Improving the feeling of public safety and reducing the fear of crime has been top of the UK Government agenda for ten years. Sir Ronnie Flannigan has highlighted the efficiency savings that can be achieved by deploying mobile software solutions and technology which reduces the administration overhead and paperwork that officers are required to complete.
Many Police forces have already deployed mobile software solutions such as email on the BlackBerry as a way of improving communication between the station and officers, and have experienced the tangible benefits that this brings. However there is a huge range of data that requires capturing whilst out on the beat, and this also requires reporting when back at the station. By deploying mobile software to help capture alternative data types, such as photographs, we can reduce the amount of resources and unnecessary journeys that a Police Officer has to use and make in order to streamline the process of collecting evidence for a potential prosecution.
“We had such great feedback from the first 500 officers issued with hand-e-pix that it soon became clear that the entire Force would benefit from the system. We find that officers don’t need to return to the Police Station to book out a digital camera or wait for a specialist SOCO unit to attend a scene in order to take a picture. This is invaluable in situations where evidence has a ‘short life’.”
