NW Pro have been announced as the winners of the ADS Security Innovation Award 2025 during the Home Office’s Security & Policing Exhibition for their product NexuSec.
Now in its 20th year, the award is specifically designed to recognise capabilities that have caused a step change in the effectiveness of the UK’s ability to prevent, respond to, reduce the impact of or investigate risks and incidents. Capabilities are assessed by an expert panel of judges for their innovation, uniqueness in the market, demand for their product or service, and any clear impact on addressing security and resilience issues.
The Winning product NexuSec from NW Pro leverages advanced AI-driven computer vision and natural language processing (NLP) to provide an intuitive and highly effective search capability for live & recorded CCTV footage. Users can search using natural language queries like “man in a high-visibility jacket carrying a toolbox” or upload an image to find visually similar individuals or items across multiple cameras.
Unlike conventional surveillance tools, NexuSec does not rely on facial biometrics, ensuring compliance with privacy regulations while remaining highly effective in scenarios where facial recognition fails—such as masked or obscured faces. The AI system is optimised for rapid video indexing, allowing operators to perform instant searches across vast CCTV networks, drastically reducing the time needed to locate persons of interest.
The Judges were impressed by the system’s significant efficiency driven by engagement with an evidence-based source of information. A particular benefit noted by the judging panel was that the product is a non-specialist system, and is therefore useful for untrained users.
Runner Up Inclutech commended by Judges
Runners up in the Award were Inclutech, whose product system ‘TapDA’ enables discreet & secure reporting by Victims of Domestic Violence. It seamlessly integrates with law enforcement systems, enhancing case visibility and improving response times. Additionally, it enables Perpetrator Monitoring and assists in risk assessment and prevention. Overall TapDA provides a dynamic safeguarding approach rather than reactive crisis management.
The judges were impressed by this simple solution for a very difficult and prevalent problem, particularly noting its simplicity & ease of use.
The latest data from ADS highlights that turnover in the Security and Resilience Sector reached £24 billion in 2024, representing growth of 176% from a decade earlier. Exports now account for half of the sector’s revenue, having grown 244% since 2014 to reach £11.7 billion in 2024.
If growth is the number one mission of the government, then security is its first duty. The Government’s Plan for Change makes clear how security provides the stable foundations for growth, ensuring the UK remains responsive and resilient despite the pressures of a changing world.
That is why Security & Policing (S&P) is an unmissable event each year for UK Defence and Security Exports (UKDSE) who will be taking part again this year in the Gov Zone. Part of the Department for Business and Trade (DBT), UKDSE sits at the intersection of security and growth, supporting players across the industry to export their innovative products.
Head of UKDSE’s Security and Cyber Security team Tracy Buckingham explains why security exports are booming right now, how S&P champions innovation, and how the show gives UKDSE a unique opportunity to demystify the world of security exports with companies and connect industry with their next export opportunity.
What does the UKDSE security and cyber security team do?
The UKDSE Security and Cyber Security team supports UK businesses of all sizes and shapes to achieve export success. Our work spans across capabilities from first responders to protecting against cyber-attacks, major event security to securing sites of critical national infrastructure. Security and Policing is just one of many events where we meet UK security and cyber security companies.
We also work closely with Trade Associations to discover new UK businesses and introduce them to international opportunities. We work closely with DBT’s international network to highlight the strength of the UK’s security and cyber security offer to buyers in overseas governments and the private sector. Another way we help companies export is through our dedicated SME team (who you will probably meet at Security and Policing) and the bespoke online support provided by the Export Faculty.
Why are security exports on the up and up?
Security is about keeping our citizens safe at home and overseas. Modern buildings factor security considerations from the start and ‘secure by design’ means that both physical and cyber security are key factors in any new design – be it a building or a piece of technology. This holistic approach to security is a really important aspect of day-to-day life – just think about the cyber security implications of your smart fridge.
Why are UK security exports so successful right now?
The UK’s continued success in the global security market is not a surprise since the UK has an established physical and cyber security industrial base producing best in class solutions. Our security market is diverse with a variety of companies, with innovative SMEs creating a big proportion of the revenue. We see a real demand for UK solutions and not only do UK security exports make the world a safer place, they are contributing to economic growth. The total value of UK security exports was £11.0 billion in 2023 representing a 13 percent increase from 2022 in nominal prices.
How important are SMEs for security and cyber security exports?
The sector is predominantly led by SMEs and their highly innovative solutions so it is vital that UKDSE helps stimulate their success for the overall success of the sector.
Security and Policing has a history of supporting innovative SMEs with the innovation awards an excellent example. It’s really good to see previous winners go on to export success and to help their products find new markets.
What will UKDSE be doing at Security and Policing?
UKDSE will be undertaking a range of activities at the show including hosting international delegations and buyers. We collaborate closely with companies to set up opportunities for them to engage with potential buyers and showcase their products and services to overseas delegations. S&P is a great catalyst for new UK exports.
UKDSE will be out in force at S&P, getting out and about at the show, talking to everyone there and creating networking moments. We will also have our own stand in the Gov Zone which gives us a great way to demonstrate our integrated offer to UK industry as our work naturally cuts across different Government departments. I’m also looking forward to supporting the Home Office with the programmes for their ministers and shining the spotlight on UK industry.
What are you looking forward to at Security and Policing 2025?
I’m really excited to experience the Safer Streets immersive exhibition and see crucial security issues brought to life. Not only am I looking forward to finding out the winners of the innovation awards but I’m eager to see what new products will be launched this year. It’s always lovely to catch up with colleagues from across Government and industry at Security and Policing but it’s also a great way to meet new companies at the start of their exporting journey.
How to find us/get in touch?
You can find and talk to us at the Gov Zone on stand XXXX during Security and Policing. You can also find out more about us and the support we provide on our website: gov.uk/dbt-ukdse. Whatever stage they are at on their export journey, I really encourage SMEs to register with the Export Faculty our bespoke online trailing tool providing tailored advice to SMEs so we can help you find your next success.
The Innovation Zone returns to Security & Policing 2025 with new organisations to engage with and an exciting programme of speakers and panels from senior government, policing, industry, academia, and international partners.
We asked Detective Chief Superintendent Jerome Kent, Home Office Science Senior Police Advisor, to reflect on last year’s Innovation Zone programme.
What is the Innovation Zone?
The Innovation Zone brings together key organisations, such as Home Office Science, the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), and National Crime Agency, with key innovation platforms like the Accelerated Capability Environment (ACE) and Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA). The Innovation Zone stage hosts a variety of briefings, panel sessions, networking opportunities and awards from senior members of government, policing and the Border Force responsible for national security, border security, and safer streets.
Why should I visit the Innovation Zone?
The Innovation Zone provides attendees with a central hub for networking and engagement with the security and policing innovation communities. Facilitating connections between different stakeholders, ranging from police forces to technical specialists, enables exchange of knowledge and expertise. The presence of industry, academia, and international partners emphasises the focus on fostering relationships, creating avenues for identification of opportunities on current and future challenges. Furthermore, interactions with government officials in the innovation sector allow the exploration of synergies, facilitating discussions on potential collaborations for mutual benefit. The collaborative environment in the Innovation Zone plays a vital role in enhancing dialogue, promoting innovation, and fostering future collaborations across diverse sectors.
What were a few highlights from the Innovation Zone last year?
The stage events and presentations were engaging, providing the presenter with a valuable platform to discuss scientific, innovative, and technological themes. This proved to be highly effective in attracting a diverse audience and facilitating discussions tailored to the insights gained from the event. Additionally, having police advisors participate in panel discussions offered real world, operational perspectives, generating even more interest in the topics being explored.
Highlights for me last year included INTERPOL Innovation Centre’s presentation on Policing and Innovation discussing how to prepare for the unknown. We were able establish links prior to the highly successful 92nd INTERPOL General Assembly that was held in Glasgow later in the year. We also had productive conversations with the National Physical Laboratory to better understand their areas of expertise and how we can collaborate on future projects. The Home Office Forensics Databases team did a great presentation on the future of forensic database services and the ‘Swab out Crime’ DNA profile testing of the Y-chromosome. Other highlights included AI and deepfakes; Position, Navigation and Timing (GPS); Ethics; and Horizon Europe. I was also able to meet up with police colleagues, understand their innovation priorities and requirements, and hopefully help introduce them to some potential solutions.
Security and Policing serves as an excellent platform for engaging in meaningful conversations for addressing shared challenges with various government departments, industry, and academia that you may not have engaged with before.
Make sure to visit the Innovation Zone to explore how we can work together to keep the UK safe and secure. Whether your interests are in data analytics and AI, forensics, detection, behavioural science, emerging technologies, or more, stop by to discuss how we can build our science, innovation and technology capabilities, identify opportunities to work together on shared challenges, and support innovation.
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Entries are now open for participating exhibitors at Security & Policing 2025 to take part in a live industry challenge, and pitch their solutions to panels of experts as part of the Spotlight Stage feature at the event (previously known as the Fusion Forum).
The industry challenge has been set by the National Crime Agency (NCA) Strategic Centre, to help improve the NCA’s ability to anticipate and response to criminal activity, especially in fast-evolving areas like cybercrime and fraud. Cyber threats facing the NCA and the wider blue light community are ever-increasing, highlighting the importance of greater industry and law enforcement collaboration.
The Challenge
- The NCA are looking for solutions to identify how cybercrime is enabling fraud, in particular the ease of adoption of cybercrime techniques by conventional fraud offenders to operate at scale. This could involve anomaly detection, behavioural analytics, and risk-scoring models, greater industry/ law enforcement collaboration and intelligence sharing, to proactively identify potential threats. These tools could be building upon existing law enforcement efforts, or could be creating entirely new approaches to combating crime, and predictive policing with the appropriate bias safeguards in place. Any solution would need to be able to sit across multiple data sets. Tools should be focused on existing data accessible by Law Enforcement and/or clear and dark web solutions. This could include social media platforms for example, and other forums or news sites across different parts of the internet and across different sectors.
- We ask industry challengers to consider a range of solutions from Technology Readiness Levels (TRL) 2 or 3 (Concept formulated/ proof of concept) through to TRL 7 (proven operational environment).
- We ask that industry challengers identify and present technology solutions to support the NCA in their mission, whilst taking into account the following considerations.
Considerations:
- Legal, ethical non-discriminatory, bias safeguards, ECHR considered
- Support procedural justice, with high evidential standards
- Minimise intrusiveness / collateral intrusion
- End to end (suspicion, suspect, investigation, charge, disposal (court + out of court))
- Potential for adaptable applications across multiple crime categories.
- Multi-site / multi event / cross policing boundaries
- Minimal training footprint
- Data protection
- Potential for integrating into existing police systems / IT platforms
- Cost of operational / operating licenses / new and novel approaches to licences
- Engaging the public and private sector in intelligence gathering and sharing
- Use of open source software and industry approaches
- How might we scale disruptions utilising industry alongside the NCA
NCA Strategic Centre are open to:
- Solutions which allow us to spot challenges in criminal behaviour and adoption of new techniques. Potential technology solutions may include:
- Artificial intelligence (AI) with particular interest in Agentic AI for maximising officer efficiency / Machine Learning (ML) driven tools / Behavioural Analytics / Risk-Scoring models
- Anomaly Detection Tools to alert users to potential criminality
- Network Analysis Tools which support disruptions in a cost effective and impactive way for the public as well as providing visualisations
- Considerations for layered access data or information across law enforcement, Police Forces and partner organisations both nationally and internationally. For example, Threat Intelligence (sharing) Platforms which accounts for secure sharing and potentially how we benefit from evolutions in homomorphic encryptions
- Other relevant technology solutions.
Context of the NCA mission:
The National Crime Agency (NCA) in the UK has a mission to protect the public from serious and organised crime. They achieve this by:
- Degrading the most harmful organised crime groups: This involves targeting and dismantling criminal networks that pose significant threats to public safety.
- Collaborating with partners: The NCA works closely with other law enforcement agencies, both domestically and internationally, to combat crime more effectively.
- Utilising advanced technology and intelligence: They employ cutting-edge tools and data analysis to identify and predict criminal activities, enhancing their ability to respond proactively.
The NCA’s efforts are crucial in maintaining national security and ensuring the safety of communities across the UK.
How to enter:
To enter a submission to participate in this challenge, please send your written response via email (max 500 words) to Alistair Leuchars, Deputy Director, Cyber & Digital, by 12:00 on Friday 28 February 2025.
All entries should clearly mark a point of contact for the submission and include a full list of organisations if a team submission.
Submissions will then be reviewed by the challenge sponsors, and prior to the event, the authors of selected responses will be invited to participate in the live challenge event at Security & Policing 2025 to ‘pitch’ their ideas in five minutes to a panel of relevant end-users and experts from Police and industry in the Spotlight Stage feature at the event.
This year marks the 20th Anniversary of the ADS Security Innovation Award. Following a record-breaking number of submissions in 2024, and growing anticipation for this year’s award, 2025 promises to be an exciting year. The Innovation Award aims to identify capabilities and services that have significantly advanced the UK’s ability to prevent, respond to, reduce the impact of, or investigate risks and incidents.
The award is open to UK exhibitors at Security & Policing 2025 and offers a rare opportunity to showcase leading British innovations to key representatives from government, industry, and academia. Finalists will benefit from increased visibility at the event, including exposure to VIPs and dedicated media and PR support.
Who can enter?
Entries are open to SMEs, primes, and start-ups alike. The competition is accessible to businesses of all sizes — with previous winners and finalists coming from a diverse range of companies. The process is inclusive, offering the same chance of success to new entrants as to more established companies.
Finalists will have the opportunity to pitch their innovations live on the Spotlight Stage at Security & Policing, in front of a panel of judges from government, academia, and industry.
Closing date for entries is Friday 21 February.
Tips for success
To stand out, it’s essential to present a clear and compelling description of your innovation and its benefits. The judges will be looking for originality and impact—focus on what sets your technology apart from the competition. Keep in mind that judges may not be experts in your specific field, so avoid using jargon or overly technical language. Instead, focus on conveying how your innovation addresses key security challenges and the broader needs of the market.
Judges will assess your submission based on the following criteria:
• Innovation and uniqueness in the market
• Market demand and user need (not just sales volume)
• The impact of the solution on improving security and resilience
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Previous winners: Vikela Armour
“We decided to enter the Innovation Award after hearing about success stories from previous winners in Northern Ireland. As a smaller, younger company, we found it an invaluable platform to raise awareness of our product and mission.
Winning the award has helped us engage with end users, leading to an increase in purchase orders from contacts we made at the Security & Policing event. We also enjoyed a boost in visibility, and the positive reception at the start of the event was particularly memorable.
Beyond winning, we also gained recognition through other accolades, including second place in the Tech Stars awards, 16th on the Start Up 100 list, and third on the ‘One to Watch’ list. We were also honoured with the Catalyst Invent Award and the Young Business Personality award at the Business Eye Awards in 2024.
I highly recommend entering in 2025, even if you don’t win. The opportunity to present at Security & Policing is a fantastic way to showcase your achievements to a wider audience.”
Previous winners: Sesanti
“We decided to enter the Innovation Award to highlight our breakthrough technology that significantly improved low-light camera performance. We wanted the industry to see the level of innovation we had reached.
The ADS Innovation Award came to us in the same year as the King’s Award for Enterprise – Innovation. These awards have raised our profile and helped us secure sales in new territories, and with new customers.
A truly standout moment was to see visitors on the stand from the higher echelons of government, academia and industry – people who sought us out to congratulate us for our success and learn a little more of what else we do.
If you’re considering submitting an entry in 2025, I say go for it! If you truly have an innovative solution, this is a great chance to showcase it to those who will benefit from it most.”
Interested in attending Security & Policing 2025?
Hosted by the Home Office’s Joint Security & Resilience Centre (JSaRC), Security & Policing offers a world‐class opportunity to meet, network and discuss the latest advances in delivering national security and resilience with UK suppliers, UK and international Government officials and senior decision makers. You can apply for a free visitor pass or if you would like to discuss exhibiting options or sponsorships, please contact Danielle Smith.
As we look ahead to 2025 we hear from Shaun Hipgrave, Director of Protect and Prepare, Homeland Security Group, who outlines what to expect from this year’s edition of Security & Policing.
I’m excited to share that Security & Policing is set to return bigger and better than ever. With a new government focused on improving public safety and boosting economic growth, this year’s event will showcase cutting-edge security solutions while fostering vital collaboration between government, emergency services, and the security industry.
Security & Policing has always been about addressing the evolving challenges we face as a nation. It’s an opportunity for us all to come together, share knowledge, and explore solutions to keep our communities secure.
Last year’s event broke records, welcoming more UK and international attendees than ever before. Security & Policing 2025 will host leaders from government, industry, academia, and the emergency services, providing a platform to drive innovation, collaboration, and progress on shared security priorities.
What to Expect in 2025
I’m particularly pleased to announce the return of the Fire & Resilience Zone, which will be bigger and more impactful than ever. With support from the National Fire Chiefs Council, National Resilience, and International Search and Rescue, this zone will feature live demonstrations and cutting-edge technology, celebrating the remarkable work of emergency responders both here in the UK and across the globe.
The Innovation Zone and Spotlight Stage is also back by popular demand, continuing to shine a light on the best in security sector advancements. This dedicated space encourages collaboration between government, academia, and the private sector, driving forward new ideas and partnerships.
And of course, the star attraction – the JSaRC Immersive Experience – will return with an exciting focus on safer streets. This interactive exhibit allows visitors to get hands-on with the latest technology and innovations in policing, counter-terrorism, and community safety. You’ll be able to experience first-hand how collaboration and technology are solving today’s security challenges.
The Official UK Government Security Event
As the only official government-led security event in the UK, Security & Policing is truly unique. Hosted by the Home Office’s Joint Security and Resilience Centre (JSaRC), it brings together over 385 exhibitors and more than 8,700 attendees. It’s a unique opportunity to meet and engage with senior decision-makers, UK and overseas government officials, and leaders from the law enforcement and security sectors.
Join Us at Security & Policing 2025
I’m delighted to announce that registration is now open for Security & Policing 2025, which takes place from 11-13 March 2025 at the Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference Centre. This closed event is subject to Home Office approval and visitor criteria, ensuring it remains a secure and focused environment for meaningful collaboration.
I look forward to welcoming you to Security & Policing 2025.
Shaun Hipgrave
Director of Protect and Prepare, Homeland Security Group
A message from Abu Ahmed, Head of JSaRC:
As 2024 draws to a close, I wanted to take this opportunity to reflect on the past year and share our vision for 2025. 2024 has been a year of significant change. We’ve seen national elections in many countries including our own, and of course in the US. This has come with the backdrop of conflict abroad and violent disorder at home this summer. This new Government is clear about its mission-led approach. The missions most relevant to us in the Home Office include- growing the economy and safer streets, with foundations that include secure borders and national security. Progress against all of these require the talent and experience in the UK’s security industry.
The new Security Minister, Dan Jarvis, has wasted no time in committing his energy to supporting the security industry – whether that’s making his presence felt at Farnborough International Airshow, making his first speech at International Security Expo or travelling to Riyadh to support UK companies at Intersec KSA. The security industry continues to play a vital role in safeguarding public safety and driving economic growth.
We had a record-breaking Security & Policing exhibition in 2024 – with more delegates and exhibitors than ever before. Security & Policing 2025 is shaping up to be our most ambitious event yet. We are working hard to deliver a bigger and better experience. This includes expanding our international reach to ensure S&P remains the premier annual event for exhibitors, attendees, and global delegations. S&P 2025 will showcase cutting-edge security solutions, foster collaboration across government, emergency services, industry, and academia and provide a platform to tackle shared challenges and drive innovation.
It’s an unmissable opportunity to strengthen the partnerships that are critical to keeping people safe.
Looking forward, JSaRC remains committed to enabling success across the security sector. With a government focused on public safety and economic growth, 2025 holds great promise for advancing innovation, building partnerships, and addressing the evolving challenges of national security.
To everyone who has supported JSaRC throughout 2024: thank you. Your dedication and collaboration are what drive progress and innovation in this vital sector. We look forward to building on this year’s momentum and unlocking new opportunities together in 2025.
Abu Ahmed
Head of the Joint Security and Resilience Centre
Security & Policing (S&P) is an event seen as critical for Cunning Running Software Ltd, an SME specialising in geospatial threat vulnerability assessment tools, to both attend and exhibit. Business Development Consultant Corin Pegden explains why they find it the most relevant UK conference for the law enforcement sector and how S&P provides unparalleled opportunities for companies like Cunning Running to connect with key industry leaders and government officials.
Why We Exhibit
S&P serves as a premier platform for networking with senior decision-makers from the law enforcement and security sectors, supported by our close relationships with ADS and the Joint Security & Resilience Centre (JSaRC), which enhances our ability to engage with influential stakeholders. This engagement is crucial for showcasing our innovation, products and understanding the latest initiatives in national security.
Showcasing Innovation:
The conference attracts a high footfall of visitors, including government ministers and industry seniors and this provides us with a steady stream of quality interactions at our stand. This setting allows us to discuss our capabilities, showcase improvements, and demonstrate how our solutions can address current security challenges. The event’s focus on innovation aligns perfectly with our mission to deliver cutting-edge security solutions for mission critical planning.
Insight into Industry Trends:
S&P offers many insightful seminars that provide a glimpse into emerging trends and government requirements and these sessions are invaluable for staying current in the ever-evolving security landscape. By attending, we ensure that our offerings remain competitive and aligned with the latest industry developments, such as Martyn’s Law, Counter Drone technology, Police Digital Strategies etc.
Benefits for Attendees
We are visitors to the conference as attendees, as well as exhibitors and can meet with UK and international government officials, as well as have foreign guests come and talk to us on a 1-2-1 basis on topics that are relevant, such as Major Events or specific threat mitigation based on current geopolitical issues. We would recommend the event to any sector professionals seeking to enhance their knowledge and skills in security and policing.
Efficient Organisation:
S&P is always extremely well-organised by JSaRC and ADS, with excellent transport links, ease of access and catering facilities. This efficiency ensures a smooth experience for exhibitors and attendees alike, making it an event we always recommend to others thinking of visiting, speaking or exhibiting.
Conclusion
For Cunning Running Software Ltd, exhibiting at Security & Policing is a great business opportunity providing strategic engagement that enhances our visibility in the security sector.
The event provides a unique platform to connect with key stakeholders, showcase our innovative solutions, and gain insights into industry trends. making it an essential event for anyone committed to advancing national security capabilities.
The Joint Security and Resilience Centre (JSaRC) is looking to collaborate with industry to create a live Immersive Experience at the Security & Policing Event in March 2025.
The immersive experience is an interactive demonstration of technologies and solutions from the security sector and simultaneously demonstrates how private sector technology can solve security challenges. It aims to provide participants with a hands-on, true to life view of a security problem and how to solve it quickly using technology.
Expression of Interest
Does your organisation have experience in delivering or showcasing solutions in:
- Video surveillance
- Knife crime detection
- Crowd simulation/modelling
- VR training technologies
- Information sharing
This year’s immersive experience will include one overarching scenario with the opportunity to undertake two different challenges in two different spaces, at the immersive.
For 2025, the immersive will have a central theme of Protecting our streets and aims to showcase safer streets including CCTV, VR technology and venue security.
The Challenge – “Citywatch Operatives”
Based in a fictional city, participants will be briefed on the rising neighbourhood crime statistics in the city. Attendees will be introduced to their role as “CityWatch” operatives, tasked with keeping the streets safe through the use of cutting-edge surveillance and crime-prevention technologies. As a team, participants will work through a scenario to:
- Detect and combat a knife crime incident
- Provide an appropriate risk assessment for a small venue in the city
- Examine evidence obtained from the city’s CCTV
The highlights below from the 2024 Security & Policing immersive experience will give you an idea of how the immersive and the technology will be presented at the exhibition.
How to get involved
JSaRC is looking to work with industry and academia who are interested in creating new and engaging content for the experience. This will likely include video content, animations, 3D models, simulations and AR/VR.
They are seeking products and services that are market, or near market ready to solve security challenges. JSaRC would like these products and services to be as interactive as possible and so any hardware solution should be safe and simple to handle, or a software solution should have a navigable user interface, for example
Applications should come from organisations that can contribute content and showcase their solutions in areas such as:
How to register your interest
Please complete this survey by 18:00 on the 2nd December 2024.
Security & Policing 2025 Immersive Experience Expression of interest Survey
If you have multiple products/solutions that you would like to showcase in the immersive, please submit individual responses per product/solution.
JSaRC and policy colleagues will review the responses submitted and applicants will be informed of the outcome w/c 2 December 2024, via nominated points of contact.
Considerations
This feature will not provide Government endorsement or verification/certification of equipment.
Data obtained by any products that are selected must not be kept and must be destroyed after the event.
The immersive is not a commercial activity, and no goods or services will be purchased by HMG as a result of a suppliers participation in it.
JSaRC cannot guarantee that surveys submitted after the deadline will be responded to.
Successful participants are required to have an exhibiting presence at Security & Policing 2025. An important part of the Immersive Experience will be the interface between suppliers and visitors. This will provide an opportunity for visitors to liaise directly with supplier representative(s) throughout the event.
As we approach the launch of Security & Policing 2025 hear from Joe Stokoe, Head of Policing and Law Enforcement Engagement at ADS, who offers his insight into his S&P experience during his career in the police force.
As the planning meetings for Security & Policing 2025 start to pick up I have been reflecting on my previous experiences of the event as a police officer and how that will influence my work at the event in my new role as Head of Policing and Law Enforcement Engagement in ADS.
I first attended S&P in 2023 and was amazed at the size of the event and the depth and breadth of the offering from the exhibitors. I was also struck by the level of Government engagement at the event. In a world where foreign affairs and defence matters often occupy the headlines, and therefore much government time, it was good to see that level of commitment. The several stages with a vast variety of speakers was also impressive, giving me an insight into governmental thinking. Both attendances enabled me to not only enhance my understanding of the security network within Government but also the future challenges they perceive and the direction of travel to deal with them.
I also attended S&P during this time as a representative of the Home Office Science and Technology Commissioning Hub, within the Home Office STARS directorate. We had visitors from across policing and other law enforcement agencies, including international delegations. These interactions were beneficial to all, establishing relationships that remain strong to this day. This quality of visitor was highlighted last year when the Home Office Executive Committee had a meeting on site and then attended the exhibition afterwards. The closed nature of the event enhances the opportunity for engagement with the right people at the right level and was reassuring to me in my meetings throughout both events.
Whilst at S&P I was able to conduct market scanning in capability gaps identified by policing. Policing is often not aware of what is available on the market to support them in fighting crime – S&P gave me the opportunity to get a much wider knowledge of existing technologies and capabilities that could support my work and the wider policing mission.
From the opposite perspective, I noted the large number of international delegations and policing colleagues who attended which obviously increases the range of potential customers for exhibitors.
However, I was only aware of the event from my work within the Home Office; I was not aware of the event when I was working within the Metropolitan Police Service. Whilst it is clear a lot of police officers and staff do attend there is more to be done to publicise S&P within policing and other law enforcement arenas. I will be working with the JSaRC team and Home Office and policing colleagues to increase awareness of the event and the benefits of their attendance. I am excited to be able to work within ADS to publicise this event to colleagues still within policing and security.
My message to my policing colleagues (and anyone else providing public security) is that if they want to meet with Government representatives and understand their thinking in the security arena, if they want to understand what is currently available on the market to support their crime fighting and if they want to increase and enhance their professional networks and contacts they have to attend S&P 2025. I hope to see you there.
Joe Stokoe – Head of Policing and Law Enforcement Engagement, ADS
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