that is estimated to rake in more than £50m a year. The Metropolitan Police Service... [10 May 2005]
Police get 'smart' warrant cards
Case Study Hampshire Police has rolled out 6,500 smartcards to officers and staff for access to its offices and IT systems. Steve Gover, IT service project manager at Hampshire Police, said there are national and... [10 Jun 2005]
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. The "sheer complexity" of extracting and sharing... [09 Feb 2009]
Police teach self defence against cybercrime
News The Metropolitan Police Force is launching a series of e-crime prevention and response seminars for businesses. The seminars are aimed at improving companies' incident response plans for managing internal and joint... [20 Jan 2005]
Police chief: Cyber crime is everywhere
News Lemon said that with computers widely used by criminals it was essential for each of the UK's 43 police forces to be able to tackle e-crime. She said: "The thing that is disturbing us the most is the exchange of stolen... [19 Mar 2008]
Police crack down on 'stolen handset' scammers
News The police are fed up with people pretending their mobiles have been stolen - so the Met have decided to launch a campaign to warn phone users that lying about what happened to their handsets is a crime. [14 Jul 2004]
