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Many Metropolitan Police Officers Are Using Desktop PCs

Jun 19, 2013

Many Metropolitan Police officers are using desktop PCs that take more than half an hour to log on, with experts suggesting that the force is to blame for its failure to develop a long-term IT strategy. John Biggs, chair of the London ...

Tags: Computer Products, software

EE Has Hit Back at Claims by The Sunday Times

May 16, 2013

EE has hit back at claims by the Sunday Times that it and market research firm Ipsos MORI have been working on a deal that would feed data on EE's 27 million customers to the research firm, and even, allegedly, to the police. An EE ...

Tags: Customer Info, Computer Products, EE

Up to 30,000 New Mobile Devices to Be Distributed Could End up as "Costly Paperweights"

Mar 7, 2013

Up to 30,000 new mobile devices to be distributed to Metropolitan Police officers could end up as "costly paperweights", an expert panel has claimed. Last week, the London Assembly's Budget and Performance Committee revealed that it would ...

Tags: mobile device, Metropolitan Police, technology

MPS Needs to Stop Buying The "Shiny Newest Technology"

Mar 6, 2013

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) needs to stop buying the "shiny newest technology" in order to make IT savings in the next few years, an expert panel has claimed. Last week, the London Assembly's Budget and Performance Committee ...

Tags: new technology, technology strategy, Met Police

Ross Anderson Has Criticised The Government's Latest Plans to Make NHS Medical Records

Jan 17, 2013

Security guru Professor Ross Anderson has criticised the government's latest plans to make NHS medical records all-electronic, shared not just throughout the NHS, but with care homes and social services, too. Under plans unveiled ...

Tags: NHS medical, social service, medical records, Data-Sharing

MPS to Build a Computer System to Analyse Photo and Video Evidence

Dec 31, 2012

Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) officials are planning to build a computer system to analyse photo and video evidence gathered by members of the public using mobile phones. The project was inspired by systems used by broadcasters to ...

Tags: Metropolitan Police Service, computer system, mobile phone

Security Operators Were Paid a Visit by The Security Industry Authority Searching

Dec 28, 2012

Security operators in London were recently paid a visit by the Security Industry Authority searching for illegal operators The Security Industry Authority supported law enforcement partners on Friday night [07 Dec] as part of a ...

Tags: Security Industry, Security operators, Security, nightlife security

Police System Raises Concerns About Privacy

Nov 23, 2012

Ailsa Beaton, CIO at the Metropolitan Police, the top IT job in the police service, is to leave her post in mid-2013 after 12 years in the role. Further reading Analysis: Police forces investigate new ICT strategies Met Police system ...

Tags: Ailsa Beaton, ACPO, PFI, mobile technologies

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