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News NTL has won a £25m seven-year contract to supply, install and maintain a communications platform for London's Metropolitan Police Authority. NTL's Public Safety group will act as a system integrator, connecting 31... [02 Apr 2003]
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 complaints body plots £50m tech review
News The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is about to begin a multimillion pound review of its IT strategy. Gediking told silicon.com its security standards are unusually high, so that it can be authorised to... [28 Aug 2007]
Police Viper's on parade
News Police and politicians have been heralding the success of a system which allows identification parades to be carried out using electronic video feeds rather than with traditional 'line ups'. After trialling the system... [17 Mar 2003]
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]
Acpo: Police should go open source
News Police data systems should be based on open-source software, according to a senior member of the Association of Chief Police Officers. Currently police forces use a patchwork of... [24 Jun 2009]
Police tap road cameras for crime-fighting info
News Police could gain greater access to data from road traffic cameras under government plans. Yesterday the government revealed that Transport for London and the Metropolitan Police have been excepted from... [18 Jul 2007]
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 Facebook presence strikes privacy chord
News Last week, Greater Manchester Police became the first UK police force to establish a presence on Facebook. Greater Manchester Police established an application called GMP Updates on... [22 Apr 2008]
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]
In brief: Police fight World Cup hooligans with digital help
News UK police are using digital imagery to help their French counterparts combat football hooliganism at the World Cup. Alongside the images of incoming fans, mug shots of known hooligans are transmitted by mobile phone to... [26 Jun 1998]
Police to be armed with 10,000 handhelds
News Prime Minister Gordon Brown has pledged to arm police with thousands of "handheld computers" so officers can make more effective use of their time and increase the amount of frontline policing they do. [26 Sep 2007]
Police eye high-tech helicopter camera in the sky
News Previously inspectors and officers in the control room on the ground had to rely on audio commentary on an incident from an air observer police constable in the helicopter in order to help them make decisions on where to... [27 May 2005]
Police break up 'government-funded' piracy ring
News UK police have conducted a series of raids across Britain, breaking up a software piracy ring and seizing £500,000 worth of equipment. Police seized 8,500 CDs as well as hardware worth £500,000,... [30 Oct 2002]
