New tech 'hindered by creaking IT systems'

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ACC calling for change to under 18s strip search policy - ACC Chris Todd intends to 'go further' than the current policy by recommending that strip searches are not carried out on a young person 'unless there is an appropriate adult present'.

'Significant problems' with PACE reviews of detention says HMIC - HMICFRS said the rising custody throughput in GMP which is creating extra demand is down to the force's 'strategic priority to tackle crime and increase arrests'.

Stop and search proposal in Public Order Bill heavily defeated - Peers also back restrictions on the use of protest banning orders, and stripped out completely a provision that would have allowed the sanction to be imposed against people who had not been convicted of any offence.

Garda officers to start using BWV under new legislation - The Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022 also looks to strengthen the force's use of CCTV and ANPR.

New tech 'hindered by creaking IT systems'

Forces must find ways of introducing the latest mobile devices into old networks, claims ACPO officer.

Date - 19th June 2013
By - Cliff Caswell - Police Oracle

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Dealing with cumbersome and ageing IT infrastructures will present a challenge to forces as they move to take advantage of a new generation of mobile devices, it has been claimed.Addressing the London Assembly Budget Committee Mark Rowley, Assistant...

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