AI

As AI becomes embedded in everyday technology, emergency services face the challenge of embracing innovation without compromising safety. Mark Rice explores how Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service is developing a practical, governance-led approach to AI adoption that balances opportunity with responsibility.

Ahead of The Emergency Tech Show, we spoke to Leanne Moorhouse, Public Safety Lead, Pimloc about breaking the ‘redaction bottleneck’, the responsible use of AI and how smarter digital evidence workflows can improve investigations, support officer wellbeing and strengthen public trust.

Ahead of exhibiting in the Microsoft Partner Pavilion at The Emergency Tech Show 2026, D2NA discusses cyber resilience, AI readiness and helping emergency services modernise with confidence.

Dr Keith Still shares how he started his decades long career in crowd science, bringing mathematical modelling and psychology together to help the emergency services understand the management of crowds.

Police Scotland has invested heavily in creating a ethical framework to govern the way it uses data in its work and this is now shaping the way it considers and implements technology across the force.

As Chief Digital Information Officer for Wiltshire Police and Chair of the National Change Board for Digital Data and Technology, John Derryman sits at the intersection of local policing challenges and national transformation. Speaking to Catherine Levin on the latest episode of For Every Response, he discusses infrastructure, AI, cyber resilience and why investment remains the biggest barrier to progress.

Staffordshire Police has launched a pilot apprenticeship scheme aimed at helping staff develop practical skills in the use of artificial intelligence across the force.

The Metropolitan Police Service is exploring the use of artificial intelligence to support the rapid grading and triage of child sexual abuse imagery, as part of a wider effort to improve safeguarding and reduce officer exposure to traumatic material.

Routing is a critical part of emergency response, but traditional navigation systems can miss hyper-local changes such as temporary road closures or blocked access routes – delays that can directly affect response times.

Police forces need to see digital transformation not as an optional enhancement but as a prerequisite for effective policing which requires a collective and consistent commitment to its execution says a new report from CityForum.