Airwave

Overall sponsor of the Police Professional Awards

Airwave offers complete voice and data solutions to the police and other public safety organisations.

We also provide management consultancy and business improvement solutions covering every aspect of mobile working for the emergency services.

The largest network of its kind, Airwave is highly resilient and secure, with unrivalled geographical coverage.

By the same token, our mobile data solutions enable police forces to minimise paperwork and associated costs, reducing call pressure on control room staff and support nationally recognised quality and performance targets.

Used only by those with a public safety remit, Airwave is today relied upon by 200+ emergency response organisations, including the police, fire and ambulance services.

www.airwavesolutions.co.uk

Eurocopter Uk Ltd

Sponsor of the Business Area Development Award

Eurocopter UK Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Eurocopter/EADS Group, is located in Oxford, and specialises in helicopter sales, bespoke completions, maintenance and spares support. Its in-house engineering capabilities include design, installation, flight-testing and certification, with all of its 180 employees being committed to delivering first-class customer service.

Eurocopter UK develops advanced mission systems which have contributed to a market share of over 70% in the Police law enforcement segment, and EMS market and 50% in the commercial/private segment. The Company is also able to offer a completion service to further adapt or modify helicopters to meet the most demanding specific mission requirements along with providing VVIP completions for corporate and private customers.

Eurocopter, a wholly-owned subsidiary of EADS, is the largest manufacturer of helicopters in the world with more than10,000 helicopters currently in service with over 2,800 customers in 140 countries and offers the largest civil and military helicopter range in the world.

The expansion plan envisaged for Eurocopter UK Limited will aim at increasing the UK and Irish content of services, both in the civil and military markets.

www.eurocopter.co.uk

Sat Team

Sponsor of the Airwave Police Professional Awards 2008 Champagne Reception

As security becomes today’s number one specialised skill SAT Team have produced the most comprehensive learning system available to the modern day security undergraduate.

We developed what we think is a very ingenious strategy, when we looked at the problem from a commercial perspective we could see that some training organisation that have evolved since the introduction of SIA licensing work on the principle of “more passes equates to more on tuition fees”, even if it means lowering the standards.

In other words some organisations only provide a mechanism for passing the course and not learning the subject. This is not the route we would advise.

A number of these courses are based on the practical aspects of protection, the simple drills and exercises that seem good to the novice; it’s then the student’s responsibility to study, the theory of planning, intelligence and ways to continuously evaluate the threat.

Theory is the boring stuff that applies balanced decision-making to planning and gives a complete overall operational understanding. It’s sometimes called professionalism, leadership or ability etc. it means you can work out what the danger is and where it can come from. It allows you to identify the best possible course of action. It’s all about avoiding the danger not waiting for it to happen. This level is not taught in a few simple lessons.

What sets SAT Team apart from all the other training initiatives is the use of a far--reaching blended learning system. Until recently, the specialist skills required to present such a course were not available; that was until SAT Team took a major step forward with the development of a software program which brings these techniques within the grasp of our students via virtual universities.

The results are hands-on training days along with e-learning home study. More precisely, it enables learners to complete their training substantially and more efficiently, with a cost reduction of approx 10% to 50% while at the same time not restricting them to fixed-time training.

www.sat-team.co.uk

Niche Technology Ltd

Sponsor of the Airwave Police Professional Awards 2008 Crime Investigation Awards

Niche Technology is the worlds leading supplier of Police Records Management Software (RMS). Niche RMS is currently used by over 100,000 police personnel in the United Kingdom, The United States of America, Canada and Australia. In the UK since 2002 Niche RMS has been deployed in 11 forces serving the operational policing information needs of over 50,000 police personnel.

Niche RMS is a single integrated application that streamlines all aspects of operational policing supporting crime management, intelligence management, general incident management, custody, case preparation and property. NicheRMS also has sophisticated work flow and a three dimensional security model enabling all staff to see only what their role demands whilst providing capability to support all intelligence submission, sanitization and dissemination or covert policing operation.

Our unique InterNiche functionality supports the richest information sharing between forces of any system currently in production in the UK. Niche RMS is also approved by ACPO for connectivity to the CPS and other criminal justice partners through the Criminal Justice Exchange.

The opportunity to consolidate a number of operational systems into one single application is:

Delivering operational benefits to front line staff; especially ease of access to critical information

Helping to deliver performance improvements in a range of areas including increased arrest and detection rates

Being used to deliver significant process improvements in a number of forces and a reduction in IT support costs

Helping forces achieve better compliance with national standards and policies including NCRS and MOPI.

The average time from contract award to go live is 12 months which demonstrates the extent to which the application supports the widest range of UK policing needs.

www.nicherms.com