Mobile tech helps UK police on the beat
Police officers in Surrey and Sussex are now using Airwave mobile technology to increase the amount of time spent on the front line.
A regional deployment of the technology will see 3000 officers in Great Britain using the mobile Pronto e-notebook and its suite of applications, which will save officers up to 2 h of admin time per shift.
This modernisation of processes has enabled Surrey Police to cut costs by £7 million.
The new extended regional deployment follows a successful six-year partnership with Surrey Police that has seen the Pronto e-notebook and suite of software applications deployed to frontline offers across both police forces. Pronto is a complete digital replacement for an officer’s paper notebook, operational processes and forms. It provides remote, mobile access to all key policing systems, ensuring officers can capture, re-use and validate information on the front line while reducing back-office bureaucracy and inefficiency.
As well as productivity benefits, Pronto is enabling greater sharing of information and collaboration between the two forces. Officers can access national police systems and local databases across the two forces, such as the records management systems (Niche) on the move. This allows officers to work together at an incident or crime scene, sharing data and resources in real time rather than having to return to the station or have back-office staff locate and then upload relevant information.
“We are seeing the beginnings of a fully digitised criminal justice system — from incident to court room. What’s aspirational in digital policing and collaboration between forces in some parts of the country is reality here,” said Gavin Stephens, deputy chief constable at Surrey Police.
Other benefits both forces now receive include increased server capacity, improved disaster recovery, around-the-clock monitoring of key systems and common reporting standards. A direct link between Pronto and the two forces’ records management systems will drive frontline productivity, keeping officers on the streets.
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