UK police will use 1980s software to coordinate efforts during the Olympics
The UK Metropolitan Police will be using software from the 1980s to coordinate the command and communications of its policing operations during the London Olympic Games.
Known as MetOps, the software is installed in the special operations room (SOR), the central control room and has provided communications support during more than 500 major incidents and events. MetOps, a messaging and recording system, was not designed for dynamic incident management, and means commanders have no simple way to view the latest situation during an evolving incident, the report says. The age of MetOps system also means that it is not linked directly to the software used in the force's central communications centre.
"This can result in the central communications centre being unaware of what is being dealt with within SOR, and conversely SOR being unaware of what is being dealt with through the CAD system," says the report. Sounds like an awesome system indeed!
