POLICE officers in Warrington and across Cheshire will be able to spend more time on the beat thanks to mobile technology which helps them to access police systems while they’re out on patrol.
The equipment has been made available following investment at the start of the financial year.
Police and Crime Commissioner John Dwyer said: “At the start of the financial year I approved a budget, which enabled us to invest money in technology and transform the current estate to enable officers to spend more time on the front line.
“Whenever I’ve spoken to local communities across the county, the same gripe kept reappearing: that officers aren’t visible enough. Investment in this technology is one way to combat this problem.
“To ensure that the new technology would work correctly, some of our police buildings had to be revamped, or upgraded to ensure that the new mobile way of working delivers the improvements that the Chief Constable Simon Byrne and I want to see.”
By the end of the year each of the eight main police stations in Cheshire will have:
•Modern, fit for purpose IT systems to support effective briefing of officers and staff.
•New facilities to support the allocation of mobile devices to officers so they can access intelligence without the need to return to the police station.
These advancements support the Chief Constable’s ‘We’re Here’ Commitments.
Mobile technology will keep police on the beat
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