Current
Users
| Barry |
Bassetlaw |
Birmingham |
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Bullring Shopping Centre |
Coventry |
Dudley Borough Business CP |
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Fosse Shopping Park |
Grantham |
Grimsby |
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High Wycombe |
Kidderminster |
Leicester |
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Lincoln |
Loughborough |
Mansfield |
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Merry Hill |
Newark |
Newcastle-under-Lyne |
| Nottingham |
Oxford |
Pallasades Shopping
Centre |
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Plymouth |
Rhonnda Cynon Taf |
Rochdale |
| Sandwell
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Sleaford |
Spalding |
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Stafford |
Stoke on Trent |
Swansea |
| Tamworth |
Warwickshire |
Wolverhampton |
| Worcester |
Worcester Nightsafe |
ACIS |
| Associate Users |
Greater Manchester Police
Leicestershire Constabulary
Midlands Regional Crime Initiative
South Wales Police - Heddlu De Cymru
Staffordshire Police
Street Wardens, Birmingham
Warwickshire Police
West Midlands Police
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User Comments |
"
MRCI is a Regional Business
Crime Reduction organization, with member partnerships across the
Midlands and throughout the UK. One of the key objectives of the
MRCI is to ensure that each partnership is able to manage personal data
in a legal and appropriate way, within the guidelines of the Data
Protection Act, and in accordance with established good practice.
It is important that each partnership is able to manage its data, and is
able to make good use of intelligence.
Because of the volume of data generated within a good
partnership, it is vital for the scheme to have a computerised database
on which to hold and manage crime data. The database needs to be
designed for the intended use, be fit for purpose, and be able to
provide a proactive device for data management, statistical analysis and
management tools. It enables a partnership to easily produce superb
KPIs, graphs and presentations, so that a professional image is promoted
to partners, members and potential funders.
ACIS is at the forefront of
database development. It has proved itself to be particularly efficient,
and able to support crime reduction partnerships to manage their data
requirements. It offers a pro-active solution, which no other database
we have seen, has yet matched.
ACIS is easy to master, with users able to quickly and effectively get to
grips with the many functions and features,
which are not available on other
databases.
ACIS is extremely good value for money, and should be part of all scheme’s
development programme.
I recommend that all partnerships look and evaluate
ACIS, and talk to current users, before making decisions on their IT
solutions."
"Birmingham Retail Crime Operation has helped developed
ACIS
in order to provide its membership with the kind of information and
intelligence that protects staff, reduces stock loss and stimulates
active partnerships for the purpose of crime reduction.
We are happy to share the technology with Crime Reduction Schemes and
other persons who are engaged in reducing crime.
We have used our considerable experience in handling high volume data in
respect of retail, car and business crime, anti-social behaviour orders,
drug abuse and violence etc. in order to develop
ACIS.
ACIS
allows us to legally handle this data and produce high quality reports
and graphs that are second to none. Its predictive ability to analyse
data and produce ‘Tomorrow’s Daily Intelligence’ briefing sheet is both
effective and exciting."
"I
have used several Intelligence Databases since 1987. Some during my
police service and latterly in my post as Intelligence Manager /
Coordinator of the above group.
ACIS
is without doubt, the most cost effective, user friendly and
pro-active system I have ever used.
I am no longer a storage library for information, which disappears
into the proverbial black hole.
ACIS
has reduced my inputting time by half and allows me to collect,
evaluate, analyse, disseminate reliable and meaningful information
to all levels of our local partnership with ease and speed.
For over 20 years I have
worked in Intelligence circles and have had access to many different
forms of databases.
ACIS
is without doubt, one of the best I have ever used. It’s no nonsense
user friendly approach to the management of all forms of
intelligence is exceptional. The system is under constant evaluation
and is regularly updated to suit the end users requirements. This
concept allows for local personalisation of information so that the
database grows to suit the needs of the local CDRP.
ACIS
is an essential management tool for all CDRP’s who want to
successfully collect, evaluate, analyse and disseminate reliable
information to all levels of a local partnership.
ACIS
is a value for money 'MUST HAVE' – I don’t know how we would manage
without it in Worcester."
"City Watch-Leicester now has an Offender data
base which is user friendly. It is easy to access, imputing has been
made simple, it is easy to search and analysing data is just the click
of a button.
What more could be simpler for dinosaurs like me! For the first time in
four years our input tray is empty, this allows me more time to
interrogate the data then disseminate accordingly.
One of my first successes was a house number which appeared 5 times.
After a search the same address appeared to be used by 5 offenders.
Details of this search was passed onto the Police and they are looking
at the address with a view to obtaining a search warrant.
Since
ACIS was installed, the hours spent inputting and searching
have been drastically reduced, allowing me to be more out of the office
than in. I am able to see clients and obtain worthwhile intelligence
that, in the past, I would never have had.
Clients receive Daily Intelligence, crime trends and monthly
statistics relating to offender habits.
All in all, I could not do the job without
ACIS."
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Isaac van den Eshof |
“The Oxford City Radio Link scheme has benefited significantly
with the introduction of
ACIS.
The system has become the nucleus of the scheme, encouraging
existing members to get more involved and enticing others to join.
Since the introduction of
ACIS
we can now research all relevant incidents on one database, produce
photo albums, graphs and presentations.
ACIS
enables local police officers to target their patrols more
effectively in response to preventing and deterring crimes affecting
retail premises and the night time economy.
It is an easy to use database and a very efficient way to
ensure that any information gained in stored in such a way it
complies with data protection laws.”
"Since
commencing ACIS have
been able to deliver a faster, professional information service to
my members. Members like the easy to use presentation of photos &
intelligence reports. Have used the predictive intelligent to target
prolific offenders & hotspots.
Overall ACIS has saved
me time & paper & I don't know how I managed before!"
“We have now been using
ACIS
for 3years and find it a valuable tool in creating presentations to our Tenants and assisting us with compiling crime statistics.
The team that have set up
ACIS
are very knowledgeable and provided us with the ideal system to suit
our needs with their advice and guidance”
"Having
used BIC'S and then
ACIS.
I found that
ACIS
was far easier to use, so simple and could give far more information.
I have been using
ACIS
since it was first introduced, not being very computer literate I find
it quite easy to use and help is always at hand."
"PARC
has found
ACIS
invaluable in assisting our analysis of crime trends in Plymouth.
Over the past 4 years it has helped our scheme become extremely
efficient, with our members enjoying regular data feedback."
Bullring Deputy General Manager comments on how the Bullring
Control Room
uses
ACIS.
"We have been using
ACIS
now for a number of years now and find it very user friendly.
The search function has saved Bullring control room staff hours of time
as
ACIS
searches can be run on minimal information.
It is a fast, effective and legally-compliant way to keep track of known
offenders and various incidents that they are involved in.
Bullring control room produces a Daily Intelligence report which
is used by Bullring security to identify excluded persons.
ACIS
looks at patterns of offender behaviour and produces a word document,
this alone it a great time saver.
Bullring control room uses the graphs and statistics on a monthly
basis to help the management team see when offenders are entering the
centre and the type of incident they are involved in.
The graphs, charts and reports are of a high quality and can be
emailed securely."
"We have used the Active
Crime Intelligence System for several years and we fully support it.
CV One use it to manage crime intelligence here for all of Coventry
and find the system a great asset to our partnership working within
the City."
CV One the
company mandated by Coventry City Council has used other databases
in its search for crime reduction.
The company runs
the Coventry Crime Reduction Operation and have found that
ACIS
is like a breath of fresh air. It is user friendly and after use caught up with the back log caused by the poor performance
of their previous database.
The police are
looking to
ACIS
to supply them with statistics to identify the top ten prolific
volume offenders in order to obtain CRASBOs.
Coventry issued its first
CRASBO some of the success in getting
this order is down to
ACIS and the company’s close working partnership with the
Police."
"Stoke on Trent Business Crime Partnership is
a long standing Partnership of some 20 years. We cover both
the daytime and nightime economies. We have been users of
ACIS
since its introduction some four years ago.
For our partnership
ACIS
is an excellent user friendly tool which
allows us to manage and be in control of our data in a way which
suits our needs. The main part of our partnership is intelligence
led and as a result
ACIS
is in use on a daily basis. It
also has excellent analysis facilities which we use regularly in
order to provide information to our members, the police and all the
other agencies involved in the management of crime and disorder
within Stoke on Trent. More recently we have launched a
Countywide Scheme PABCIS and all of the partnerships within PABCIS
also use
ACIS
allowing our information sharing to be
consistent.
We also receive excellent support from Chris James and his team in
relation to
ACIS
who in turn are always open
to suggestions for the development of the system from those of us
who use the system to manage our partnerships on a daily basis.
For us, our Partnership is strengthened by the use of
ACIS
which has resulted in the detection of many
additional offences, allowed us to evidence anti-social behaviour
orders and identify crime patterns and trends and build profiles on
offenders and suspected offenders."
James
Curran
| Swindon Crime Reduction Initiative Partnership |
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"SCRIP
is the organisation working to reduce business crime in
Swindon. It is a partnership between in Swindon
(formerly Town Centre Management), local businesses, the police and
other enforcement and voluntary agencies.
SCRIP defines business crime as being
any crime and disorder that affects local businesses and threatens
the safety of their customers and/or staff. It is our primary
concern to reduce business crime in
Swindon
for the benefit of the whole community.
We aim to make Swindon a
safer town for all.
The
ACIS
system
is a key tool for achieving this objective.
The
ACIS
system enables us to quickly and easily prepare real-time
intelligence bulletins for our members on the street, and that
includes police
officers.
The ability to manage our intelligence through this system means
that we can choose what is sent to whom and when. The software
is user friendly and has an impressive back-up and support service.
Key to our recommendation of the system is that we have been able to
work with the key partners to secure ASBOs and have gained praise
from local magistrates."
"ACIS
suits our purpose purely because it quite simply
and does what it is intended to do!
No other system is as efficient at data and intelligence management,
enabling the fast and accurate analysis of information and the
production of Partnership reports."
"The Warwickshire Retail Crime Initiative use
ACIS to prepare all their target packages.
The scheme now has 401 members.
Member target packages are renewed 4 times a year. WRCI has recently
branched out and now provides the professional support to two Pub
Watch schemes that have joined.
We would not be able to manage the large volume of work without
ACIS
or managing the targets in the system."
"As a complete novice of database inputting, analysis and
report production I can without hesitation recommend
ACIS.
I quickly gained a clear understanding of its many functions, it is
easy to navigate, user friendly, ‘idiot proof’ and a pleasure to
use.
Customer service is excellent, and I have never yet been let down at
any time of day or evening when urgent advice has been required."
"ACIS
has pulled together our partners by providing such a sophisticated
and exciting way to help us in our fight against crime. It is
a very user friendly system which has even engaged a number of
computer illiterates
We at Rochdale find
ACIS
in our scheme has improved the amount of
information that we can get to our members and at a speed.
Having read only versions for our shopping centres has made a
difference. I hope that the system continues to be a success
for all who use this service."
"I
only started using
ACIS
in March, but once I got into the swing of it, it was a doddle!
Chris' training was excellent. It was not rushed, and allowed
time to go over any aspects that I was unsure about. It
is also comforting to know that if I need help, I can contact
ACIS
at anytime.
I must admit that I was a bit apprehensive when I received my
first update a few of months ago, but I followed the instructions
and found it easy to do.
I can produce comprehensive reports for intelligence meetings at the
touch of a key, which makes life so much easier.
All in all, I find
ACIS
very user friendly and easy to use."
"KRISP and its members find
ACIS
invaluable. We have strict information sharing protocols in
place and enables us to provide information from
ACIS
to the KRISP membership and to the Police and CSO’s
responsible for the Town Centre.
One example of this is that we log all bail conditions given
to local offenders and can notify the police if these bail
conditions are breached.
We have also used information gathered and logged on
ACIS
to enable the Police to apply for an ASBO on a person who has been
continually causing alcohol related problems in the Town Centre.
Concern for Welfare and Missing adults and children are also logged
onto our
ACIS
system.
We use the information gathered from
ACIS
to work towards helping us to keep the Town Centre safe and a
pleasant place for visitors and local residents."
Since its
launch in July 2004 the Burton Business Crime Reduction Partnership
(BBCRP) has brought a fresh new approach to Crime Reduction in
Burton upon Trent. After consultation and research with the
Police, Home Office and all relevant parties, locally, regionally
and nationally, the foundations for a new scheme were put in place.
The scheme has developed relatively quickly bringing a structure and
nationally recognised format to encourage and develop crime
reduction in Burton upon Trent and the BBCRP was awarded the Safer
Business Award in 2005.
Moira Bertoni Town Centre Manager states;
“After
consultation with Chris James we realised the valuable tool on offer
in the form of
ACIS.
We had recently launched the BBCRP Partnership and were looking for
an effective way to provide partners and members with data on
incidents and excluded persons along with the ability to produce
statistics to evidence the effectiveness of the partnership.
Through
funding by four County Councillors we were able to install
ACIS
in October
2004.
ACIS
is extremely
user friendly and amongst other things enables us to alert members
and partners of persistent offenders on a regular basis.
The success
and appeal of the system has warranted a read-only version of
ACIS
is now in
operation within the CCTV Control room”
"Mansfield Safer Business Partnership have been using
ACIS since our
conception in July 2006. We have been delighted with the results we have
achieved of a 22% reduction in crime.
This has been assisted by the use of
ACIS which is easy
to use, saves time creating circulations and PowerPoint presentations
and assists Data Protection compliance with regular reminders for
reviews.
The recording of incidents enables predictive analysis and the
deployment of Guards at the times the offences are likely to happen.
With other
ACIS users coming
on line we are now able to share intelligence on Regional and National
thieves through the
ACIS encrypted
messaging system. Thank You
ACIS."
David Wilson
Mansfield Safer Business Partnership.
"As a regular user of
ACIS I
find the system both easy to use and also very flexible, at Lincoln
BIG we use it for both day time security intelligence reports and
also for pub watch intelligence.
On the monthly intelligence presentation for the Security group
meeting I use the export to Power Point option which saves massive
amounts of time, and also use graph options to show the stores the
latest statistics, without the
ACIS system my job would take
twice as long!"
Being a relatively new user of
ACIS my experience
is slightly limited, but the more I use the data base the easier things
become. I also know that help is only a phone call away and any problem
can be sorted out.
As with all systems the information that can be given out is
dependant upon the information that is received, so as we hold meetings
I take my laptop with me and show the type of reports that can be
produced from
ACIS this will
hopefully encourage more members to send me reports.
The Police at our local station are very impressed with the
information that can be processed by the touch of a button.
ACIS is customer
friendly and entering and retrieving data is easy and uncomplicated.
"The
ACIS
Intelligence System
has been absolutely fantastic in assisting me as the Scheme Co-ordinator
in recording incidents and producing circulations in an easy to use way.
The circulations listings are easy to do and has cut down my time
and effort in producing them.
Our scheme has in excess of 80 members and I used to produce the
circulations list on Powerpoint printing up to 10 pages per member –
this is now down to 4 pages!
What I like most about
ACIS
is that it is a living system and when I come across things that I would
like to see included or changed, all I do is contact
ACIS
and they take up the suggestions and either include them or tell me why
it is not possible. How many
software systems allow you to do that?
The system adheres to the Data Protection Act so I don’t have to worry
about having information that I really shouldn’t have access to.
It is absolutely brilliant!!!!!"
"ACIS
has been useful in producing a document that is ready for distribution
swiftly and enable a more aware and therefore empowered partnership of
businesses across Nottingham."
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Crime Reduction Action South Holland |
"CRASH has been in operation in the
SPALDING area of Lincolnshire for approx 2 years. It was joined by the
local Pubwatch scheme in Jan 2008 and purchased the
ACIS
system at about the same time.
ACIS
has been invaluable in enabling us to prepare reports that have been
instrumental in achieving banning orders for our members and keeping
them updated with recent events.
We consider
ACIS
to do exactly what Chris told us it would, and are very satisfied with
the backup he gives us whenever it is needed."
©
ACIS
2011
