How police forces can use intelligence analysis tech to make the streets safer

16th July 2025Seth Cooke, Technical & Tradecraft Subject Matter Expert, i2

To address key areas of crime and vulnerability, UK constabularies can use visual analysis software to pull together data from myriad sources for the prevention of harm, the detection of crime, and the identification of risk; Seth Cooke, a former Avon and Somerset Police intelligence analyst and now i2 Group technical and tradecraft specialist, explains how this technology powerfully supports approaches to knife crime, antisocial behaviour, and violence against women and girls.

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How police forces can use intelligence analysis tech to make the streets safer

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