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E-policing move reduces bureaucracy
News Police officers in Wiltshire, who spend around 25 percent of their time on paperwork, will have some of this burden reduced by an effort to integrate databases so information needs to be entered only once.
[June 20, 2002, 9:53]
E-crime unit 'on track' despite funding delay
News Plans for a national UK cybercrime policing unit remain on track despite the government stalling on funding, according to the Metropolitan Police Service's e-crime chief . Detective superintendent Charlie McMurdie, one of the architects of the...
[June 16, 2008, 8:39]
Tories attack gov't over cybercrime delay
News The Tories have launched a stinging attack on the government's failure to pay £1.3m to fund a national e-crime policing unit. Davis criticised the Home Office's delay in providing the £1.3m start-up costs for the Policing Central E-crime Unit (PCEU...
[April 4, 2008, 8:46]
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]
E-crime victims uncertain where to turn
News This follows the model successfully implemented in some other areas of specialist policing, bringing together a critical mass of e-crime specialists within each region to create a centre of excellence in e-crime policing.
[August 27, 2009, 16:27]
Soca reveals its cybercrime-fighting successes
News The National High Tech Crime Unit (NHCTU) was rolled into Soca in 2006, prompting claims from business and politicians that cybercrime policing was being diluted. The Association of Chief Police Officers and the Metropolitan Police Service are...
[May 16, 2008, 10:39]
Police e-crime unit set for gov't go-ahead
News If only the policing of the internet was as easy as policing robberies," she said. The UK's proposed central e-crime police unit is close to securing the necessary government funding to make it a reality, according to one of the architects of the...
[April 28, 2008, 8:24]
Police: We're overwhelmed by e-crime
News These are the Computer Crime Unit (CCU), Paedophile Unit; Counter Terrorist Command Intelligence Bureau, Clubs and Vice, and Computer Services Laboratory (CSL), Professional Standards, and Covert Policing Command.
[January 25, 2007, 15:57]
Fresh calls for data-breach law
News My concerns with both best-practice guidance and legislation is, who is going to take on the policing response? McMurdie said that although the Met has been successful in tackling e-crime, a centralised e-crime unit was desirable to have policing...
[September 14, 2007, 10:08]
iPhone's remote wiping may help crooks cover tracks
News Foggon believes that the unit's years of experience in unearthing evidence from everything from 186s to MacBooks will mean it will have a key role to play in any central UK e-crime policing unit. The government has committed itself to funding such...
[September 3, 2008, 8:33]
Revamp proposed for police IT procurement
News A white paper on policing released on Wednesday said that at least £400m will be saved on police procurement including IT in the next Parliament, but that police forces will be compelled to use nationally agreed Information Systems Improvement...
[December 3, 2009, 9:34]
Web of Porn: The Business of Porn - Part 1
News With the proliferation of sex on the Net, policing this medium is proving difficult and a political minefield. The IWF, launched three years ago by Pipex chief Peter Dawe, is charged with policing the Net.
[March 9, 1999, 15:43]
Government to forge new cybercrime policies
News But the Home Office has still not agreed to provide the £1.3m in start-up funding for a Policing Central E-Crime Unit (PCEU), proposed by Acpo and the Metropolitan Police. The government has pledged to meet with law enforcers to forge new policies...
[March 27, 2008, 7:35]
Fears over funding for police e-crime unit
News The Home Office admitted, however, that the unit will still not centrally collate all reports of e-crime from the country's 44 local forces, adding that the PCeU will work with the National Policing Improvement Agency to identify how e-crime...
[October 2, 2008, 7:58]
Met criticises local police e-crime response
News We need joined-up policing," said McMurdie. Senior police officers have criticised local police responses to reports of e-crime, and have welcomed plans for a national police centre to co-ordinate cybercrime-fighting efforts.
[October 13, 2006, 16:25]
Surveillance: Government plans e-surveillance - Part 2
News The Home Office is solely concerned with policing. At the heart of the surveillance debate is the proposed Interception of Communications Act (IOCA), which, if it is made law, will give the police access to all electronic communications.
[September 27, 1999, 11:25]
ID cards 'taking focus away from e-crime'
News The Home Office worries about policing but there is a huge drought of forensic research resources and that can take up an awful lot of police time. The government is ploughing too many resources into the ID cards scheme while failing to fight e...
[April 25, 2006, 15:50]
AOL not liable for unauthorised e-books
News When the DMCA was being drafted, ISPs such as AOL successfully lobbied for exemptions that would prevent them from having to spend all their time policing their networks. In a ruling that further clarifies whether Internet service providers are...
[March 19, 2002, 10:40]
Election 2001: Tory manifesto embraces freedom of the Net
News Conservatives believe the policing of domain name ownership and cybersquatting is not a government issue, and supports the industry-led self-regulation. The Conservative party is proposing a laissez-faire approach towards regulating the Internet...
[May 22, 2001, 12:46]
Microsoft: 'Harden your environment'
News Businesses could not rely on international policing or law alone to protect their intellectual property, Gibson told the MIS WebSec Conference in London on Wednesday. The chief security advisor for Microsoft UK, Former FBI agent Ed Gibson, on...
[March 30, 2006, 11:35]
