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  • Tackling the Traffickers: How Technology Can Help

    Submitted by Peter Ship on Mon, 2012-05-14 09:31

    Despite the growing prevalence of human trafficking and the universal condemnation it attracts, most of the UK’s judicial system has no involvement with it and does not deploy any resources towards actively tackling it. Human trafficking is a problem that all parts of the system should be taking increasingly seriously. Currently, there is little evidence that this is the case.

  • How Social Media Analytics Can Help Win the Battle for Public Security

    Submitted by Mark Gibson on Mon, 2012-04-02 13:00

    The riots of August 2011 have acted as a wake-up call to the police in terms of the way they use social media. It hasbeen widely acknowledged that gangs of rioters successfully used social media and other forms of digital communication, such as BlackBerry Messenger, to plan and coordinate widespread looting and street crime.

  • The Security vs Social Media Trade Off

    Submitted by Mark Gibson on Fri, 2012-02-24 17:15

    A new study has found that nearly half (48%) of the British public would be prepared to share personal data with the police in return for enhanced personal security against criminal or terrorist attacks. The survey of more than 2,000 adults, carried out for SAS by online polling firm, YouGov, finds that people are most willing to share information when they expect it to lead to higher levels of security and that generally, they trust the police with this information far more than they trust the Government.

  • Cracking Down on Low Level Crime

    Submitted by Peter Ship on Mon, 2012-01-30 18:12

    How the Police Can Tackle Opportunist Offending in the Lead up to the Olympics

    This year’s Olympics will see a massive increase in visitor numbers. The UK is expecting350,000 foreign visitors per day during the event and many more people will be drawn to London from other parts of the country. This huge influx will almost certainly result in an increase in all sorts of opportunist offending from pickpocketing to fraud and cyber-crime.

  • Social Media – Problem or Solution?

    Submitted by Joanne Taylor on Thu, 2012-01-12 12:54

    By its very nature, social media is huge, raw and anarchic. No wonder some are bewildered by it and would rather run away than try to understand it.

    Individuals can get away with ignoring it – especially those of a certain age. But governments and law enforcement organisations certainly cannot – as recent events in some Arab countries and elsewhere have shown. That’s why it was so wrong when, in the summer during the UK riots,there were discussions about shutting down social network sites.

  • No qualms about risk profiling..

    Submitted by Mark Gibson on Fri, 2011-12-23 19:15

    Around six months ago there was a spate of press stories about pensioners being asked for their ID when buying a bottle of wine in their local supermarket. The supermarkets in question had a policy of blanket identification and, although anyone with common sense could tell that these customers were at least forty years over the legal age for buying alcohol, they were treated in the same way as a sixteen year-old. As a result, the supermarket looked ridiculous, insensitive and inefficient.

  • UK police need to take Fusion Centre concept on board…

    Submitted by Mark Gibson on Wed, 2011-12-21 14:13

    Rightly or wrongly, the UK police have had a hard time publicity-wise over the past few years. They are seen, in some quarters, as lacking coordination, not liaising with other agencies and not sharing data at an international, national, regional or even at a local level. This has led to some high-profile cases where a murder suspect, for example, has been overlooked because of lack of coordinated data.

  • Dealing with Betting Corruption in Sports – How Technology Can Help Stop the Rot

    Submitted by Mark Gibson on Tue, 2011-11-22 11:09

    Now the verdicts are in, cricket authorities and sporting administrators generally need to learn the lessons from the Pakistani cricket spot-fixing trial. The corrupt activities of South African captain, Hansie Cronje, which came to light more than ten years ago,were a powerful warning of the corrosive effect that betting can have on all sports.

  • 10 Years On – Pausing to Remember 9/11

    Submitted by Steve Serrao on Fri, 2011-07-29 17:14

    As the 10-year mark since the attacks of September 11 approaches, the images I saw from my house across the Hudson River still are fresh in my mind. It was a defining moment for our country. The event took friends from us too soon, changed our ideas of safety, changed our understanding of the vulnerabilities in our systems, and had a profound impact on all of us, both as individuals and together as a country. As we approach the 10-year commemorative,we pause to reflect the journey 10 years on.

  • Social Media Digital Fingerprints – The Do’s and Don’ts

    Submitted by Steve Serrao on Mon, 2011-07-25 17:12

    A prominent New York Congressman has certainly learned that social media can make a transgression nationally embarrassing. It’s a lesson for law enforcement organizations – not because we’re likely to post scandalous pictures, but rather because social media posts are often viewed more widely than users would prefer.

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