Belgian Integrated Police General Info for Secure Societies calls
The Integrated Police is Belgium’s law enforcement agency. It is technically two public bodies, as the Integrated Police is a two-tiered organization :
The Federal Police carries out judicial police and administrative police missions in specialized fields or when the phenomena go beyond the local level. It also carries out support missions of an operational, administrative or logistical nature. In this perspective, it is made up of directorates, units and services which are very diverse. The federal police is also responsible for providing a wide range of support, operational or not, to local police forces. Finally, it represents the Belgian police services in the framework of international police cooperation ; The Local Police (divided into 185 police zones) carry out specialized police missions in their zones and support federal police forces within their jurisdiction. They are mainly focused on neighborhood work, reception, intervention, police assistance to victims, local search, policing and road safety.
Moreover, the Belgian Integrated Police has been involved and active in many European projects since 2010, both as coordinator and partner, and is interested in taking part in R&D projects related to security. It is thus an experienced partner that can rely on its involvement with former and ongoing H2020 projects.
Potential role within “Secure Societies” proposals
As a law enforcement agency operating in Belgium, the Belgian police may contribute to projects in two major different ways. On one hand, by using our expertise in law enforcement to help accurately define the standards and (logistical, technical, operational, legal,…) requirements the proposed innovative solution will have to meet. On the other hand, by being able to test the solution on the field and adjust it accordingly as end-users.
Identified calls (but not limited to)
SU-AI02-2020: Secure and resilient Artificial Intelligence technologies, tools and solutions in support of Law Enforcement and citizen protection, cybersecurity operations and prevention and protection against adversarial Artificial Intelligence
One of our units is particularly interested in this H2020 call and can provide valuable expertise to its partners. More specifically, they would like to develop a project to integrate artificial intelligence into a program for the design, planning and forecasting of police forces to be dispatched.
SU-DS03-2019-2020: Digital Security and privacy for citizens and Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises
One of our local police zones is particularly interested in this H2020 call and can provide valuable expertise to its partners. More specifically, they would like to be involved in a project aimed at better handling computer offences, with particular attention to the registration of offences, prevention, and the identification of suspects. Thus, the development of an app for young people or elders / a centralized platform for a harmonized handling of complaints / an online registration system or any other integrated approach are options they are interested in.
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