Exploring technologies to improve how citizens and the police work together to keep us safe

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Researchers at The Open University (OU) have received a £1 million Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC) grant to improve the way members of the public and authorities such as the police work together. This will support them to better investigate and reduce potential or actual threats to citizen privacy, safety, and security.

The Citizen Forensics project, led by Professor Arosha Bandara, will explore different technologies for people to share data with the police to improve public safety, as well as protecting their privacy and anonymity.

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