One of the major challenges within Criminal Justice is in achieving "joined-up" justice. The Ministry of Justice, encompassing Courts, Probation and Prisons (NOMS), are driving forward the creation of a secure network where information is available to all appropriate personnel via joined up casework applications. We are working with organisations within MOJ and Police, to assist with migration, merging and verification of citizen data.
Strategic objectives of UK Police forces
Achieving the strategic objectives outlined by the NPIA and other governing bodies can be assisted by the use of Experian QAS services.
Experian QAS is the NPIA accredited contact data management solution provider for the Police under the NSPIS GIS Enabling agreement with Northgate Information Services. Our solutions are in use across all 52 UK police forces, assisting:
Experian QAS is used by the UK's police forces across a broad spectrum of applications including crime recording, custody handling, case preparation, front desk enquiries and personnel. Experian QAS products can also be used in conjunction with GIS / mapping systems, to identify patterns such as crime hotspots.
Experian QAS solutions are used within Case in Custody, Holmes 2 and Mobile , to name a few. Our products help forces reduce the time taken to bring individuals to justice.
We have extended the NSPIS GIS Enabling agreement framework to provide improved address and nominal searching via our product solution NameTracer Pro.
NameTracer Pro is a desktop, tracing technology tool, used by Police forces to trace people in the UK. Providing access to up to 7 years of edited Historical Electoral Register Data it can be used for:
The use of mobile technology within Criminal Justice
Greater use of new technology to cut paper work and free up police time are among the key recommendations made by the chief inspector of constabulary, Sir Ronnie Flanagan, in his Review of Policing report. (Government Computing February 2008)
Experian QAS can now provide officers on the street with access to:
Accurate, relevant and accessible information is crucial for policing.
A statutory code of practice on the Management of Police Information (MoPI), was introduced in 2005 and has been implemented by all police forces in England and Wales.
Experian QAS contributes to achieve the objectives of MoPI, by ensuring that all police operational information is managed in a standardised way.
Consistent national standards across the police service will be further demanded with the delivery of the full MoPI standards in 2010, and with the arrival of the Police National Database.
Police forces and other government agencies are increasingly focused on understanding information collected across multiple touch points.
Experian Link, is a data matching tool for the Public sector, which
can assist with the task of recognising and linking multiple records
for any one individual.
Using the Gazetteer
Effectively acknowledging and exploiting gazetteer data will allow you to:
Achieving joined up justice
The public sector is striving to put the citizen first, moving from a process driven system to a people driven one. To achieve this criminal justice and public sector organisations will need to follow the vision of a joined up government and work towards implementing a Tell Us Once strategy.
The Tell Us Once Programme was set up to create processes that are citizen centric, that do not involve repetition and wasted resources.
Accurate data can help organisations with the Tell Us Once strategy.
A joined up service using products from Experian QAS, can help improve services:
Identity authentication and citizen verification
National police forces need to be able to efficiently and effectively confirm peoples identity.
Authentication solutions from Experian enable real-time electronic authentication of citizen details. They can be used in tandem with biometric technologies such as smart cards, fingerprints and eye, facial and voice recognition identifiers.
Benefits of electronic identification include:
For more information on identity verification in the Public Sector specifically:
Resources for the criminal justice sector
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