Justice and emergency services

We were pleased to host Stotles to discuss and share open data and market insights focused on justice, policing, and fire service technology procurement. This event was organised with support from the Justice and Emergency Services Management Committee procurement subgroup.

To explore the existing and potential landscape of digital tools that can support victims of modern slavery, we were delighted to joined by Julia Muraszkiewicz, Trilateral Research, Sian Owen, Unseen UK, Wendy Sims, Shadwell Council, and Debi Lloyd, Justice and Care, for an insightful discussion on how such services can be improved through the effective coordination of a multi-agency response.

The third session of the Interoperability in Justice and Public Safety forum started with a wider discussion led by Simon Hall, Chair of the forum, on Application Programming Interface (APIs) and the current standards that have been set by other industries.

Building on the success of last year, we were pleased to elevate our annual reception to a conference, hosting an array of fantastic speakers representing the policing, justice, public safety, government and technology industry.

We were pleased to host our fifth Fire Innovation Forum session with a focus on drones' application in fire and rescue 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) .