The UK government has announced that civilian volunteers with specialist cyber skills will be drafted in to support police in the fight against cyber crime. Civilian volunteers with specialist knowledge are to be drafted in to help police fight cyber crime under the latest government reforms to be announced by British police have been accused of lacking the skills necessary to counter cyber crime. This marks one of several initiatives that are designed to improve the police’s capability and capacity in this area. Currently, civilian volunteers can only use the full range of police powers if they become special constables. In a statement on its website, the Home Office said it was “committed to ensuring our law enforcement agencies have the right tools at their disposal for tackling crime online”. Technology association, TechUK, has previously called for greater collaboration between British police and the IT industry to improve the standards of reporting, recording and responding to cyber crime.
The UK government has announced that civilian volunteers with specialist cyber skills will be drafted in to support police in the fight against cyber crime. British police have been accused of lacking the skills necessary to counter cyber crime. This marks one of several initiatives that are designed to improve the police’s capability and capacity in this area. Currently, civilian volunteers can only use the full range of police powers if they become special constables. In a statement on its website, the Home Office said it was “committed to ensuring our law enforcement agencies have the right tools at their disposal for tackling crime online”. Technology association, TechUK, has previously called for greater collaboration between British police and the IT industry to improve the standards of reporting, recording and responding to cyber crime.