Digital technology

Projects

Published: 5th October 2022
This project investigated the contribution that technology can make to improving public trust and confidence in the police. Background Attention is turning, once again, to the relationship between British policing...
Published: 12th March 2020
Digital forensics inevitably plays a vital role in nearly every criminal investigation in modern times as new technology develops more and more rapidly. Data extracted from a digital device can...
Published: 20th March 2019
This project examined the relationship between data driven policing initiatives and the ability of the police to deliver public value. By data driven policing, we mean the current use of...
Published: 5th February 2019
Background The growth of online child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA) is causing increasing concern within and outside law-enforcement. One of the consequences of the global reach of the internet...

Publications

Published: 5th December 2024

This report addresses opportunities and challenges associated with policing technology, including upgrading outdated technology and unifying data management.

Blog posts and news

Published: 17th October 2024
Policing is an information business. It is, at its heart, an exercise in managing risk using the information available to it. And yet so much of the information available to...