Vulnerability in the modern world is complex and stems from a range of issues such as domestic abuse and mental health concerns. Ensuring that victims and those at risk are correctly assessed places a very significant administrative burden on Police Forces and supporting agencies. Legislation requirements unfortunately means that more time can be spent on completing forms and paperwork rather than dealing with the actual situation and concerns.

VPRF uses the Corvus knowledge base to automatically extract details for the persons involved and their relationship group and taps into any previously completed forms to reduce the effort to a minimum. The application automatically calculates risk and marks the record accordingly. VPRF can be integrated with other Corvus applications and / or source systems for a fully ‘joined-up’ solution.

VPRF

Deals with over 20 different vulnerability streams including DA, CSE, Mental Health concerns, Hate Crime etc.

Wide ranging data capture linked to customisable set of questions per stream, per incident, per role

Automated document production

Readers may be aware of the recent developments linked to the automatic scanning of footwear during the custody process for the Metropolitan Police Service. This was the subject of a recent Crimewatch piece discussing the value of the intelligence gained and the cost savings from the removal of the existing paper based approach.

After a thorough review by the Home Office and Forensice Sciences Regulator, Bluestar can announce the live implementation of the product commences this month. Tread Finder allows scans to be taken and automatically matched against the National Footwear Reference Collection (NFRC) within a matter of seconds. Investigators can then receive immediate intelligence based upon the value of this association. Furthermore, the same features are embedded within the National Footwear Database (NFD) so the entire forensic community can benefit.

What is Tread Finder

Tread Finder is a client application developed by Bluestar which extends the functionality of the NFRC/NFD by providing integration with a physical scanner for gathering footwear impressions during the detention process. The application picks up any custody records automatically sent to the NFD which do not contain scans and presents these on a queue linked to the custody suite.

Detention officers then complete a simple process and submit the patterns to the NFD. These are automatically compared to the national collection (NFRC) to establish the type of pattern the footwear should be linked to. Once the pattern type is known, an intelligence pack is generated to offer an immediate view for the investigator.