e-forensics aided 90% rise in phones examined
The number of electronic devices examined by experts in UK Police has grown nationally by 300%
The United Kingdom National Police Improvement Agency (NPIA) says e-forensics have aided a 90% rise in number of computers, iPads and mobile phones examined by police.
The NPIA said it wants an e-forensics project, aimed at speeding up the examination of ICT used by criminals, to be available to all UK Police Forces from September.
Over the past seven years, the number of electronic devices examined by technology experts in police force hi-tech crime units (HTCUs) has grown nationally by 300%.
A six-month pilot of the e-forensics project with five forces in the East Midlands resulted in a 90% increase in the number of computers and mobile phones examined, according to the agency.
Deputy chief constable Paul Crowthe, the Association of Chief Police Officers' lead on e-forensics, said:
"With the emergence of technology impacting on many crime types, the police service has recognised that all police forces were spending an increasing amount of time, money and staff on interrogating electronic devices and mobiles phones.
This project has dramatically reduced the time taken over each device and has also made a massive impact into case loads."
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