Crime is changing and so are people’s expectations of how they should be able to access services. Funding has been secured to improve our digital capabilities.

Council decided to draw together three complementary programmes of digital work, which will form a key part of the transformation work.

The three chiefs are leading the programmes described their aims to chiefs. Chief Constable Simon Cole’s objective is for members of the public to have the option of contacting the police quickly and easily online rather having call or visit police stations. Chief Constable Stephen Kavanagh is leading a programme to improve our access to digital intelligence and invest in investigative skills and resources across the service. Chief Constable Giles York is leading on a programme to make sure that police are set up to receive, use and share digital evidence as part of changes to modernise the criminal justice system.

Since Council, I have written to the Minister for Justice describing this as the most significant challenge for criminal justice and policing in the year ahead.

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