Section 1: Entity overview and resources 1.1 CrimTrac’s mission is to enhance Australian policing and law enforcement with an emphasis on information-based policing facilitated through rapid access to detailed current and accurate police and law enforcement information. CrimTrac will work collaboratively to provide essential information services to police and law enforcement agencies for a safer community and a safer Australia. CrimTrac will provide leadership in national approaches to information-sharing solutions. We will deliver improved information-based capability to our police partner agencies through focusing on four key priority areas of people, partnerships, productivity and innovation. In 2016–17, CrimTrac will: continue to operate, maintain and enhance existing national information-sharing services continue to progress the design, development and implementation of new national information-sharing capabilities enhance the national ICT environment for policing and law enforcement continue to work collaboratively with relevant Commonwealth, and territory agencies to improve the collection and sharing of information nationally continue to build strong relationships with our partners to progress the capability of law enforcement in Australia provide support to facilitate the international exchange of information implement national information exchange standards and enhance interoperability of policing information evaluate emerging national and international information-sharing opportunities enhance collaboration with the Australian Crime Commission, including the integration of systems and data. In developing and running information-sharing services, CrimTrac faces a number of challenges, including: the technological challenge of interfacing with the variety of technology platforms operated by police partners the compliance challenge arising from the need to meet the range of legislated and agreed restrictions on the use and distribution of each partner agency’s data
Section 1: Entity overview and resources 1.1 CrimTrac’s mission is to enhance Australian policing and law enforcement with an emphasis on information-based policing facilitated through rapid access to detailed current and accurate police and law enforcement information. CrimTrac will work collaboratively to provide essential information services to police and law enforcement agencies for a safer community and a safer Australia. CrimTrac will provide leadership in national approaches to information-sharing solutions. We will deliver improved information-based capability to our police partner agencies through focusing on four key priority areas of people, partnerships, productivity and innovation. In 2016–17, CrimTrac will: continue to operate, maintain and enhance existing national information-sharing services continue to progress the design, development and implementation of new national information-sharing capabilities enhance the national ICT environment for policing and law enforcement continue to work collaboratively with relevant Commonwealth, and territory agencies to improve the collection and sharing of information nationally continue to build strong relationships with our partners to progress the capability of law enforcement in Australia provide support to facilitate the international exchange of information implement national information exchange standards and enhance interoperability of policing information evaluate emerging national and international information-sharing opportunities enhance collaboration with the Australian Crime Commission, including the integration of systems and data. In developing and running information-sharing services, CrimTrac faces a number of challenges, including: the technological challenge of interfacing with the variety of technology platforms operated by police partners the compliance challenge arising from the need to meet the range of legislated and agreed restrictions on the use and distribution of each partner agency’s data
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