▁Kent ▁County ▁Coun c ils ▁partners hips ▁with ▁the ▁K PS N . ▁The ▁H PS N , ▁en comp ass ing ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁bor ough , ▁district ▁and ▁unit ary ▁coun c ils , ▁with ▁the ▁County ▁Council , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁Fire ▁Services , ▁the ▁Is le ▁of ▁W ight ▁Council ▁and ▁ 5 4 0 ▁schools . ▁National ▁PS N ▁technical ▁and ▁architecture ▁comp liance ▁criteria ▁were ▁established ▁from ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁by ▁G DS ▁working ▁with ▁local ▁government ▁leaders ▁from ▁Soc it m ▁( the ▁Society ▁of ▁Information ▁Technology ▁Management ) ▁on ▁the ▁National ▁C IO ▁Council ▁and ▁the ▁Local ▁C IO ▁Council . ▁ ▁The ▁PS N ' s ▁aim ▁was ▁to ▁bring ▁public ▁services ▁organis ations ▁with ▁a ▁common ▁interest ▁onto ▁a ▁single , ▁coh er ent ▁and ▁standards - based ▁‘ network ▁of ▁networks ’ . ▁This ▁would ▁create ▁influence , ▁econom ies ▁of ▁scale ▁and ▁a ▁common ality ▁of ▁standards ▁for ▁secure ▁and ▁easy ▁inter - connection ▁between ▁public ▁service ▁organis ations . ▁▁ ▁The ▁original ▁concept ▁of ▁a ▁network ▁of ▁networks ▁strategy ▁was ▁based ▁upon ▁the ▁work ▁already ▁undert aken ▁in ▁local ▁government ▁and ▁recognition ▁of ▁Commun ities ▁of ▁Interest ▁( CO I ) ▁within ▁the ▁C riminal ▁Justice ▁S ector ▁during ▁work ▁by ▁the ▁Office ▁for ▁C riminal ▁Justice ▁Reform ▁( OC J R ) ▁between ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁and ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁to ▁enable ▁data ▁sharing ▁across ▁business ▁units . ▁ ▁In ▁this