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Issue 7 2014
City of London
Police selects
Airwave as
their mobile
data partner
Devon and Cornwall
Police chooses Pronto
Striking Gold at the
RoSPA Occupational
Health and Safety Awards
T
he City of London Police has signed up
to implement Airwave’s Pronto electronic
notebook and suite of policing applications
for their police officers.
Officers will be provided with devices pre-loaded
with applications that will give them remote and
mobile access to all local and national backend
systems. These include the Police National Computer
(PNC) as well as the force command and control and
crime and intelligence systems.
The City of London Police is taking a phased
approach to the installation of their existing portfolio
of policing process onto the devices and Airwave
is working with them to prioritise the different
applications in order to ensure a smooth transition.
Chief Superintendent Dave McGinley of City of
London Police said: “We are delighted to be working
with Airwave. Key to our decision were the proven
benefits of Pronto’s mobile data capability which
is already being used by police forces throughout
England, Scotland and Wales.”
The programme with City of London Police will be
managed and delivered by Airwave’s wholly owned
subsidiary, Kelvin Connect.
D
evon and Cornwall Police
will be implementing the
Pronto electronic notebook
and suite of mobile policing
applications for improved
efficiency and cashable savings
on paperless policing.
The mobile data programme will
be managed and delivered by
Airwave’s wholly-owned subsidiary,
Kelvin Connect.
Officers will be issued with android
devices pre-loaded with applications
that will give them, for the first time,
remote and mobile access to local
and national backend systems.
These include the Police National
Computer (PNC), as well Steria
Storm, Devon and Cornwall Police’s
command and control and the Unifi
crime and intelligence system.
Devon and Cornwall Police has
prioritised a range of processes
A
irwave has won Gold in
the 2014 Occupational
Health and Safety Awards
run by the Royal Society for
the Prevention of Accidents
(RoSPA). The award was
presented during a ceremony
at the ExCeL in London.
The RoSPA Awards, which
date back 58 years, recognise
the commitment to continuous
improvement in accident and ill
health prevention at work. Entrants
are judged on their overarching
occupational health and safety
management systems, including
practices such as leadership and
workforce involvement.
David Rawlins, RoSPA’s
awards manager, said: “The
RoSPA Awards encourage the
raising of occupational health
and safety standards across the
board. Organisations that gain
recognition for their health and
safety management systems,
such as Airwave, contribute to a
collective raising of the bar for other
organisations to aspire to, and we
offer them our congratulations.”
Richard Bobbett, Airwave CEO
said: “We are delighted to learn that
we’ve won gold as it recognises
our commitment and dedication
to service excellence. We work
365 days of the year to ensure that
our service levels and standards
surpass expectations and this
would not be possible without the
outstanding commitment from
everyone at Airwave who plays their
part in achieving this.”
Pronto’s mobile data
capabilities are being
used by quarter of police
forces throughout Great Britain.
that will allow officers to be more
efficient, proactive, productive and
visible, providing access to up to
date information on which to make
better informed decisions faster
and improve public service and
confidence. Moving to a paperless
environment will streamline the
process and improve the quality
of data submitted. The initial
processes include direct crime
entries, electronic witness
statements and ticketing.
Devon and Cornwall Police
Project Executive Sandy Goscomb
said: “Devon and Cornwall feel that
with the market place having now
matured, the time is right to invest
in a mobile data solution. We look
forward to working with Airwave to
deliver real operational benefits for
our officers and an improved service
to the public we serve.”
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