Bobbys on the Beat with Blackberrys
Police use Blackberry’s to help them in a jam.
Taking the initiative
Thames Valley Police is rolling out 1,100 BlackBerry smart phones to its police and community support officers. The initiative is part of the £50m Home Office and National Policing Improvement Agency funding for 10,000 hand-held devices to be handed out across 27 police forces. Technology that everyone has access to in their daily lives will be used in the plight to fight crime.
BlackBerry benefits:
- Allow police officers to spend more time on the beat.
- Access up-to-date intelligence in real-time.
- Quickly check suspect names.
- Conduct vehicle checks.
- Update back-end systems directly.
- Access video witness and custody photographs.
- Reduce amount of paperwork that could potentially go astray.
- Option to remotely disable them if they get lost.
BlackBerry devices are the only mobile devices accredited for restricted level data by the UK government national security body, the CESG.
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Key facts
- BlackBerry’s being deployed in the fight against crime.
- 10,000 BlackBerry’s made available.
- Officers can spend more time on the beat tackling crime on the front line.
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