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SECTOR FOCUS: LEGAL


It’s lift-off for partnership S


taffordshire Police have formed an unusual crime fighting partnership – with


Closing the gender pay gap: Helen Coaden


Pay gaps will be out in the open


Draft regulations have recently been published which will require relevant employers with 250 or more employees to publish details of gender pay and bonus gaps. Helen Corden, legal director of


law firm Pinsent Masons, said Birmingham firms needed to prepare now for the implementation of these measures, which are aimed at encouraging businesses to close their gender pay gap. She said: “The UK gender pay gap


currently stands at 19.1 per cent. The government has committed to narrowing the gap ‘further and faster’ and to ‘end the gender pay gap in a generation’. “Businesses will be expected to


calculate their pay and bonus gaps from April 2017 and report on them by April 2018 at the latest.”


American aircraft giant Boeing. The police have signed up the


plane maker – which usually spends its time building Jumbo Jets – to help overhaul their IT system. It is claimed that the £110m


contract will make the police service in Staffordshire more efficient. The overhaul will also bring the force into line with the government’s ‘transformation’ programme, which is all about putting various services on-line, such as registering to vote, applying for a visa – and even booking a prison visit. Staffordshire Police and the


Matthew Ellis


police and crime commissioner (PCC) for Staffordshire, Matthew Ellis, have been advised on their partnership with Boeing by law firm Pinsent Mason, whose commercial partner, Clare Francis said: "This is a really exciting development for the sector as it breaks new ground in meeting the government agenda for improving efficiency. “Through the procurement the PCC is challenging


‘The PCC is challenging the private sector to work differently with the public sector’


Mr Ellis, said: “The ambition I


set out in 2013 for Staffordshire Police to be the most technologically advanced local police service in the country is already on track but the partnership with Boeing will take the progress made to a whole new level. “As crime becomes more


complex with borders for criminals swept aside because of the Internet and social media it is essential that we ensure police have the right technology to tackle crime locally and far wider. “Doing that requires closer


working, co-ordination and communication with the wider public sector in Staffordshire but also the ability to share appropriate information more


effectively with other police and security services.” Among the functions that the new Staffordshire


the private sector to work differently with the public sector through a truly collaborative partnership.”


system will be able to handle will include incident reporting, providing officers with real time information while on the beat, body-worn cameras (used for evidence), social media analysis to support investigations, video recognition, digital interviews, and using data analytics to improve resourcing and crime detection. The Staffs contract is with Boeing Defence UK Ltd.


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