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Laptop HOLMES provides a
fully mobile solution for the use of HOLMES 2 within your Force.
The benefits of the new laptop
HOLMES solution are:
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Availability of
incident data whenever and wherever it is required, no matter how remote or
isolated the location.
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Full HOLMES 2
functionality on a single laptop including Searching, Court Printing and full
Disclosure functions.
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The exact same
User Interface as the HOLMES 2 application already in use in the Force.
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Access to a HOLMES 2 system
in court without the need for Thin Client and telephony.
Courts, and especially the
defence barristers, are becoming more and more demanding in
requesting information related to an enquiry that is not contained
within the case file. It is a fact nowadays that the majority of
murder trials necessitate the need for instant access to the
HOLMES 2 database to provide the necessary documentation or
supporting information.
Many Forces find that several of
their high profile cases, for various reasons, are listed for
hearing at Crown Courts outside of their Force area. The lack of
instant access to the database has led to delays in court
proceedings. Moreover, many cases now involve enquiries overseas
where the need for easy access to all current information can be
imperative.
With the advances in current
technology, Unisys has taken the opportunity to enhance HOLMES 2 to
provide all Forces with greater versatility of the solution and
enable it to be further deployed through the Laptop HOLMES solution.
Laptop HOLMES will open up many business uses with ease of use and
flexibility in mind. Complete enquiries can be hosted on the laptop
giving immediate access to aid the varying challenges that the
Police face in the management of enquiry and case information such
as:
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The system will
be most useful in court giving full access to all the case material, documents,
exhibits and the full enquiry database. Statements and documents can be printed
in full compliance with national and local disclosure rules. If further actions
are required these can also be raised in situe ensuring that any further
enquiries raised at court are documented for future disclosure. This will reduce
the amount of time that is spent by case officers reproducing these documents.
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Senior Investigating
Officer’s can have access to their enquiry data at remote
locations thus ensuring that they can be fully briefed and their
memories refreshed prior to trial dates, which can be months
after the charge date.
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Access to all
data when in case conferences with both prosecution and defence examiners,
wherever the conference is held.
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Incidents that
require a true mobile solution. Laptop HOLMES can easily be taken to the scene
of a crime or a major disaster and used immediately to
manage and record the collection of exhibits. This will save having to re-key
them at a later time, whilst also protecting the continuity and integrity of the
original exhibit in the evidence chain. Very large scenes such as experienced in
a bombing incident or plane crash would find this invaluable.
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Public Reviews and case assessments that require groups or bodies who do not
have direct access to the Force’s existing HOLMES 2 system, can transfer the
relevant job to Laptop HOLMES and then conduct their reviews wherever required,
without any disruption to an ongoing enquiry.
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Using the latest Virtual Machine technology, the HOLMES 2 Oracle database is run
as a virtual server which is then accessed by the standard HOLMES 2 application
components on a laptop.
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The application offers the same flexible functionality as the original HOLMES 2.
It offers both Incident Room for major investigations and Casualty Bureau for
major disasters.
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Major investigation information can be automatically transferred from HOLMES 2
to Laptop HOLMES.
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Facilities exist to easily manage both documents and actions. Through
integration with i2 and Autonomy software, the application provides the same
complex searching tools and the graphical representation of information within a
document.
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Several incidents are able to be held on Laptop HOLMES to allow a linked series
of incidents to be viewed, updated or researched.
Laptop HOLMES recommended minimum requirements:
Licences
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Version
10 |
Version
11 |
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Price per
licence 1 – 10 units |
£6,000
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£6,500
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Price per
licence greater than 10 units |
£5,500 |
£6,000 |
Annual Support
Support
prices are per laptop based on the same levels of cover as detailed
in schedule 8 of the enabling agreement for HOLMES 2 – Emerald, Ruby
or Diamond and are subject to the associated annual uplift. Forces
are able to choose the level of support for Laptop HOLMES.
Unisys will
continue to enhance Laptop HOLMES through the deployment of
additional features and further integration with the Force main
HOLMES 2 system. It aims to provide synchronised incident transfer
to allow offline working on an enquiry and the product will benefit
from all the enhancements that are provided with each new release of
HOLMES 2.
Want to know more about Laptop HOLMES? Contact holmes2mailbox@gb.unisys.com
for further details.
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