4Data and The Police Industry Charter

4Data has signed the Police Industry Charter, supporting its foundational principles which encourage a strategic working partnership between UK policing and providers of products and services.

The Police Industry Charter

As an increasingly digitally-enabled sector, UK policing is a high-volume consumer of products and services that are steadily becoming more science and technology focused.

The Police Industry Charter was launched in March 2024 and sets the foundational principles upon which industry partners – whatever their products or services – together with UK policing can collectively adhere to.

BlueLight Commercial, in conjunction with NPCC, APCC, RISC, the Home Office and the Office of the Police Chief Scientific Adviser, has agreed to manage and monitor the Police Industry Charter.

The purpose of the Charter is to:

  • Bring all of policing and industry closer together in strategic partnership
  • Promote open dialogue on evolving challenges and opportunities
  • Expand opportunities for reciprocal leadership development
  • Increase return on investment (ROI) for products and services developed
  • Increase opportunities for policing to develop critical skills in collaboration with industry subject matter experts
  • Adopt the principle of system and product interoperability in core design principles
  • Support policing in harnessing science and technology to create efficiency and capacity
  • Create transparency in the police and industry relationship
  • Support a local and national approach
  • Encourage reciprocity to principle adherence

Principles

By signing the Charter, 4Data and UK policing agree to work to these principles and promote greater partnership working in our collective mission to deliver the highest standard of service to the public and commit to:

1. Designing products, services and systems on the principle of interoperability first
2. Adopting a Maximum Transparency by Default (MTBD) position for products and services
3. Supporting the professional development of practitioners and senior leaders
4. Supporting UK policing in delivering sustainability
5. Collaboration and partnership

Read the full Police Industry Charter here 

“We are already proud signatories of the Armed Forces covenant, actively seeking and employing veterans here at 4Data Solutions. Signing the UK Police Industry Charter is a natural progression from there, especially given that our growing team is qualified and familiar with working in restricted/sensitive environments within government departments and related organisations.

“Partnerships such as this always broaden opportunities for everyone involved. On top of that, the principles of the charter already align with our own – we always actively seek to create interoperability, transparency and professional development across all our client projects. Furthermore, collaboration, close partnerships and sustainability are central to the way we work.”

Ian Tinney, CEO, 4Data

Ian Tinney

Ian Tinney

CEO and Founder

Ian Tinney
CEO and Founder
4Data Solutions was co-founded by Ian Tinney, who previously founded, ran, and successfully sold one of the first and most successful Splunk partners in EMEA, EQALIS Limited.

Ian combines a deep knowledge of technical subjects with a firm grasp of the challenges faced by CXOs and is able to bridge the gap between business challenges and technical solutions.

Ian brings experience from the world of large enterprise banking combined with entrepreneurial experience with small and medium start-ups, having built and run international teams of Splunk consultants.

Ian drives the strategy and commercial direction of the business, ensuring that together with co-founders Devan and Florian, that 4Data continues to root itself in good ethics and a highly service-driven culture.