Flexibility and a big stick for police

摘要

The police service in England and Wales has established a comprehensive strategy for IT systems to give officers access to national intelligence and information (Computer Weekly, 26 September), but it is so far steering clear of a massive national procurement programme of the type unfolding in the NHS. "Creating a national body to buy key ICT products and services for the whole of the police service is impractical in the short term," said a spokesman for the Information Systems Strategy for the Police Service (ISS4PS).