Playing catch up
Simon Hall explains why digital policing cannot be delivered until police procurement is properly sorted
Community policing has changed a lot over the years. Frontline officers have effectively become the front-end of the broad range of social services available to the community. This puts tremendous strain and pressure on officers, often putting them in situations for which they have received little training and have limited outside support. We believe technology can play a big part in helping officers with this, but due to the challenging procurement practices that are common in the public sector, we . . .