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Social Media and Serious Crime part 2 – Pandora’s box
There has been lots written about the use of social media in the recent UK riots, and perhaps I will return to that subject in the future. In these posts however, I want to focus on how police forces can … Continue reading
Posted in police, Policing, Social Media Handbook
Tagged covert, crowd source, futures, pandoras box, police, policing, secret, SIO, Twitter, Whosarat.com
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Secret Policing
As forces (and indeed the entire criminal justice system) become more involved with private partners and third sector providers to deliver policing services, is there a danger that transparency and accountability will be reduced? Even collaboration between forces requires a … Continue reading
Posted in police, Policing, Public Sector
Tagged collaboration, futures, Money, outsourcing, police, policing, Values
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Games, data, social, mobile….so what?
Government are pushing for greater involvement of communities in the issues that affect them. Whether this is through improved accountability (proposals such as Police and Crime Commissioners elected by local people) or through greater awareness (release of public data such … Continue reading
Posted in police, Policing, Public Sector
Tagged communities, community, confidence, engagement, futures, games, legitimacy, mobile, opendata, police, social, volunteers
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ACPO Digital – ‘the end of digital’?
I was fortunate to help arrange the recent ACPO event on digital technologies and social media, in conjunction with NPIA and Google. The event was deliberately small, and aimed at senior strategic leaders across UK policing. Attendees included Sir Hugh … Continue reading
Posted in ACPO, police, Policing
Tagged ACPO, COI, conference, crime, Crompton, futures, Hyde, NPIA, policing, Scobbie, Sir Hugh Orde, Sir Hugh Order, social media, technology, video
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Social media and the future of the public sector
Those who know me will be aware that I am a big supporter of social media in the Public Sector. I have piloted public engagement via Facebook for Neighbourhood Policing Teams in Lincolnshire Police – check out Bracebridge Heath’s page for an … Continue reading
Posted in police, Public Sector
Tagged augmented reality, communication, communities, community, Facebook, futures, job losses, local govt, police, redundancy
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Augmented reality for Policing
So what is Augmented Reality? In a nutshell it is using technology (phones, cameras, specially adapted glasses) to overlay useful information on the real world around us. One good example is the Head up Display (HUD) that is used in … Continue reading
Posted in Policing, Public Sector
Tagged augmented reality, communication, communities, engagement, Facebook, feedback, futures, GPS, iPhone, policing, technology, video
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Five things that the new government will challenge in policing
With the appointment of Theresa May and Nick Herbert as Home Secretary and Policing Minister in the new Liberal Democrat and Conservative administration, there are likely to be changes in policing in the UK. Here are my personal thoughts on … Continue reading
Posted in Policing, Public Sector
Tagged coalition, conservatives, futures, govt, liberal democrats, police
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Technology & Policing over the next 15 years (part 2)
Summary One of the assignments on the 2010 Strategic Command Course (http://www.npia.police.uk/en/6090.htm) was to look at future technology trends and their impact on policing. I have developed some of this thinking in this post which is part two of two– … Continue reading
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Tagged crime, demographics, futures, privacy, strategic command course, technology
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Technology & Policing over the next 15 years (part 1)
Summary One of the assignments on the 2010 Strategic Command Course (http://www.npia.police.uk/en/6090.htm) was to look at future technology trends and their impact on policing. I have developed some of this thinking in this post which is part one of two– … Continue reading
Posted in Policing, Public Sector
Tagged community, futures, mypolice, police, policing, SCC, strategic command course, technology, trust
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The shape of police forces to come
Summary In the future, not that far away, any sense of professional identity in public service means looking beyond organisational boundaries. Not just in CDRPs and other ‘local’ facing areas of policing, but across the whole range of policing services. … Continue reading
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Tagged collaboration, communication, communities, futures, police
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