ICT trends in European policing

In this report we present the results from interviews and document analyses of current and planned information and communication technology (ICT) projects with police forces from 10 European countries and from interviews with technology vendors in the field of ICT for policing. Based on a cross-country, cross-organisational analysis, we present the following themes that describe major trends in ICT for European policing: »» the integration of intelligence data systems »» the adoption of mobile computing »» the use of video surveillance technologies »» the application of digital biometrics »» the crosscutting issue of user acceptance »» the emerging challenge of social media applications We discuss how these issues are relevant and thereby point to open issues for future research.