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SunGard Vivista Helps Essex Police Move to Electronic Case File System
September 13, 2007 — London, UK
SunGard Vivista today announced that Essex Police are now able to send electronic case file details to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). The move to a non-paper based system will help save time for the police by cutting out double-keying and helps facilitate the joining up of the criminal justice system.
SunGard Vivista has worked in partnership with Essex Police, the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA), the CPS and other organisations to configure and implement the electronic interface between the Police’s National Strategy for Police Information Systems’ (NSPIS) Case Preparation system and the Crown Prosecution Service’s Case Management System (CMS). This interface uses SunGard Vivista’s OMEGA interface architecture to securely package and transfer case data between the two Criminal Justice Organisations.
This implementation was the first one in the Home Office’s programme to roll out the CMS interface to all police forces in England and Wales.
The force custody manager at Essex Police, Inspector Les Weller, said, “This interface allows for quicker registration of cases on the CPS system and saves CPS staff time in double keying details of case files. Whilst a manual file still has to be prepared and sent to the CPS at this time, it is hoped that the interface will develop to the point where all information can be sent electronically thus saving both the police staff and CPS staff even more time in the future.”
SunGard Vivista justice and security director, Paul Jobbins, said, “SunGard takes great pride in being part of an integrated team to connect police forces to other parts of the Criminal Justice System.”
About NPIA
The National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) is a single national support agency led by the police, for the police and has been created through the work of ACPO, APA and the Home Office. NPIA provides leadership and expertise to the police service in areas as diverse as information and communications technology, support to information and intelligence sharing, core police processes, managing change and recruiting, developing and deploying people. NPIA works for the police service and directly supports forces to deliver improvements today and into the future.
About SunGard Vivista
Established in 1971, SunGard’s Vivista business unit, part of SunGard Public Sector, provides information and communications technology and business support services and solutions to UK local and central government, public safety and justice organisations. Visit SunGard Vivista at www.sungard.com/vivista
About SunGard
With annual revenue exceeding $4 billion, SunGard is a global leader in software and processing solutions for financial services, higher education and the public sector. SunGard also helps information-dependent enterprises of all types to ensure the continuity of their business. SunGard serves more than 25,000 customers in more than 50 countries, including the world’s 50 largest financial services companies. Visit SunGard at www.sungard.com.
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