Digital forensics automation helps Met to reduce need to outsource

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Digital forensics automation helps Met to reduce need to outsource

Examiners spend less time viewing child abuse material and can work on more complex cases.

Date - 3rd February 2020
By - Gary Mason

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The Metropolitan Police is using automation software to speed up the examination of Child Abuse Material (CAM) in its digital forensic hubs. The software is currently being used at the force’s forensics laboratory in Lambeth and the eight...

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