NSW Police will implement a new technology system that will streamline their systems,allowing them to work faster and safer.

NSW Police will implement a new technology system that will streamline their systems,allowing them to work faster and safer.Credit:Mark43

NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller signed a partnership with US-based public safety software provider Mark43 on Monday to roll out the system.

The cloud-based program,known as the Integrated Policing Operating System (IPOS),will replace the force’s 27-year-old central database and will be used for everyday operations including triple zero calls,arrests and charges,criminal investigations and forensics.

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The deal is the first partnership for Mark43 with an Australian law enforcement agency. The company is already used by more than 100 American public safety agencies,including local police forces and the Secret Service.

Many of the present NSW Police systems have been used since before the younger officers were born and teaching them how to use the systems is like “regression training”,Deputy Commissioner of Corporate Services Mal Lanyon said.

But the new system will allow police to streamline their processes,allowing them to respond to the community’s needs better.

IPOS will be rolled-out gradually over a five-year timeline.

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The data will be held at the highest level of security and only NSW Police Force staff will be able to access it. “None of our data will ever leave Australia,the data will be stored in Australia,” Mr Lanyon said.

NSW Police executive director of Digital Technology and Innovation Gordon Dunsford said “the new system is hyper speedy” and will enable officers to prioritise jobs.

“It’s the biggest transformation for a generation,” he said.

Mark43 co-founder and chief executive officer Scott Crouch said he was looking forward to working with NSW Police “to modernise public safety technology in Australia”.

Minister for Police and Emergency Services David Elliott said the NSW government has invested more than $44 million in the system “to enhance capabilities such as the capture of information around domestic violence incidents,improved bail forms and integration with partner agency systems including ASIC.”

“The system puts police on the front foot to ensure they have all the information at hand to stay one step ahead of the criminals,” he said.

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