1. Cyber enabled crime The challenge for national and local police.
Nick Alston CBE
Chair of PIER
25 January 2017

2. PIER’s core activities
Facilitating police-led research
Continuing professional development
Knowledge exchange

3. PIER Victims, witnesses and perpetrators ARU faculties
Police forces, national policing bodies
Universities/policing networks
Public sector partners and third sector agencies
PIER
Victims, witnesses and perpetrators

4. UK response to Cyber crime
National Cyber Security Centre
National Crime Agency (National Cyber Crime Unit)
Action Fraud - National Cyber Crime reporting centre
Metropolitan Police Cyber Crime Unit
Local police forces

5. CSEW fraud and computer misuse – numbers of incidents for year ending September 2016
Offence group
Number of incidents (thousands)
Fraud
3,617
Bank and credit account fraud
2,452
Non-investment fraud 39
Advance fee fraud
118
Other fraud
108
Computer misuse
1,966
Computer virus
1,300
Unauthorised access to personal information (including hacking)
667
ONS Jan 17 data

6. Chief Constable Stephen Kavanagh Jan ‘17
The internet challenges our existing geographical structure of policing and concepts of social space, victimhood and crime types. A fraudster or hacker can target multiple victims in numerous locations from the comfort of their bedroom. Evidence can exist in multiple jurisdictions and formats but needs to be brought together into one digital case file for presentation at court.

7. In reality… The threat to data is growing but
policing action and prosecutions are likely to be the exception rather than the rule
Good protection will be essential – so thanks for taking an interest
The GDPR may help bring a focus but national laws will lag behind and responsible national authorities may well struggle
There could be perverse impacts: ‘dare to share’ is crucial in delivering better, ‘joined up’ public protection from the police and partner agencies – even though police data excluded from GDPR

8. Contact details
Where you can find us: Chelmsford: Marconi 304 Cambridge: Helmore