LONDON and BLUE BELL, Pa., Dec. 3,
2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Unisys Corporation (NYSE:
UIS) today announced the renewal of contracts with each of the 43
UK police forces and associated law enforcement agencies for the
latest version of the Home Office Large Major Enquiry System
(HOLMES2).
Signed in the third quarter of 2019, UK police forces use
HOLMES2 to investigate homicides and organized and other serious
crimes, as well as to manage disaster response during terrorist
incidents or natural disasters. The application provides a
real-time view of live operations to facilitate efficient
decision-making and the effective management of police resources.
It is supported by advanced functionality for tasking, alerting,
reporting, messaging, analytics and document and records
management.
HOLMES2 is currently delivered as a cloud service to 42 of the
43 UK police forces, with the final force going live early in 2020.
The cloud delivery model means the information management system
supports greater collaboration and cross-border data sharing to
enable faster response times for incident management.
Delivering HOLMES2 from the cloud means it can be rapidly
configured so multiple police forces share resources to support the
lead force with mutual aid and immediately begin managing
information relating to new law enforcement incidents. This enables
faster mobilization of forces, providing a ready-to-use platform
for collaboration on major incidents and investigations, including
public appeals.
For example, HOLMES2 can facilitate a casualty bureau to act as
a single-point-of-contact for managing information about people
believed to be involved in an incident or disaster. Within minutes
of the terrorist bombing in Manchester in May
2017, for example, Unisys was able to deliver a new
cloud-based casualty bureau to support police forces with missing
persons, the identification of individuals and logging of evidence.
Within two hours of the attack, 27 forces were active on the
casualty bureau to support one another with mutual aid.
HOLMES2 also features new functionality for the UK Police Major
Incident Public Reporting Site – mipp.police.uk – to improve online
engagement with UK citizens by giving them the ability to digitally
submit information directly to the police via their PCs, tablets or
smartphones. This includes videos and photographs relating to
incidents or investigations. Images submitted via the portal have
already helped identify numerous suspects in recent
investigations.
All submitted data is instantly searchable and available to the
relevant police forces to enable communication across forces and
with the public on developments relating to incidents, missing
persons, survivors, evacuees and casualties.
The portal is now a key tool for gathering information from both
the public and police forces and new features include an improved
user experience, making it easier to submit information to national
investigations, and support for multiple languages to accommodate
investigations that have specific language requirements.
In addition, police forces using the portal can now create
dedicated campaigns to focus on specific groups, such as those
living within a certain radius of an incident or crime scene,
giving them the ability to tag their submissions of information or
evidence.
This special access helps investigations as the public can
classify the information they submit, expediting the availability
of data and reducing back office resourcing. This feature also
improves the speed and quality of data so forces can focus
resources on specific elements of an incident or investigation.
Sri Iyer, public sector lead for
Unisys in the UK, said, "Cloud technology is critical for UK
policing to more quickly address the rapidly changing nature of
crime, while cutting costs across its operations. We're extremely
proud to support UK police forces with our cloud services to
expedite investigations and provide much greater levels of digital
engagement with the public via the mipp.police.uk portal. Unisys
continues to play a critical role in helping police forces deliver
improvements in operational efficiency, detection and conviction
rates, and to build public confidence."
About Unisys
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company that builds high-performance, security-centric solutions
for the most demanding businesses and governments. Unisys offerings
include security software and services; digital transformation and
workplace services; industry applications and services; and
innovative software operating environments for high-intensity
enterprise computing. For more information on how Unisys builds
better outcomes securely for its clients across the Government,
Financial Services and Commercial markets, visit
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