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New technology will 'save Welsh police countless hours'

Police officers in Wales are replacing traditional pocket notebooks with mobile devices following the development of a new policing ‘app’.

Credit: Gwent Police

Both Gwent and South Wales Police have worked to develop the £1.5 million app which is funded by the Home Office’s Police Innovation Fund.

Used on smart phones and tablets, it allows officers at crime scenes to capture audio and visual accounts and upload the information to a shared computer system without returning to stations.

It will also give them access to information while on the way to incidents, so that they're more informed.

The whole purpose of this project is to get more officers out of stations and back on the street.

Officers using these devices now have access to a wealth of information in the palm of their hands.

This will help improve efficiency and allow them to record and present evidence in a far more professional and transparent manner.

This will no doubt save countless hours of policing time which would usually have been spent behind desks on administration, thus maximising value for money for the taxpayer.

– Ian Johnston, Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent