Transforming UK Policing: The TOEX Capabilities Environment Goes National 

We are proud to announce that, earlier this month, the Home Office has approved nationwide funding for the Tackling Organised Exploitation (TOEX) Capabilities Environment, making innovative investigative tools available to all 43 police forces across England and Wales. 

As the key delivery partner, our data experts have been at the centre of designing and implementing the environment’s tools that are bridging the gap between complex digital evidence and actionable police intelligence. 

This milestone represents the dedication of all involved teams and police forces, creating cutting-edge solutions that tackle some of society’s most challenging crimes. 

Advanced Police Technology Solutions That Deliver Results 

When first setting out to develop the TOEX Capabilities Environment, the mission was to ensure that police forces had access to modern data tools which could streamline the investigative process, in particular surrounding organised exploitation. Working closely with frontline officers, the TOEX team and Simpson Associates identified critical gaps where technology could help accelerate justice and better protect victims. 

Revolutionary Tools, Proven Impact 

The TOEX Capabilities Environment delivers a number of specialised investigative tools, each designed to solve specific operational challenges.  

The first to be jointly-developed was the TOEX Translate tool, which, using Microsoft Azure, enables bulk translation of text files involved in serious and complex investigations. After recognising it’s success, our Simpson Associates experts worked with TOEX to develop a second evidence processing tool that utilises natural language processing to convert audio and video evidence into structured transcripts – TOEX Transcribe. 

On top of digital evidence processing tools, the other tools cover: 

• Intelligence Development: The Companies House Navigation tool reveals hidden corporate networks, while Wing-It provides comprehensive flight data analysis across all UK airports – capabilities previously requiring multiple separate systems and extensive manual research. 

• Geographic Intelligence: The Map Scraper tool leverages geospatial analytics to identify business patterns across any area, supporting everything from county lines investigations to fraud detection. 

• Advanced Analytics: The Data Analyser and Review Tool (DART) uses pattern recognition to process large digital datasets, identifying critical patterns that human analysis might miss or take months to uncover. 

The recent Home Office evaluation confirms these tools deliver measurable results like faster case resolution, reduced investigative backlogs, and more time for frontline staff to keep communities safe through optimised data workflows and automated intelligence extraction. 

Technical Excellence Through Partnership 

Through working with multiple police forces, we’ve ensured that the platform has been built with operational realities in mind. The secure, containerised cloud infrastructure requires zero local installation or IT system modifications, enabling immediate deployment across forces, ensuring the tools work with police forces, not against them. 

This success reflects the power of a partnership-driven approach. Working in collaboration with the TOEX team, law enforcement agencies and industry partners, we’ve created an environment that addresses real investigative challenges rather than theoretical problems. 

Multiple police personnel and organisations have also recognised the success of this partnership approach. National Police Chiefs’ Council leaders, The National Data and Analytics Office and Minister Jess Phillips have all emphasised how these tools directly support the government’s response to child exploitation crimes, providing the technical infrastructure needed, through a combination of operational insight and innovative technology. 

Looking Ahead: Continuing our Mission in Police Modernisation 

As a key delivery partner behind these groundbreaking innovations, Simpson Associates are immensely proud that the Home Office funding ensures that these critical capabilities reach every force. Regardless of local budget constraints, the Home Office’s funding with equip every corner of our law enforcement with cutting-edge crime fighting technology. 

The national adoption of TOEX’s Capabilities Environment demonstrates what’s possible when innovative technology meets genuine operational needs, delivered through collaborative partnerships focused on real-world impact. 

Continuing our close collaboration with the TOEX team on their innovation-led data journey, we’re excited to see the impact these tools will have when rolled out nationwide. Each investigation enhanced by these tools brings us closer to safer communities and justice for victims.