The UK government has announced that civilian volunteers with specialist cyber skills will be drafted in to assist 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 . Under government plans , their role is set to expand , with civilians with the requisite specialist knowledge gaining greater powers . Technology association , TechUK , has previously called for greater collaboration between British police and the IT industry to improve the quality of investigating , 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. Under government plans, their role is set to expand, with civilians with the requisite specialist knowledge given greater powers. 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.