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Police Ask For More Internet Powers
News A list of anti-terror recommendations from the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) has been handed to MPs in the wake of the London bombings this month, as the government is reviewing laws on how to tackle terrorism.
[July 26, 2005, 8:55]
Government To Forge New Cybercrime Policies
News The announcement comes in the wake of an e-crime discussion meeting between Home Office minister Vernon Coaker, Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) representatives and the Metropolitan Police's head of e-crime, Charlie McMurdie.
[March 27, 2008, 7:35]
A Year Ago: Government Plans E-surveillance
News ACPO (Association of Chief Police Officers) spokesman on the Internet Keith Akerman confesses he is "amazed" by the amount of surveillance being proposed. This was a voluntary agreement drawn up by ACPO and the ISP Forum with ISPs able to refuse...
[September 27, 2000, 7:02]
Surveillance: Government Plans E-surveillance
News ACPO (Association of Chief Police Officers) spokesman on the Internet Keith Akerman confesses he is "amazed" by the amount of surveillance being proposed. This was a voluntary agreement drawn up by ACPO and the ISP Forum with ISPs able to refuse...
[September 27, 1999, 11:25]
Government Launches New E-crime Unit
Blog I am delighted that the Home Office has confirmed funding for this new unit that ACPO and law enforcement agencies have been developing. Deputy Assistant Commissioner Janet Williams, Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) lead for e-crime, said:
[September 30, 2008, 14:45]
Surveillance: Privacy Versus Policework - The Debate
News In one corner is Keith Akerman, head of CID in Hampshire and chair of ACPO (Association of Chief Police Officers) computer crime working group. The police say access to email and Net traffic is necessary in the fight against crime.
[September 27, 1999, 11:25]
Businesses May Be Forced To Fund E-crime Unit
News It follows a suggestion that the Policing Central E-crime Unit, proposed by the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) and the Metropolitan Police Service, would be jointly funded by the Home Office, Acpo and businesses.
[March 18, 2008, 7:24]
VoIP Industry Fears Over-regulation
News We've had a lot of dialogue with various emergency services bodies and ACPO [the Association of Chief Police Officers], and it would seem to be the obvious statement that the more you can enable 999 service and access to it, the more it is in the...
[November 17, 2006, 16:10]
Policing The Unacceptable - Bringing Paedophiles To Justice
News To that end ACPO (Association of Chief Police Officers) is considering setting up a unit to deal with cyber crime. Chief Superintendent Martin Jauch, head of the Metropolitan Police's Clubs and Vice Unit and PC Paul Griffiths from the Obscene...
[March 22, 1999, 12:25]
Police Get Go Ahead For Cyber Crime Squad
News The long-awaited cyber crime unit moves a step closer Tuesday as the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) and the Home Office approve the plan. As previously reported on ZDNet News, the unit -- dedicated to solving computer and Internet...
[October 26, 1999, 15:12]
Police To Investigate Linux Desktops
News Project Valiant, launched by the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) last June, will create a systems strategy for UK police forces. A large project to build an information systems strategy for the UK's police forces is to examine the...
[January 23, 2002, 10:03]
Police Chief's Departure Won't Halt E-crime Plans
News Wilkinson, who currently holds the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) portfolio for e-crime, will shortly leave the Met to transfer to an overseas post. The development of a centralised e-crime unit is to go ahead, the Metropolitan Police...
[October 4, 2007, 16:03]
Chat Rooms Targetted By Internet Watch Foundation
News Such a unit is currently under consideration by the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO). The review, published last month, praised the work done by IWF and recommended its focus be extended to online chat rooms.
[March 2, 1999, 11:17]
Broadband Will Impede Cybercops
News The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) is worried that that they may lose a valuable resource in the future -- some police would like ISPs to keep traffic data for policing, but that is bad data protection, and ISPs shouldn't be keeping...
[March 13, 2001, 15:35]
A Year Ago: Chat Rooms Targetted By Internet Watch Foundation
News Such a unit is currently under consideration by the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO). A government review of the industry backed Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) has called for greater powers for the organisation to fight child...
[March 2, 2000, 5:37]
Government Denies Entrapment Reports
News The government's stance appears steadfast: both the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) and the National Crime Intelligence Squad (NCIS) have confirmed discussions with Blair's Labour administration on the matter.
[October 30, 2000, 16:41]
UK Police Face Increasing Pressure From High-tech Crime
News ACPO added that part of the funding was necessary to retain police officers, as many, such as forensic and IT specialists, could earn more money in the private sector. Police forces are facing a £350m shortfall in budgets as chief police officers...
[November 23, 2004, 15:05]
O2 Prices Force Police To Rethink Vocab
News PITO has confirmed to ZDNet UK that the CD is being produced and will be rolled out across forces nationwide towards the middle of the year, once a new "standard for all the police forces to be speaking in the same phraseology" is approved by the...
[February 21, 2007, 8:48]
UK Expert Calls For Entrapment Of Paedophiles
News The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) and the National Crime Intelligence Squad (NCIS) have recommended the introduction of a specialised Internet Crime Unit that would deal specifically with net paedophiles.
[October 25, 2000, 11:07]
Civil Liberties Groups Condemn Big Brother Proposals
News It is written on behalf of the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), HM Customs and Excise the intelligence services and the governments hi-tech surveillance centre GCHQ and reveals details of a plan to invoke sweeping changes to...
[December 4, 2000, 8:40]
