We are launching the inaugural Police Digital Awards to recognise outstanding contributions by police staff and teams across UK law enforcement agencies.
The awards have three simple objectives:
- To highlight the work of police technology teams in their critical contribution to the delivery of innovative, secure, effective and efficient police services to our communities.
- Increase confidence of police staff that their contribution is recognised by national policing
- Generate positive communications opportunities about the investment and effectiveness of Police IT services.
Update 22 August 2024:
We were delighted to have launched the inaugural NPCC DDaT Police awards to recognise outstanding contributions by police staff and teams across UK law enforcement agencies.
Our plan was to announce the winning entries at the Police Digital Summit planned for September 11th – 13th. However, as you are probably aware, the Police Digital Service board took the difficult decision to cancel this event.
However, we do not want the hard work that individuals have put into making their nominations to go unrewarded, and we also want to ensure that the excellent work our forces are doing is recognised.
As such we have been exploring several options to hold an awards event where we can recognise and report on these achievements.
We looked at several alternative face to face events to host the awards, but none were without potential issues. Given we want to give as many people as possible the chance to participate and recognising the issues forces have around staffing and travel costs these days, we have decided to hold the awards as an online event. This is with the full agreement of the NPCC DDaT team and the APCC.
This will give all the nominees and nominators the chance to be at the awards; to hear about all the entries and see how well they do. It also allows us to share the solutions and initiatives other forces and policing organisations have put forward.
With regard to dates, we’re looking at the first couple of weeks of October to avoid clashes with other conferences, and well deserved annual leave!
The award categories:
Recognises individuals or teams using innovative approaches to tackle police challenges.
Honours individuals or teams going above and beyond to safeguard police systems and data.
Celebrates the use of digital data and technology to directly enhance services delivered by frontline officers and police staff.
Productivity / Value for Money
Acknowledges teams or individuals who demonstrably reduced costs while improving service quality or capabilities.
Recognises initiatives or technology implementations that improve accessibility, equity, or diversity within police workplaces.
Recognises teams or individuals who excel at delivering exceptional service in police digital or technology settings.
Recognises individuals who have demonstrated exceptional leadership qualities, significantly contributing to their organisation values and mision whilst inspiring others.
Recognises individuals who work for policing in an ICT or transformation role make significant contributions but often go unnoticed or underappreciated.
Nominations are now closed. Judging is now taking place.
The Police Digital Awards will be judged by representatives from the Police Digital Service, National Police Chiefs’ Council Digital, Data and Technology Coordination Committee, and techUK (representing the supplier community).