Last year, a member of staff resigned after receiving a caution after disclosure of information; a community support officer resigned after accessing police systems for a non-policing purpose, and a member of staff resigned after obtaining and disclosing personal data.
The countries of West and Central Africa that were colonized by France, Belgium, and Germany also have centralized police systems.
Although two provinces of Canada, Ontario and Quebec, have decentralized police systems, a single force, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, has jurisdiction in the rest of the country.
In Nazi Germany, Hitler's Brownshirts took over the operation of local and regional police systems and often supervised the administration of law in the streets.
"We found we were unable to verify these claims because most police systems did not have the relevant data," said Yvonne MacNamara, the charity's chief executive.
Officers will be able to use the tablets to access police systems, such as electronic witness statements, a crime recording system, reference databases, and to check mails.
