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THE Mick Barry Cup King of the Road qualifiers at Ballincurrig at the weekend threw some interesting results. Arthur McDonagh...

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the Frontline tells the story of the events that are known locally as “the uprising”. Not riots, but a civil rights reaction to sustained racist mistreatment of black people by the police. Grime MC and TV personality Big Narstie, who grew up in Brixton, is our narrator. He doesn’t do the interviews, which I don’t like, but he does know what he’s talking about, and his immense charm and chatty, slang-peppered delivery make him a good choice as presenter. There are acted inserts, which ...

Today (01 April 2021), marks the launch of the Police Digital Service (PDS), the new identity for the Police ICT Company. This represents far more than a name change; the organisation will have a broader remit and the resources to drive significant changes in policing. History The Police ICT Company was established in 2015 with the aim of supporting law enforcement agencies in England and Wales to make the best use of technology to deliver efficient and effective policing. It was intended to...

The Police ICT Company is making plans for a change of name and to step up its activities. Ian Bell, chief executive officer of PICTCO, and Wayne Parkes, chair of the Police Technology Programme and director of the National Enabling Programme, outlined the plans at the Police Digital Summit yesterday. They related it to the aims of the National Policing Digital Strategy, published in January of last year, pointing to the digital ambitions for the sector over the next five to 10 years. A plan to...

UK police unlawfully processing over a million people’s data on Microsoft 365 The roll-out of Microsoft 365 to dozens of UK police forces may be unlawful, because many have failed to conduct data protection checks before deployment and hold no information on their contracts Share this item with your network: By Published: 17 Dec 2020 9:30 Police forces across the UK stand accused of unlawfully processing people’s personal data within the Microsoft 365 cloud productivity platform, after...