The International Policing Exhibition at G-Mex from 20-21 June is free-to-attend for all ranks of the police service and all individuals working alongside the police forces, police authorities, central and local government, law enforcement agencies and criminal justice system.

Policing and law enforcement organisations will exhibit alongside the leading suppliers to the policing and security sector who will showcase the la-*test*-('") equipment, technology and services that are currently available or in development.

Visitors to the Policing Exhibition will be able to attend a full free seminar programme within the exhibition hall. The programme will include presentations by leading policing organisations and case studies by exhibitors working on projects with police forces and authorities.

Themes will include: command and control, community cohesion, forensics, operational delivery and homeland security. Confirmed organisations taking part include the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA), Crown Computing, Forensic Telecommunication Services Ltd, Police National Legal Database (PNLD), NICE Systems, Symantec and UNISYS.

The National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA), recently formed as a result of the merger of the National Centre for Policing Excellence (Centrex) and the Police Information Technology Organisation (PITO) will outline their programme of change that will aim to help police forces and law enforcement agencies to evolve and keep a step ahead of criminals while providing a better policing service to members of the public.

NICE – using real operational scenarios from the FCC (Force Control Room), CID (Criminal Investigations Department), and CHD (Criminal Justice Department), NICE will show how unified multimedia management enhances, improves and speeds up end to end operational policing.

PNLD - will show forces how to use PNLD to their best advantage, including showcasing the new Police National Statistics Database and the National Vacancies recruitment service.

Symantec - will discuss why effective IT risk management demands a disciplined, structured program to develop awareness, qualify costs and impacts, and design and implement a solution that adapts to police force requirements and provides compliance with the Management of Police Information (MoPI) standards and statutory obligations for information management.

UNISYS – will outline how Crown’s Open Options Workforce Management System provides workforce planners with the most advanced software tools to plan the efficiency of the workforce by taking into account all known facts about both the requirements and the people who can fulfil each role, by eliminating wasted time and ensuring that all roles are covered by suitably skilled officers and staff.

A dedicated IT & Communications Zone will concentrate on specialised applications including crime recording systems, criminal intelligence analysis, data acquisition, logging and processing systems, data protection and recovery, geographical information systems, IT security, mobile communications, mobile data equipment and telecommunications.

The exhibition will also feature a Security Zone and Special Operations Zone. Companies specialising in forensics will feature in the Special Operations Zone; these include the Forensic Science Service (FSS), Forensic Telecommunications Services Ltd, Key Forensic Services Ltd and LGC Forensics. A broad range of uniform solutions, protective clothing, equipment and footwear including bullet and stab resistant body armour, ballistic helmets and safety eyewear will also be available in this zone.

The ACPO Procurement Group and Excellence in the Police Service (PEPS) will again host the Q & A Panel Session on procurement for suppliers to the police services at the show. This session is exclusively open to exhibitors at the exhibition and an excellent opportunity for suppliers to ask for feedback on the best way to tender for a contract or simply how to improve relations with procurement personnel.

"This is the primary event for all policing professionals and aims to provide the la-*test*-('") information on cutting-edge technology and key policy developments that will meet the opportunities and challenges of 21st Century policing"
says ACPO President Ken Jones.