August 06, 2025 | Finance and Procurement , Contracts
Request Number: FOI/15202
Category: Finance and Procurement - Software Contracts & Procurement
Subject: Police use of software
Request and Answer:
Request 1
In the year 2020, did your force trial geographic predictive policing software?
Request 2
If yes, what year was this software first introduced?
Request 3
In the year 2020, did your force use geographic predictive policing software as an ongoing tool?
Request 4
If yes, what year was this software first introduced?
Request 5
In the year 2020, how much budget was spent on trialling geographic predictive policing software?
Request 6
In the year 2020, how much budget was spent on using geographic predictive policing software as an ongoing tool?
Request 7
Please provide the name(s) of any geographic predictive policing software trialled in 2020?
Request 8
Please provide the name(s) of any geographic predictive policing software used in 2020 as an ongoing tool?
*Please also provide answers to the above questions for 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 (to date)*
Request 9
In the year 2020, did your force trial individual predictive policing, profiling, and risk assessment software?
Request 10
If yes, what year was this software first introduced?
Request 11
In the year 2020, did your force use individual predictive policing, profiling, and risk assessment software as an ongoing tool?
Request 12
If yes, what year was this software first introduced?
Request 13
In the year 2020, how much budget was spent on trialling individual predictive policing, profiling, and risk assessment software?
Request 14
In the year 2020, how much budget was spent on using individual predictive policing, profiling, and risk assessment software as an ongoing tool?
Request 15
Please provide the name(s) of any individual predictive policing, profiling, and risk assessment software trialled in 2020?
Request 16
Please provide the name(s) of any individual predictive policing, profiling, and risk assessment software used in 2020 as an ongoing tool?
*Please also provide answers to the above questions for 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 (to date)*
Answer
Your request for information has now been considered. In respect of Section 1(1)(a) of the Act we can confirm that the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) does not hold information in relation to your requests. Enquiries made in relation to your request failed to locate any records or documents relevant to your request based on the information you have provided.
PSNI can confirm that we do not use any of the aforementioned software.
Accordingly, we have determined that the Police Service of Northern Ireland does not hold the information to which you seek access.