£1.6M BILL FOR PROVIDING NEW TABLET COMPUTERS TO HUNDREDS OF SOUTH YORKSHIRE POLICE OFFICERS Providing hundreds of tablet computers to police officers has cost £1.6m of public money - equivalent to almost £2,500 per device. The shared scheme between South Yorkshire and Humberside Police has seen 660 tablets provided to the two forces, with both getting 330 each. A Freedom of Information request published on the What Do They Know? website has revealed £1m towards the project costs came from the Home Office, with £300,000 each from the two areas’ police and crime commissioners. South Yorkshire Police say the money has paid not only for the toughened laptops, but also security software, hardware, training and vehicle fitting. But the average cost of providing each device, along with the extra support, comes to £2,424 for each tablet. Read More: m.thestar.co.uk/…/1-6m-bill-for-providing-new-tablet…
Posted on: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 22:39:38 +0000
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