Department of Justice and the Police

Challenges

The Norwegian Department of Justice was established in 1818. The department has 286 employees distributed in eight different divisions, as well as The Cabinet Ministry and the Information Unit. The department's primary objective is to secure and develop basic legal protection. The Minister of Justice is head of the department and its political leader. The department and the police force has several separate systems, and the process of compiling information across these systems can be time consuming and difficult. A key challenge is therefore to maintain a high level of efficiency, eliminate routines prone to mistakes, and to make information more available for both internal and public use.

Solution

Genus technology is used in a wide range of areas within the police force. Its primary purpose is to extract information from other software solutions like Event Management, Automatic Traffic Control, Criminal Case Management and Resource Management, to report performance, or reveal correlations and trends for planning purposes or proactive measures. The solutions also provide the ability to perform ad hoc analyses and object "trackdown" analyses, which supports the nature of investigative police work.

Result

The use of Genus technology has helped the Norwegian Police Force improve efficiency in the daily operations in the field and also dramatically improve internal processes related to information management and distribution. The Genus solutions are easily available for all users at all levels within the police force. Most of the information and statistics related to the police force in Norway are retrieved through a Genus solution.