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Join Ian Critchley QPM, National Police Chiefs Council Lead for Child Protection , Abuse and Investigation, representatives from the Office of the Police Chief Scientific Advisor (OPCSA), the National Crime Agency (NCA) and other policing bodies for a hybrid roundtable on industries perspective on how policing can adapt to the current threats, risks and harm at pace.
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse was published one year ago. The Inquiry and the Truth Project which ran alongside it heard from almost 6000 victims of Child sexual abuse. Yet we know there is significant underreporting in this area.
Law enforcement has long experienced a problem in that pockets of excellence are developed in silo, and are not applied consistently or at a national level. It is apparent that there are tools and techniques developed within other industries which could be applied to the challenge of tackling Child Sexual Abuse.
There are gaps in the consistency of usage of these tools. Many of these systems work in silo and cross referencing of data sets remains reliant on manual checks and is subject to the diligence and tenacity of the investigator.
This roundtable will seek industries views, focusing on the following
- Discovery of data, triage, prioritisation and investigation.
- How police can effectively use the large amount of data coming in to improve efficiencies in the investigation process.
- Understanding tools police already do have but also what other tools exist in the discovery and triage stage (eg, fast forensic triage). What is already out there and how can Policing improve effectiveness and efficiency of information?
- From the data collected, how to improve efficiencies in the extraction of data (in particular automating services to identify and search data on devices).
Are there opportunities to:
- Make all federated data searchable?
- Automate data aggregation informed by prioritisation?
- Enable machine learning language analysis?
- Automate processes in digital forensics?
- Implement cloud hosted virtual machines to provide enhanced processing power to digital forensic extraction and production of evidential output?
- Automate enrichment of data through open-source research?
This roundtable will include a challenge focused discussion on the following:
Challenge statement 1: Digital forensic challenges for policing are well documented. This is not a challenge exclusive to Child Protection investigations, but does significantly hinder policing’s ability to identify and mitigate threat, risk, and harm at pace. Both in respect of determining if offences have been committed, identifying victims, and preventing any ongoing abuse. Examples of challenges in this space include:
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- Shortening the process from device extraction to CAID upload
- Pre-triage prioritisation of material on devices
- Siloing of technology across the e2e extraction and investigation process
Challenge statement 2: The current e2e process from referrals arriving into the UK, dissemination to investigating teams, and onwards to CAID, is disjointed and involves siloed capabilities. This leads to delays in extracting data from NCMEC referrals and places a significant burden on limited resource to conduct manual intelligence checks through that process.
The following questions will be used to shape the challenge focussed discussion:
- What opportunities do rapidly evolving and accessible AI capabilities present in meeting these challenges?
- What lessons can be learnt from other sectors in use of data fusion and AI/ML in automating the process of undertaking checks through the process?
- Where do industry see challenge in adoption of either commercially available, or emerging, technology in this space?
- Where are policing’s short term opportunities that we are not actively taking advantage of?
- What medium/longer term solutions are being developed that policing should be working with industry in accelerating?
- What do industry need from policing to work in partnership to meet these challenges?
Georgie Morgan
Georgie Morgan
Georgie joined techUK as the Justice and Emergency Services (JES) Programme Manager in March 2020, then becoming Head of Programme in January 2022.
Georgie leads techUK's engagement and activity across our blue light and criminal justice services, engaging with industry and stakeholders to unlock innovation, problem solve, future gaze and highlight the vital role technology plays in the delivery of critical public safety and justice services. The JES programme represents suppliers by creating a voice for those who are selling or looking to break into and navigate the blue light and criminal justice markets.
Prior to joining techUK, Georgie spent 4 and a half years managing a Business Crime Reduction Partnership (BCRP) in Westminster. She worked closely with the Metropolitan Police and London borough councils to prevent and reduce the impact of crime on the business community. Her work ranged from the impact of low-level street crime and anti-social behaviour on the borough, to critical incidents and violent crime.
- Email:
- [email protected]
- LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgie-henley/
Cinzia Miatto
Cinzia Miatto
Cinzia joined techUK in August 2023 as the Justice and Emergency Services (JES) Programme Manager.
The JES programme represents suppliers, championing their interests in the blue light and criminal justice markets, whether they are established entities or newcomers seeking to establish their presence.
Prior to join techUK, Cinzia held positions within the third and public sectors, managing international and multi-disciplinary projects and funding initiatives. Cinzia has a double MA degree in European Studies from the University of Göttingen (Germany) and the University of Udine (Italy), with a focus on politics and international relations.
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- [email protected]
Javahir Askari
Javahir Askari
Javahir joined techUK in June 2022, as Policy Manager for Digital Regulation.
Prior to joining techUK, she worked at the New Statesman, delivering cross sector policy research and events for their policy supplement. Javahir previously worked as part of the educational programme at the European Commission based in London, engaging with the UK's youth on the Brexit process.
Javahir holds a BA Politics and International Relations (Hons) from the University of Nottingham, an MA Human Rights from University College London, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Law from BPP University.
