Winchester, Hampshire, United Kingdom — October 07, 2022
Kulpa has today announced the availability of the kulpa police system (kPCC) in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace and Microsoft AppSource, an online store providing applications and services for use on Azure. kulpa customers can now take advantage of the productive and trusted Azure cloud platform, with streamlined deployment and management.
When proving a criminal offence beyond reasonable doubt, evidence is everything. So, kulpa has become the first ever certified platform for securely storing and sending evidence; evidence which, due to kulpa's technology and accreditations, holds evidential weight and is immediately legally admissible.
The front end of kulpa is a free public application which can be downloaded from the apple app or google play stores, or accessed online via any web browser. The app or web-app enables anyone to capture and store evidence in a way which ensures that it holds evidential weight and is legally admissible.
The platform absorbs and analyses the metadata of all evidence which is captured with, or uploaded to, the app. This essentially means that the evidence is already verified without further processes being required, such as a full device download.
kulpa empowers those who have suffered a crime, or those who support them, to securely store evidence until such a time that they are ready to report it to policing. Users can use the kulpa app to document what happened, when and where, and upload all forms of supporting evidence, including photos, videos, messaging conversations, social media profiles, audio recordings and more. The app handles any file, any size and its forensic technology means victims can also take scaled forensic images of physical injuries, upload medical records, and even keep a private journal.
If and when a user does decide to submit the evidence they have stored to police, policing should have substantive and significant evidence, which can be immediately used to move the investigation forward and, hopefully, achieve a positive result more quickly.
The kulpa Police Platform (kPP) is the enterprise solution which enables a police force to get the maximum benefits and efficiency savings from the kulpa platform when a member of the public uses kulpa to upload evidence and report a crime.
The enterprise kPP system enables a force to quickly review an incident and all of the supporting evidence submitted. The system also enables a reference number to be associated with the case and an officer to be assigned, who will then also have access to the evidence. Via the secure chat function, the OIC can also securely communicate with the victim, perhaps to request any further evidence.
The kPCC also enables the police force to download all of the files in their native format for upload to a Record Management System (RMS). Or, kulpa can build an API for automatic absorption. As kulpa absorbs and analyses all of the metadata from any evidence captured with or uploaded to it, police will no longer need to download mobile phones and other devices to verify it. Instead, they will be provided with enhanced evidence, together with all of the metadata required to verify the evidence presented, and it will all be presented in a prepared, compliant evidential statement.
By adopting kulpa, a police force can empower victims and survivors, and obtain the evidence required to successfully prosecute and safeguard in a far greater quantity, using fewer resources, and with reduced trauma to the victim.
The kulpa platform has been purposefully designed to be totally flexible, and no integration with existing systems is required in order to make full use of it. However, kulpa can, as a full SaaS provider, build any API connections required should an integration or automated data transfer be desired.
“Through Microsoft Azure Marketplace, customers around the world can easily find, buy, and deploy partner solutions they can trust, all certified and optimized to run on Azure,” said Jake Zborowski, General Manager, Microsoft Azure Platform at Microsoft Corp.“We’re happy to welcome kulpa and their kPP solution to the growing Azure Marketplace ecosystem.”
Commenting on the significant milestone, kulpa’s CEO Simon Franc said “kulpa is a game changer for the public, policing, and the wider justice system. We want police forces to be able to benefit from the public’s use of the platform as quickly as possible. We hope that the listing of the kulpa Police Platform enterprise solution on the Microsoft Marketplace should enable any police forces with existing procurement agreements for Microsoft products (such as Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Teams or other Azure cloud services) to purchase the kPP enterprise solution without the need for a further procurement or tender processes. Hopefully this will reduce the administrative burden for forces and enable the quick adoption of a platform that should ultimately lead to a significant improvement in policing outcomes and public protection.
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Contact, Zoe Fitch, Director of Communications, +44 (0)7911 735833, zoe@kulpacloud.com