EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The research in this paper focuses on iPad Mini application for police forces that are responsible for the security during the football matches in the UK in order to raise the effectiveness of surveillance. The research begins with a general view on the technological improvements in law enforcements including the kind of technologies used. It gives a brief review of policing the football matches in the UK with several historical information and current figures such as crime incidents and arrests. It then explains the main functionalities of the proposed solution, combination of iPad Mini along with a customised surveillance application, from technical and business benefits point of view along with main aim and objectives of the solution. In the Critical Evaluation section, concerns of using iPad Mini solution with police officers have been evaluated along with few practical implementations.
BRIEF REVIEW OF TECHNOLOGY IN POLICE FORCE
AND POLICING FOOTBALL
Along with the stunning changes in technology, Police has inevitably gone through a significant transformation parallel to the changes in technology. It is extremely crucial for the police forces to stay up-to-date with current technological developments. The executives of police forces are becoming more familiar and informed of developing technologies, moreover they develop a high awareness on how these systems may provide efficiency for their agencies on duty.
The usage of various technologies in law enforcement is common and widespread according to a survey conducted by Police Executive research Forum (Police Executive Research Forum, 2012) in March 2011.
Police forces is just like many other organisations are becoming innovative and proactive in their operational activities as their work is geographically distributed and required an access to
