TOEX Capabilities Environment Force Roll Out
800 officers and staff from Norfolk, Suffolk, Surrey, and Sussex Police are the first to have access to the TOEX Capabilities Environment (CE) to assist with complex investigations.
Before now, only TOEX staff could access the CE, but the TOEX Programme is delighted to announce that the platform and associated tools is now being rolled out force-wide with West Mercia Constabulary following the other four forces this September.
Users have been nominated by SPoCs in each force and comprise frontline practitioners plus first line manager level, i.e., Constable/Sergeant and staff equivalent. These individuals have been selected from across uniform, specialist and relevant support roles - including intelligence professionals, analysts, digital media investigators, public protection detectives, custody investigators and CPC.
This follows the announcement that the CE, which is a secure Microsoft Azure domain and acts as a hosting platform (‘app store’) for operational applications, developed to deliver against a lawful policing purpose, was launched successfully in January 2024.
The CE currently hosts a user Landing Page App (to navigate the various tools and training guides), as well as the first two tools - TOEX Translate and TOEX Transcribe, with four other applications being added during 2024.
Since the roll out across forces, more than 350 videos have been transcribed by officers and staff and over half a billion characters translated.
Feedback includes:
“Just tried TOEX Transcribe for the first time for [offence]. Very impressed. This will save us so much time. From download to product was about 60 minutes. Typist would have taken about 8-10 hours.”
“Took it for a test drive and compared the output with one of our proofread interviews. Very impressed with the transcription accuracy.”