lead
al policing
Officers will not be in
stations at computers, they
will be out and visible in our
communities. Mobile digital
policing is a key part of our
wider Police and Crime Plan
where we are changing the
way we work in order to
put the public first.
Chief Constable Simon Prince,
Dyfed-Powys Police
Officers from Dyfed-Powys Police –
ready to make the most of mobile data
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patrol are clear, particularly in our
rural areas where the officers are
working far from a station. Being
able to complete tasks once that
synchronise with force systems will
save time and effort.
“Officers will not be in stations
at computers, they will be out and
visible in our communities. Mobile
digital policing is a key part of our
wider Police and Crime Plan where
we are changing the way we work in
order to put the public first.”
PC Ben Aston works in Carmarthen
and is one of the officers who
have been part of the Pronto
development and testing team.
He said, “This is easily the most
significant development I have seen
for those working on the front line
since I joined seven years ago.
“The device will reduce the amount
of time spent duplicating data on
different paper forms for different
departments and push information
from the front line straight to the
back office in real time and without
delay. While we are on the streets we
have the ability to access and share
information and intelligence assets
that we would usually need to travel
back to the police stations to access
or request through a third person.
“The most exciting part of the
project is that it will continuously
develop. We have already come up
with new ideas and future uses for the
device which will enable us to carry
out our roles more efficiently.”
Dyfed-Powys Police has prioritised
a range of processes that will
move the force further towards
paperless policing. These include
direct crime, Domestic Abuse,
Stalking and Harrasment (DASH)
forms, as well as collision reports
and other traffic processes.
The Dyfed-Powys Pronto
programme will be managed and
delivered by Airwave’s wholly-owned
subsidiary, Kelvin Connect.
Double first for Dyfed-Powys
Dyfed-Powys Police were quick to see the benefits of the Pronto application,
and is the first police force to implement the processes for image search and
multi-officer event management.
Officers are using Pronto to search the PNC and the local force databases
for information and images of a person of interest. Image search can mean
immediate confirmation of identity in a face-to-face situation, and the
immediate implementation of appropriate processes.
Multi-officer event management over Pronto enables the lead officer at an incident
to see all attending officers’ witness statements and notes taken at the scene of an
incident, via device synchronisation. Before Pronto, officers would have to travel
back to the station – which in this rural area could be many miles – to transfer the
information into the force system to enable other team members to access it. The
ability to see all information taken at the incident itself means conflicting witness
statements can immediately be identified and challenged if necessary.
