Second Digital Policing Summit: What is required? When, how and by whom will it be delivered?

Policing is being transformed and developing new tactics and capabilities to embrace the challenges of globalisation and digitisation and to keep people safe. To support this a ‘Vision for policing in 2025’ has been drafted by the NPCC, with PCCs, Staff Associations and the College of Policing, setting out why and how transformation will take place. This is currently subject to consultation with newly elected police and crime commissioners and is due to be published later in 2016.

One of the five reform priorities is digital policing, overseen by the Digital Policing Board, chaired by Chief Constable Stephen Kavanagh with members including PCCs and senior representatives from police forces, Home Office, National Crime Agency, College of Policing and the Police ICT Company. Its objectives are:

· Digital Public Contact:  To provide a simple, well-known, reliable digital policing service that enables the public to feel informed, receive help and complete tasks. Led by Mr Simon Cole Chief Constable,Leicestershire Police

· Digital Investigation & Intelligence (DII):  To enable policing to protect the public through preventing and detecting crime in the digital age. Led by Mr Stephen Kavanagh Chief Constable, Essex Police

· Digital First:  To ensure digital evidence can be stored and shared across the criminal justice system.  Led by Ms Hacer Evans, Director, Digital First Programme Sussex Police, representing Mr Giles York,Chief Constable Sussex Police

If the Police Service is to continue to serve the public as it would wish, there is an absolute imperative that it succeeds in this area.

The Cityforum “Second Digital Policing Summit: What is the vision? What are the pre-requisites for success?” taking place on Tuesday 4 October in Central London, has been developed at the request of Mr Stephen Kavanagh and in consultation with Mr Giles York, Mr Simon Coles, the Home Office, Police ICTCompany, industry and other partners.

‘Digital’ is the easy part of digital transformation. The hard part is the transformation itself. This round table provides a stocktake of the progress to date across the three national digital work streams, set in the context of the wider Home Office Law Enforcement programmes, and examines in detail the leadership, governance, communication and partnering requirements fundamental to success. Public sector IT programmes have often failed because these requirements have not been understood and given necessary emphasis. This Round Table is designed to focus heavily on these dimensions, identify where skills and expertise may be lacking and where collaborations with private and public sector partners may assist.