AI-powered platform to modernise UK policing operations

A new AI-powered integrated platform is to be adopted by UK police forces in a drive to move away from fragmented legacy systems.

The new system, delivered by Appian and Deloitte, seeks to enable a unified approach to core policing functions, such as records management, investigations, custody, intelligence, and property management. It is also equipped for digital forensics case management, vetting, professional standards, and road traffic processing.

Its announcement comes as police forces are coping with increased workloads, limited budgets, and the growing complexity of digital and cross-border offences - issues which are exacerbated by police work often being siloed and heavily reliant on manual processes.

Andy Willmer, partner and UK and EMEA Policing lead at Deloitte, said that the intelligent automation and case management capabilities of the platform would help the UK police to achieve their ambition of “deliver[ing] transformation that is not only ambitious, but measurable”.

He said: “Together with Appian, this AI-powered technology transformation allows organisations to simplify complex operations, accelerate change, embrace innovation and AI, to better support them in delivering for the public”.

The partners claim that the centralisation of data and embedding of AI into operational workflows would permit forces to share intelligence more effectively, and increase productivity as well as efficiency.

Scott Van Valkenburgh, senior vice president of Global Partners and Alliances at Appian, said: “Policing organisations need technology that can adapt as quickly as the challenges they face.

“With Deloitte, we’re delivering a unified platform that connects AI, data, and processes to help agencies modernise core systems, reduce administrative overhead, and improve operational outcomes at scale.”

Appian and Deloitte have been collaborating since 2014 to present technological solutions to joint customers across the Americas and Europe.