This document was retired in July 2021.

Police information, systems and networks must be safeguarded and protected to ensure the Police Service can meet their statutory and regulatory responsibilities. The Police Service meets these responsibilities by the implementation of this Community Security Policy (CSP) which encompasses appropriate Information Assurance (IA) policies and guidance.

The Police Service also support the need for appropriate safeguards and the effective management of all information processes, and are committed to helping protect all community member information assets from identifiable threats, internal or external, deliberate or accidental.

The CSP have strategic aims that: 

1. Enable the delivery of policing by providing appropriate and consistent protection for the information assets

2. Comply with statutory requirements and meet the expectations of the Police Service to manage information securely

3. enable forces, agencies and relevant organisations to understand the need to implement the IA policies identified herein, so the Police Service is able to meet its legal, statutory and regulatory requirements.