The Transforming Forensics (TF) programme, hosted by the Police Digital Service (PDS), is progressing the development of the new national, digital fingerprint capability for policing. This is due for completion by December 2022. The capability is hosted on the PDS Xchange, a secure, national, cloud-based platform. PDS Xchange provides an end-to-end digital suite of tools […]
The Police Digital Service (PDS) is an approved G-Cloud 13 supplier for: Consultancy services; Cyber security services; and Video Enabled Policing (VEP) G-Cloud 13 is a framework from Crown Commercial Services which gives public sector organisations access to cloud-based goods and services. Suppliers on the framework have to meet stringent standards and be able to […]
We were delighted to attend the APCC & NPCC Partnership Summit 2022: Cutting Crime, Building Confidence earlier this month. It has been important for us at PDS to meet in person with our policing colleagues to talk about how we can support digital transformation across forces to help officers and staff serve and protect our […]
Sian Lewis has been announced as Director of Delivery Services for the Police Digital Service (PDS). Joining PDS from P&O Ferries, where she set up and ran their ePMO (Enterprise Portfolio Management Office), Sian is a skilled Change Director, with over 26 years of experience working in the travel, aviation and aerospace, and banking sectors. […]
Our thanks to those who have already participated in our digital Poppy Appeal in support of the Royal British Legion and Armed Forces! For those who haven’t had a chance to join our digital Poppy Appeal this year, there’s still time. You can participate in five easy steps: Visit the website: https://bit.ly/PolicePoppyAppeal. Click ‘Make a […]
We are working to support policing with a range of technology-enabled services to tackle the challenges faced by forces and the Criminal Justice System (CJS). As the Senior Responsible Owner (SRO), I am proud of our work and the progress that we are making together with our colleagues in policing to bring benefits for them […]
The Police Digital Service (PDS) is supporting the Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal. Amidst social isolation and the cost-of-living crisis, supporting our Armed Forces community has never been more vital. For more than 100 years, the Legion has been raising funds through the Poppy Appeals to support those who have served and their families in […]
The Police Digital Service co-hosted the event ‘Microsoft 365 in Policing’ together with the Greater Manchester Police and Microsoft on 20 October. Delegates representing more than 30 forces joined the event to learn and share best practices in app capabilities development. The theme for the day was ‘Collaboration and Innovation,’ with a special focus on […]
October has arrived, and with it Cyber Security Awareness Month. It was started in the United States as a joint initiative between the Department of Homeland Security and the National Cyber Security Alliance in 2004. Since then, it has become a global event with governments and cyber-focused organisations promoting cyber security awareness. This year’s campaign […]
The Solutions Catalogue was originally developed as part of the National Enabling Programme’s Enabling Centre, as a means of uncovering some of the innovative Power Apps developed by forces and partners and bringing them together in one place. The Solutions Catalogue originally launched in February 2021 to share these initial apps across forces, along with […]
The Police Digital Service (PDS) brought together key stakeholders working across policing and prosecution, to build a shared understanding of what the future should look like, for conducting investigations into rape and serious sexual assault offences. The event was organised by the PDS’s Digital Evidence Project (DEP) Team, which is seeking to establish common standards […]
“Today is a tremendously sad day for us all, and we would like to express our deepest condolences to the Royal Family on behalf of the whole of the Police Digital Service. It is never easy to lose a loved one and they have our thoughts and sympathies at this difficult time. “Throughout the 70 […]
Tony Blaker QPM has been announced as Interim Director of Delivery Services for the Police Digital Service (PDS). Tony joined PDS as Senior Responsible Owner in 2021, leading on Criminal Justice Transformation including work on Serious Sexual Offences, Digital Case File, Video Enabled Policing and Digital Forensics. Prior to his role with PDS Tony had […]
I was delighted to present at the National Police Chiefs’ Council recently alongside Tony Blaker, Transformation SRO for PDS. It was a fantastic opportunity for us to highlight some of the great work that PDS has delivered over the past year and reflect on where we’ve come from and what we look like now. We […]
Alex Bowen has today (1 August) been confirmed as the new Chief Digital Data and Technology Officer for the Police Digital Service (PDS). Alex has supported PDS in various roles since its inception in 2021, and takes up this role after setting up the project delivery practice as the Director of Delivery Services. Alex has […]
PALZ (Police Assured Landing Zone) is a joint Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) and UK Policing configuration of security, monitoring, and management services. It provides an assured blueprint for your cloud estate, with the addition of preventative and detective guardrails that setup and govern a secure multi-account environment that conforms to PDS and NCSC guidance on […]