The Head of the National Police Chiefs’ Council has been meeting
with senior stakeholders from across Government including the
Police, Crown Prosecution Service and Home Office to understand
the current and future challenges posed by digital disclosures
within the criminal justice system in order to understand how
technology might help to solve them.
The workshop chaired by Chief Constable Sara Thornton was a
partnership event between the Defence and Security Accelerator
(DASA) and
the Ditchley Foundation, which brings together influential and
expert people to help redefine and renew our society, democracy
and alliances.
Law enforcement agencies throughout the world have been wrestling
with the problem of how to manage the vast quantities and types
of digital data now associated with most criminal investigations,
in accordance with proper application of disclosure principles.
While more data brings new opportunities to leverage information
for successful prosecutions, there is the challenge of
collecting, processing and using this data in a proportionate and
targeted way. In addition, the use of connected and internet
enabled digital devices is likely to increase meaning that the
already overwhelming quantity of data involved is likely to
continue reaching new orders of magnitude.
DASA will use the
outcomes of the workshop to identify and accelerate innovative
technologies to help address the priority challenges, utilising
its wide access to the supply base.
