APD have launched a partnership with JML Software Solutions

APD have launched a partnership with JML Software Solutions that combines over 40 years’ experience in delivering real solutions and benefits across almost every force in England and Wales.
The integration between ARTEMIS and Chronicle Driver Management will provide a significant platform for Driver Training to tailor their programmes. This will improve the performance of drivers and ensure they maintain the standards expected of them, improving operational policing and the public’s perception.

JML Software Solutions were formed in 2003 by Luis Ponte, an ex-Police Chief Firearms Instructor. Chronicle modules are used by 41 of the 43 Home Office Police Forces to allow the organisation to track the specialist training and operational activity of individual staff.
JML’s Driver Management software records all Training, Refresher, Pursuit and collision data in one easy to access system.

Luis Ponte, CEO at JML said: The pending introduction of Section 19 of the Road Traffic Act will have implications for individual officers and organisations responding to incidents.

Our systems provide cost effective auditable solutions documenting the provision of appropriate training, while evidencing robust processes to verify staff are competent for the role they undertake.
We are passionate about supporting operational officers by enabling them to evidence their personal training and operational records that will withstand scrutiny during post incident enquiries”.

Steve Denison, Managing Director at APD added: “The partnership shows just how important ARTEMIS is across operational policing. Our driver behaviour management module integrates with Chronicle to ensure that appropriate training is provisioned based on hard evidence of past performance.

This demonstrates the progress APD have made since ARTEMIS was launched. APD have continued to develop a product that goes further than just delivering fuel savings and reductions in collisions. ARTEMIS is really making a positive impact on operational policing and changing culture”.

Following a comprehensive OJEU tender process, Forces in England and Wales are able to use a framework contract to procure ARTEMIS; realising significant procurement savings with a proven pathway to delivering quantifiable business benefits.

APD have identified key ways to enhance policing by meeting the needs of key senior stakeholders not just from Fleet, but across the Force in Operations, Professional Standards, Collision Investigation and Driver Training.

Steve Denison adds: “The framework contract is unique in that it contains provisions for innovation, ensuring that forces are purchasing a market leading solution that has continually evolved since the contract was awarded.

If you look at Northamptonshire Police, they have removed log books from the vehicles. Automating this process leaves more time for officers to be policing rather than completing paperwork.

Forces are able to balance resources to increase officer visibility. This really makes an impact on the levels of service delivered to the public. ARTEMIS really adds value across policing because it isn’t just a commercial solution shoehorned into the Police market”.

ARTEMIS securely integrates with leading command and control systems to extend functionality into the control room so resources can be tracked in real-time. This enables dispatchers to ensure officers are visible at the incident sooner, maintaining the levels of service expected from the public.
Drivers can be identified by their warrant cards to ensure that you don’t need to manage an alternative HR system and double keying any changes to officers or shift patterns.

Analysts can also access the data provided through ARTEMIS via third party views allowing them to identify trends in data and make valuable informed decisions. This means vehicle utilisation patterns can be identified and fleet resources can be maximised to ensure officers and their teams have the resources available to maintain officer visibility in public.

Another key integration is through Business Objects and that allows compelling information to be provided across the force and uses a system that almost every force already has. Using systems staff are used to avoids the need to have everyone trained on ARTEMIS and provides people with the information they need to see.

Significant developments have also been made on the Incident Data Recording (IDR) element of ARTEMIS allowing customers to capture both soft and hard collisions, as well as being able to analyse the data through collision analysis software, ARTEMIS CDA.