Building a more intelligent police force.

• Author: Swartz, Nikki
• Position: Up front: news, trends & analysis - Humberside Police signs contract with Unisys - Brief Article

In Humberside, England, the local police force is building a cutting-edge knowledge management environment for its officers.

Humberside Police, whose officers serve 900.000 citizens, recently signed a 1.7 million [pounds sterling] ($3 million U.S.) contract with Unisys to re-engineer and develop its core information technology (IT) and data warehouses. The force's new data warehouse will link more than 40 existing but disparate core databases into single knowledge bank, enabling Humberside Police to effectively manage and store information accessed by 3,000 officers across the region. The IT system overhaul is expected to be...