Portsmouth monitors crime offenders with data sharing system
Portsmouth Business Crime Reduction Partnership (PBCRP) has selected NBIS (National Business Intelligence System) from Hicom.
Using NBIS, PBCRP is able to collate crime data on incidents as they happen throughout the City of Portsmouth and the surrounding area, in order to identify prolific offenders and create a safe environment for businesses and local residents.
Prior to selecting Hicom, PBCRP relied upon a Shop Watch scheme organised by local retailers. However, as the Partnership grew, it was recognised that a more sophisticated, data collation tool was required.
Mark Walsh, Crime Manager for Portsmouth Business Crime Reduction Partnership, says, “One of the key attractions for selecting NBIS is that it is web-based. As a Partnership, we collate and store a lot of data each month, so we needed a system capable of managing this
information effectively. As Hicom hosts the system on its own servers we are confident that our data is stored securely and safely within a data centre that demonstrates the highest security standards.”
Walsh continues, “One of the key features that we use NBIS for is the effective management of our exclusion notices. The Police system only records data for reported crime, and there are a number of incidents that happen across the City to which the Police are not called. However, every incident, regardless of Police intervention or not, is always
recorded by our members in the form of an incident report which we then put into NBIS. Using this information the Partnership can liaise with the Police and inform them if somebody breaks their exclusion notice or is still actively shoplifting in the area.”
