Industry expertise: Police

Smart devices and secure apps can help officers be more productive wherever they are. Accurate electronic witness statements can be taken, crime reports updated and photos of known offenders shared, all while in the field. GPS and geolocation apps can also be used to improve resource management, maximising availability and reducing incident response times.

Costs can be kept down when officers can do more on their mobile devices. Reducing paperwork not only saves time, carbon emissions and the duplication and printing of work, but you can also reduce underutilised desks and meeting rooms – one force has already saved £200,000 a year by moving staff from two police stations to their headquarters.

We’re working with a number of forces that are moving to a shared services model. By collaborating on their use of infrastructure and back-office functions, they save money while improving the services they offer to the public. And when officers can work flexibly in any place at any time, they can work more closely with community safety partners and the public.