Multi-Agency Working

Policing doesn’t happen in a vacuum. More agencies than ever must be involved, informed and integrated, from health to education, the courts to social services. And if that’s not challenge enough, there’s the political dimension. It’s always complex, not always helpful, and you don’t necessarily have control of all the levers.

We recognised this in the Causeway Programme in Northern Ireland, where we are integrating the six Criminal Justice Organisations to improve the administration of justice through new ways of working and better information sharing.

The main challenge was the differing needs of each organisation, but we worked closely with the Causeway project team and representatives from all criminal justice organisations, helping to refi ne business requirements and producing a Logical Data Model they all could agree on.

Our work for CJIT on the Criminal Justice Exchange is based on the following vision: “Anyone involved in the Criminal Justice System – users of it or people working within it - should have access from any browser-enabled device to a seamless, coherent set of applications and information to cover the breadth of their dealings.”