Merseyside Police
Each year Merseyside Police – along with 43 other Police Forces in England, Wales and Northern Ireland – submits Activity Based Costing (ABC) data to the Home Office, enabling comparisons between Police Forces on resource deployment and its effectiveness at tackling crime.
The task of collecting data is very labour intensive as it demands analysing the activities of 2,500 Police Officers in 15-minute increments over a two-week period. Having established a ‘tried and tested’ paper-based system for capturing data, Merseyside Police began to look for ways to streamline the process and reduce the administrative burden for all those involved. The use of Formic Fusion Web Forms provided these efficiency gains and improved data accuracy.
Humberside Police
With a payroll of over 3,000 Police Officers and Civilians that together account for 82% of its budget, Humberside Police was one of the first Police Forces to recognise the importance of Activity Analysis in understanding how effectively this resource is deployed to tackle crime.
As Activity Analysis provides the core data from which ABC is derived, Humberside Police has focussed on the efficiency and accuracy of the data collection process.
Formic Fusion software solution is used to process over 10,000 activity cards from Divisions in Grimsby, Scunthorpe, Beverley and Hull. The result is a system that provides an ‘all in one’ data capture solution for ABC, containing everything required to design, print, scan activity cards and validate the data.
The data collected during Activity Analysis is merged with demand and performance statistics providing Chief Officers, Divisional Commanders and Headquarters with a comprehensive analysis that helps answer fundamental questions concerning efficiency and effectiveness.
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