The police forces equipped with the National Strategy for Police Information Systems (NSPIS) for managing custody records and case files are shown in the following table.
The forces that have not contracted for the NSPIS products have implemented alternative custody and/or case preparation that conform to the same data standards.
All of these implementation projects are now completed or are in their final stages. The Metropolitan Police Service is introducing NSPIS case preparation in parallel with the deployment schedule for the HM Court Service Libra system. All 43 forces will have an approved custody of case preparation system live at all sites by the end of 2008.
Force NSPIS custody fully rolled out NSPIS case prep fully rolled out Avon and Somerset Yes Yes Bedfordshire Yes Yes Cambridgeshire Yes Yes Cleveland Yes Yes City of London Police Yes Yes Cumbria Yes Yes Derbyshire Yes Yes Devon and Cornwall 30 May 2008 Yes Dorset n/a Yes Durham Yes Yes Essex Yes Yes Gwent Yes Yes Hertfordshire n/a Yes Humberside Yes Yes Leicestershire Yes Yes Lincolnshire Yes Yes Metropolitan Police Yes 31 December 208 Norfolk Yes Yes Northamptonshire Yes Yes Nottinghamshire Yes Yes South Yorkshire n/a Yes Staffordshire Yes Yes Suffolk 31 March 2008 31 March 2008 Surrey n/a 30 July 2008 Sussex 28 March 2008 28 March 2008 Thames Valley Yes Yes Warwick Yes Yes West Mercia Yes Yes Total completed 21 24 Total remaining 3 4
The following forces are equipped with Niche record management software (RMS):
Cheshire Constabulary
Cleveland Police
Hampshire Constabulary
Merseyside Police
Police Service of Northern Ireland
North Wales Police
North Yorkshire Police
South Wales Police
West Yorkshire Police
Wiltshire Constabulary.
Niche Technology Inc. develops software which is commercially available. I am not aware of any forces, other than those listed, that are currently piloting Niche RMS in a "live" environment.