Join us for this week’s Wednesday Webinar where we’ll be speaking to Leicestershire Police about their approach and the tools they are using to engage remotely with domestic abuse victims in an empathetic and efficient manner. You will hear about the careful steps taken by the forces Domestic Abuse Reduction Team (DART), and some of […]
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The Police Digital Summit 2023 – it’s a wrap!
The Police Digital Summit is over for another year, and wow, what an event it has been! The 2023 Summit, co-hosted by the Police Digital Service (PDS) and the National Police Technology Council (NPTC) has been bigger and better than ever, with a record 477 delegates joining us in Brighton. A huge thank you to our […]
Press Release – Minister to address delegates at the annual Police Digital Summit
The Police Digital Service (PDS) and the National Police Technology Council (NPTC) today announced that the Rt Hon Chris Philp MP, Minister for Crime, Policing and Fire, will be addressing delegates at the third annual Police Digital Summit in Brighton this week. The event, co-hosted by PDS and NPTC, is set to be the biggest […]
People & Projects at PDS – The future of Data in policing with Kate Boyle and Aimee Smith
“Data is second most critical asset that policing holds outside of its people, which is of course its number one.” That is how Aimee Smith, Director of Data at the Metropolitan Police Service (MET) and current co-chair of the National Police Data and Analytics Board, describes the importance of data for policing. Data permeates and […]
People & Projects at PDS – Meet the Digital Case File’s Project Manager, Paul Eveleigh
Policing has traditionally sent prosecution case information to the Crown Prosecution Service (or CPS) on documents, initially paper versions and more latterly on electronic document templates. The Digital Case File project will move policing from using these documents to completing structured pre-set data fields, much like the experience many of us have booking a flight or filling out […]
Press Release – Police Digital Service receives coveted ‘Best Place to Work in Digital’ award
The Police Digital Service (PDS) is delighted to have been awarded ‘Highly Commended’ in the category of ‘Best Place to Work in Digital’ at the Digital Technology Leaders Awards last night. PDS was up against some strong competition in the award category, which asked award entries to demonstrate evidence of a digital culture that embraces […]
People & Projects at PDS – A deep dive into the National Standards with Brendan Johnston
I joined the Police Digital Service (PDS) in 2020 at the start of the first lockdown, having spent 20 years managing technical teams in finance. I was tasked with establishing an accessible standards service for both policing and the private sector. Introduction – what are the National Standards? We introduced the National Standards for digital, […]
Supporting investigations through digital, data and technology | Tackling VAWG and RASSO Impact Days
The Police Digital Service (PDS) is exploring how digital, data and technology can support victims, investigators and forensics teams. Funded by the Home Office and working with policing and tech providers, we are supporting the response to the government’s End-to-End Rape Review Report, in partnership with Operation Soteria Bluestone, which is working to transform the […]
Police Digital Service embracing the future with confidence
The National Policing Digital Strategy is hugely ambitious, setting out goals to respond to complex criminality, accelerating levels of cyber-crime and the borderless nature of crime against a backdrop of the enduring challenge around efficiency, effectiveness and funding. How is PDS helping police forces enabling the change required to meet these challenges? Read more Credit: […]
On the road…
Throughout the month, PDS colleagues have participated in several key events, which have highlighted the great work underway across policing. International Communications Data and Digital Forensics (ICDDF) 2023 PDS representatives took part in the ICDDF, a four-day Home Office hosted, ‘closed event’, which had more than 1000 total attendees throughout the week, including international and […]
Enabling custody teams through video
Our Video Enabled Policing Programme (VEP) has now successfully achieved rollout of its PACE-IC solution in three forces. The capability is live in: Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire, with Surrey and Sussex due to be online in the coming months. The PACE Interview Coordination (PACE-IC) solution provides video and tech for scheduling, coordinating, and conducting remote video […]
Transforming the policing IT estate through Digital, Data and Technology
The Police Digital Service’s (PDS) Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) function is central to the transformation of the policing IT estate. Thanks to a well-resourced, skilled, and experienced team, DDaT is paving the way to a more effective delivery of the National Policing Digital Strategy and providing access to a range of capabilities that solve […]
Reaffirming our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
I’m delighted to be able to share the news that the Police Digital Service (PDS) has joined the Tech Talent Charter (TTC). The TTC was created in 2015 to address the UK’s tech talent shortage and diversity problem through collective action. It is a government-supported, industry-led membership group that brings together 700+ Signatory organisations and equips them with the networks […]
Refreshing the National Policing Digital Strategy
In 2020, PDS, in partnership with National Police Technology Council (NPTC), published the National Policing Digital Strategy. This year, we are carrying out a three-year review and refresh of the strategy. The consultation phase of the refresh has commenced and we recently held an engagement session with industry representatives hosted by TechUK. On that occasion, we shared […]
Working together to improve the criminal justice system
Police forces and partners across the criminal justice system are grappling with significant pressures and challenges. There is a constant need to keep pace with and respond to changes with digital, data and technology. Often, police officers and staff are reliant on outdated and mostly manual processes, which leads to less time available and capability […]
PDS’s first Annual Report is out!
We’re excited to share our first PDS Annual Report 2021-22. During this time, we’ve brought new areas of business online, established several national teams, created a digital solutions catalogue, successfully completed six national programmes, and delivered £27 million in cashable and cost avoidance savings through our Commercial Services. We’re proud to have achieved so […]