NG8 May/June 2022
Local business directory and community magazine
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YOUR LOCAL<br />
BEAT TEAMS<br />
WOLLATON WEST<br />
Neighbourhood Policing Insp.<br />
Inspector Gordon Fenwick<br />
Neighbourhood Policing Sgt:<br />
Sgt 3344 Tracey Perkins<br />
Phone: 101 ext: 310 3344<br />
PC 1447 Adam Shaw<br />
07929 7925045<br />
PCSO 7818 Louise Down<br />
07525 226537<br />
CPO 9760 William Davies<br />
07702 141616<br />
WOLLATON EAST &<br />
LENTON ABBEY<br />
Neighbourhood Policing Insp.<br />
Inspector Paul Ferguson<br />
Neighbourhood Policing Sgt:<br />
Sgt 941 Mark Southgate<br />
101 ext 310 0941<br />
PCSO 8834 Helen Russell-<br />
Taylor - 07595 074226<br />
CPO 4635 Can Truong<br />
07422 073209<br />
CPO 4648 David Fowkes<br />
07939 597317<br />
CPO 2730 Pete Barnes<br />
07525 226426<br />
PC 2644 Reece Morris<br />
101 ext: 3102644<br />
PC 3273 Trevor Bailey<br />
07595 074227<br />
Nottinghamshire leading the way on phone<br />
data analysis<br />
Police in Nottinghamshire are leading<br />
the way in the prompt analysis of<br />
mobile phone data belonging to victims<br />
and suspects.<br />
The Digital Forensics Unit was recently<br />
visited by Home Secretary Priti Patel who<br />
was briefed on their work.<br />
A recent investigation by Channel 4 News<br />
revealed a backlog of more than 20,000<br />
digital devices waiting to be examined by<br />
forces across England and Wales.<br />
Nottinghamshire Police, however, has<br />
just 31 phones, tablets and computers<br />
waiting to be examined which have all<br />
been triaged.<br />
This strong performance, the force says,<br />
is down to significant recent investment<br />
in specialist digital media and forensics<br />
officers, interns, graduate investigators,<br />
strict adherence to national proportionality<br />
guidelines, and the upskilling of other<br />
officers to examine devices linked to less<br />
serious offences.<br />
Detective Chief Inspector Les Charlton is<br />
responsible for Nottinghamshire Police’s<br />
digital media investigation teams.<br />
He said: “As technology has evolved<br />
so have the demands placed on police<br />
officers. Digital evidence now plays a<br />
significant role in the majority of police<br />
investigations and can be gathered from<br />
devices ranging from mobile phones to<br />
smart wearables. That creates a very<br />
significant demand that has to be managed<br />
effectively.<br />
“When somebody has been the victim of a<br />
crime – particularly a sexual offence – we<br />
absolutely understand that the investigative<br />
process can be extremely difficult and<br />
upsetting for them.<br />
“As police officers we have a job to do,<br />
but we want to do that job with as little<br />
additional upset to a victim as possible. We<br />
offer a bespoke same day and appointment<br />
service for phones to help victims.<br />
“We understand that mobile devices are<br />
actually a very big part of people’s lives.<br />
They are quite literally their link to the<br />
outside world – their friends and family<br />
– so we understand the importance of<br />
returning those devices to them as quickly<br />
as we can.”<br />
Thanks to the ongoing uplift in officer<br />
numbers, the force has been able to boost<br />
its digital forensic capability by more than<br />
50 per cent over the last two years. It has<br />
also implemented force-wide protocols to<br />
prevent a backlog of devices and it always<br />
prioritises victims of sexual assault.<br />
They, along with other victims of crime,<br />
consent to very limited examinations<br />
of their devices which relate only to<br />
the events immediately surrounding an<br />
offence.<br />
The force also adheres to best practice<br />
guidelines from the College of Policing<br />
about the prompt return of data and<br />
devices. Typically the force looks to return<br />
devices within 24 hours.<br />
Chief Constable Craig Guildford said:<br />
“Digital data has an increasingly vital role to<br />
play in our day-to-day work but we should<br />
never lose sight of the immense upset and<br />
inconvenience this can cause to victims.<br />
That’s why we have taken the decision to<br />
heavily and creatively invest in this area of<br />
our work over the last couple of years and<br />
why we will continue to do so the future.”