Police tech abuse response
Need to upskill law enforcement and improve crime data collection to enhance the criminal justice response to technology-facilitated abuse.
18 items
1 source
7 inquiries
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Inquiry recommendation
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LAMI-104 - PITO to evaluate child protection IT systems for police forces
The Police Information Technology Organisation (PITO) should evaluate the child protection IT systems currently available, and make recommendations to chief constables, who must ensure their police force has in use an effective child-protection database and IT management system.
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terms: police, tech
Inquiry recommendation
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R3 - Police IT procurement review
The procurement of IT systems by the police should be reviewed to ensure that, wherever possible, national solutions are delivered to national problems.
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terms: police
Inquiry recommendation
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R8 - Information management Code of Practice
A Code of Practice should be produced covering record creation, review, retention, deletion and information sharing. This should be made under the Police Reform Act 2002 and needs to be clear, concise and practical. It should supersede existing guidance.
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terms: police
Inquiry recommendation
44match
R5 - PNC Code of Practice implementation
The new Code of Practice, made under the Police Reform Act 2002, dealing with the quality and timeliness of PNC data input, should be implemented as soon as possible.
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terms: police
Inquiry recommendation
44match
R1 - National IT system for police intelligence
A national IT system for England and Wales to support police intelligence should be introduced as a matter of urgency. The Home Office should take the lead and report by December 2004 with clear targets for implementation.
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terms: police
Inquiry recommendation
42match
ANG-11 - Strengthen information-sharing practices
By December 2024, the College of Policing, in collaboration with force vetting and recruitment units, should ensure that information-sharing practices, including data retention policies, are strengthened in order to prevent those who commit sexually motivated crimes against women and those otherwise unsuitable for policing from remaining in, or moving across, the policing profession. In particular, there should be...
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terms: police
Inquiry recommendation
40match
R4 - PNC investment
Investment should be made available by Government to secure the PNC's medium and long-term future, given its importance to intelligence-led policing and to the criminal justice system as a whole. I note that PITO has begun this work.
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Inquiry recommendation
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R2 - PLX system introduction
The PLX system, which flags that intelligence is held about someone by particular police forces, should be introduced in England and Wales by 2005.
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terms: police
Inquiry recommendation
39match
AG-8 - MASTS Vehicle Identification Equipment
The National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) should consider whether to recommend equipping unmarked vehicles used in Mobile Armed Support to Surveillance (MASTS) interventions with apparatus designed to identify to subjects that those conducting such interventions are police officers - specifically (i) the illumination of previously concealed blue lights on unmarked police vehicles; and/or (ii) integral loudspeaker systems that...
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terms: police
Inquiry recommendation
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R9 - Key principles of information management
The Code of Practice must clearly set out the key principles of good information management (capture, review, retention, deletion and sharing), having regard to policing purposes, the rights of the individual and the law.
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ANG-15 - Remove barriers to reporting sexual offences by colleagues
With immediate effect, all police forces should take action to understand and confront the barriers that police officers and staff face when reporting sexual offences committed by a person that they work with or in the workplace. This is in order to encourage victims, who are also police officers or police staff, to come forward and submit complaints,...
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terms: police
Inquiry recommendation
32match
R7 - Court results PNC transfer
The transfer of responsibility for inputting court results onto the PNC should be reaffirmed by the Court Service and the Home Office and, if possible, accelerated ahead of the 2006 target. At the least, that deadline must be met.
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R6 - PNC data quality inspection
The quality and timeliness of PNC data input should be routinely inspected as part of the Policing Performance Assessment Framework (PPAF) and the Baseline Assessments, which are being developed by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC).
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Inquiry recommendation
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JB-15.3 - Document management system for firearms authorisation forms
In order to provide for efficacy and transparency, the NPCC and College of Policing should be tasked with providing a document management system for FA (and equivalent) forms. The system should allow for the auditing of completion and submission dates as well as version management.
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JB-15.18 - Mandatory CLIO system training for command officers
Training should be made mandatory for command officers in the use of the Computer Logging of Intelligence Operations (CLIO) system and the Serious Organised Crime Tasking and Briefing (SOCTAB) system (a firearms version of CLIO which has specific tabs created in it and lends itself to firearms deployments). This should include training to enable the CLIO system to...
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Inquiry recommendation
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ANG-1 - Specialist policy on investigating indecent exposure
At the earliest opportunity, and by September 2024 at the latest, police forces should ensure that they have a specialist policy on investigating all sexual offences, including so-called 'non-contact' offences, such as indecent exposure.
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terms: police
Inquiry recommendation
27match
DM-10 - Custodial sentences for data protection offences
Given the potential seriousness of such offences, it is recommended that the Government take an early opportunity to amend the Data Protection Act 2018 to provide for sentences of imprisonment for offenders.
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Inquiry recommendation
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MAI-132 - Body-worn video for firearms officers
The Home Office, Counter Terrorism Policing Headquarters and the College of Policing should consider whether firearms officers should be equipped routinely with body-worn video cameras.
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