Justice and emergency services

Following the launch of techUK’s Fraud and Economic Crime Function, members were invited to a hybrid kick-off meeting. This session brought together all those who completed the Expression of Interest (EOI) for a roundtable discussion with the NECC and City of London Police.

Last month we were delighted to launch techUK’s new Interoperability in Justice and Public Safety Forum. Previous to 2025, the programme’s focus on Interoperability has been driven by a working group and concerned just policing. Now to accommodate the expansion of the portfolio to criminal justice and emergency services and to welcome in new perspectives, the group has transitioned to a collaborative forum under the leadership of Simon Hall, Coeus Software (Chair) and Robert Leach, R Leach Consulting (Vice-Chair).

Under techUK’s MoU with the National Fire Chiefs’ Council (NFCC) we were delighted to kick off the forum’s activity for 2025 with the fourth session, focusing on data. We were joined by NFCC DDaT representatives Steve Beakhust, Gillian Fyfe and Steve Taylor, who gave an overview of the challenges and opportunities of data quality, usage, collection and sharing within the fire and rescue services.

Forget 12 days of Christmas—how about 12 months of action-packed 2024 Justice and Emergency Services (JES) Programme excitement?

To mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, techUK’s Justice and Emergency Services Programme hosted a panel with experts from various sectors who shared their thoughts on the issue and some examples of the fantastic work they are doing when it comes to prevention and victim support.

In October 2024 we hosted our third Fire Innovation Forum meeting focusing on procurement, and we were delighted to be joined by representatives from 10 fire and rescue services, including representatives from the National Fire Chiefs’ Council (NFCC) and Blue Light Commercial (BLC) .

On October 29th we had the pleasure to host the BlueLight Commercial (BLC) team for a briefing to techUK members.

Event round up by James Reid, CGI & James West, Madetech, JESMC AI Subgroup ... On 14 October techUK’s Justice & Emergency Services Management Committee’s (JESMC), AI sub-group hosted and an afternoon of panel discussions and networking on the theme of ‘de-mystifying the foundations of AI in Justice and Public Safety.

On 1st of October we hosted an event on local government technology tech spend which provided attendees with valuable insights into the latest trends in the sector, helping them identify key areas of focus.

Following the success of our launch back in May, this July we were delighted to welcome back the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) for our second meeting. We were joined by NFCC representatives Steve Beakhurst, Steve Taylor, Gillian Fyfe and many of our techUK members across the Justice and Emergency Services and Cyber Programmes.

Monday 8 July, we were delighted to gain exclusive insight into the IT procurement landscape for the police and fire markets, as we were joined by Lorna Ingwell, Research Manager at Tussell, who provided an excellent briefing using Tussell’s data source.