Free up officers time through tech, says Nottinghamshire chief

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Free up officers' time through tech, says Nottinghamshire chief

The force is championing three new uses of technology that chief constable Craig Guildford says are helping them to make more arrests as well as save time and lives.

Nottinghamshire's mobile fingerprint scanner

Date - 24th March 2021
By - Chloe Livadeas

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The force has developed an app internally that allows officers and staff to enter victims' codes and updates which are automatically updated onto the crime system, removing the need to go back to the station. “If you think about the...

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