A landmark occasion, trying forward at an revolutionary future for policing.
Today marks the final day of the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) Innovation and Digital summit 2025, collectively hosted by the NPCC Digital, Data and Technology and Science and Innovation Coordination Committees, in shut collaboration with the Office for the Chief Police Scientific Adviser and Police Digital Service.
Over three days, over 800 delegates from throughout policing, Government and trade joined collectively to discover what the long run for policing may appear like, with a deal with the necessity for higher collaboration between regulation enforcement and trade to utilise know-how and remodel the way in which we function.
With an motion packed agenda, audio system from throughout all areas have shared their views on the essential function of know-how, not least with Sir Brian Leveson who highlighted how fragmentation and inconsistencies between policing IT impacts the broader prison justice system, relating the advantages of a nationally constant strategy to know-how, to advertise efficiencies and ship a greater service to the general public.
Last evening, the NPCC Innovation and Digital awards came about, celebrating the improbable work already happening to remodel our service.
In drawing to an in depth as we speak, these in attendance had been inspired to make use of the momentum from the occasion to proceed on the trajectory in direction of a modernised, extra environment friendly and empowered police service.
Chief Constable Rob Carden, NPCC Lead for Digital, Data and Technology, mentioned:
This summit alone is indicative of simply how a lot urge for food there may be throughout policing to embrace know-how and modernise.
Digital, information and know-how isn’t a assist perform. It’s intrinsically linked to sturdy operational policing and above all, the safety of the general public we serve. It needs to be the arrowhead of police reform, no matter that will appear like.
Smarter, focused funding will likely be key to driving this ahead, which is why we’ve got launched our National Prioritisation Model to align native want with nationwide priorities and wider policing technique, to make sure we make investments which have the most important affect on public security.
Advice and steering from these with technical experience will likely be key to that endeavour. Our partnership with TechUK and our collaboration with trade throughout this very occasion reveals how critical we’re about embracing the data of others and bridging the hole between policing and the non-public sector.
As we develop into more and more digital within the a long time to come back, we should additionally look inwardly and guarantee our personal workforce are digital and information literate. I’m delighted to announce that alongside the NPCC Digital, Data and Technology Coordination Committee, the Police Digital Service have secured entry to the British Computing Society for officers and employees throughout all 43 forces.
As the Chartered Institute for IT, this may guarantee our groups are empowered to develop their expertise on an ongoing foundation, with entry to an array of digital {qualifications} and certifications.
This is simply the beginning, with conversations across the want for funding in our personal workforce set to proceed as a precedence, in motion.
Chief Constable Jeremy Vaughan, NPCC Lead for Science and Innovation, mentioned:
The previous three days have been great — not solely in serving to form our imaginative and prescient for the way forward for policing, however in recognising the work already underway to remodel our service and strengthen public security. Last evening’s NPCC Innovation and Digital Awards had been an excellent instance of that progress, bringing collectively innovators from throughout policing to have a good time concepts making an actual distinction.
We should proceed to have interaction with our groups of sensible individuals, academia, and communities to make sure these most affected by the modifications we make have the chance to affect selections at each stage.
Collaboration with trade will likely be a key driver in that effort, serving to us stability the artwork of the doable with every day operational calls for and the necessity for value effectivity.
Transparency will stay on the coronary heart of any change we ship.
By publicly launching the NPCC Problem Book, we’re opening a dialog with trade on the challenges confronted by policing and the general public — and exploring how present applied sciences may assist us resolve them.
You can view the NPCC Problem Book, here.