The British government has sunk £100m into efforts to link up cops’ IT systems, boost resource-sharing and develop digital forensics. The UK’s police forces have been battling to improve outdated systems for years. Multiple annual reports into the state of policing have concluded that cops lag far behind in their use of tech, and that failure to fix this puts public safety at risk. In a bid to address the problem, the Home Office launched a Police Transformation Fund in 2016, and this week announced the second phase of investment
ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Register
