Simpson Associates RedactXpert for Policing

AI powered document auto-redaction

Auto-Redaction tool powered by Microsoft’s Azure Cognitive Services, automates the redaction of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) within your documents. Significantly improves accuracy and efficiency, saving your force valuable time and resources.

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What is the Simpson Associates RedactXpert for Policing?

A vast volume of police documents requires redaction and transmission to the Crown Prosecution Service daily. Recognising the need for a more efficient redaction process, Simpson Associates have developed, in conjunction with Microsoft, “RedactXpert”. This innovative AI powered tool streamlines the process of redacting documents using AI, saving valuable time and resources.

While redaction tools are commonly used within UK law enforcement, RedactXpert sets a new standard. As the only automated redaction tool built on the Microsoft Azure platform and leveraging Microsoft’s Cognitive Services, RedactXpert excels in identifying and redacting Personally Identifiable Information (PII) with the power of AI precision.

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Benefits of using the Simpson Associates RedactXpert for Policing:

Enhanced Efficiency

Automates the redaction process, reducing manual effort and accelerating document turnaround times.

Improved Accuracy

Leverages AI to accurately identify and redact sensitive information, minimising human error.

Enhanced Security

Protects sensitive data, ensuring thorough and compliant redaction whilst taking advantage of your existing secure authentication. 

Seamless Integration

Integrates seamlessly with existing Microsoft workflows, optimising the redaction process.

Scalability

Handles large volumes of documents and stores data within Microsoft local sovereignty datacentres, adapting to your increasing workload.

Built with Law Enforcement in mind

Developed in partnership with a number of UK Police forces in order to ensure key requirements are met.

Why Choose Simpson Associates?

Experienced AI Team:

Over 3 decades of data experience and we currently work with over 60% of UK Police Forces.

Microsoft Partner of the Year:

An entrusted Microsoft Partner with a Partner of the Year win and involved in numerous national policing programmes.

Future Proof Redaction Solution:

Continual investment in RedactXpert to incorporate new redaction requirements.  

Trusted Security Partner:

Cyber Essentials Plus Certified, ISO 27001 accredited, JOSCAR registered, and Security cleared staff to SC & NPPV level 3.

Who should use the Simpson Associates RedactXpert for Policing?

The Simpson Associates RedactXpert for Policing is ideal for Police Forces that:

Want to boost efficiency and speed up their redaction process.

Need to move into the AI space to stay ahead of the curve.

Are required to stay within the limits of a tight budget and increasing workload.

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Our RedactXpert solution is the first of its kind. Because of this, our tool has a number of deliverables that ensure your team and force are able to speed up your redaction process, while ensuring maximum security of your data.

RedactXpert deliverables: What you get

AI-Powered Redaction

Automatically identifies PII, such as names, address, social security numbers and more – all powered by leading AI engine, ensuring optimum accuracy.

Removes Sensitive Metadata

Protects confidential information by removing hidden metadata, including author names, creation dates, and revision history from documents to further enhance the risk of data breaches and security.

Enhanced Data Governance

Inbuilt workflow to manage the redaction approval process – ensuring critical governance. Plus, our version control feature ensures you can track changes and revisions, ensuring transparency and accountability.

Advanced Document Management

Organises and manages documents within redaction requests or cases. Including Document outputs compliant with CPS requirements (no bigger than 1 MB).

User-Friendly Interface

Offers a user-friendly interface that simplifies the redaction process. Easily navigate and manage your projects, log in with your existing Microsoft credentials, and seamlessly transfer or store your redaction projects.

Support Diverse Document Formats

Supports a variety of document formats, including PDF’s, Word documents, Excel Spreadsheets, PowerPoints and images ensuring comprehensive redaction. Even including images of handwritten notes.

Custom Search and Redaction Capabilities

Enables users to define custom search terms for targeted redaction of key terms.

Process Multiple Documents Simultaneously

Streamline your workflow and save time by quickly processing multiple documents in a single batch.

Flexible Deployment Options

Variety of deployment options: either hosted within your secure Azure tenancy with the option to be delivered as a fully Managed Service or Software as a Service (SaaS) – all data is encrypted in transit and at rest.

By utilising these features, RedactXpert empowers UK Police Forces to efficiently and securely redact sensitive information from their documents.

Outcomes

Standing shoulder to shoulder with UK police forces to tackle crime and bring criminals to justice – Simpson Associates’ document auto-redaction solution reduces time spent on labour intensive redaction administration, and more time on serving the community.

The opportunity to bring together information and data onto a single data platform is revolutionary.

Kate ThackerDetective Chief Superintendent

Simpson Associates demonstrated that they were true experts in the field; within a few weeks they had a solid understanding of our business requirements and turned around an initial solution within an astonishingly quick timescale. From delivering the budget within a tight timeframe to supporting our learning and development, Simpson Associates has allowed us to become genuinely self-sufficient, sharing their knowledge and expertise at every step of our journey.

Gillian TroupGroup Financial Controller

Simpson Associates provided us with the expertise to see us through the design and the implementation phases and potential problems that we hit and got us through those. But they also understood our needs as a charity, the components that make up our data warehouse come partly from Microsoft, partly from other companies like Civica and Simpson Associates provided the glue to help us bring those together and get the best out of them.

Jon FoxAssociate Director of IT

Simpson Associates was dedicated to matching our brief, There was healthy debate of course but they always presented reasoned responses, or accommodated our wishes when needed. It’s a very flexible relationship and the synergy we’ve built is vital to the knowledge transfer process.

Neil Spreadbury Commercial Finance Officer

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Ready to revolutionise your redaction process?

Start your 4-week free trial of RedactXpert today!

Our team of experts will guide you as we deploy and implement RedactXpert in your Microsoft Azure tenancy. Providing regular check-ins to help you get the most out of tool.

Now is your chance to experience the power of redaction and see how RedactXpert can help your force save time and resources.

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Why Simpson Associates can help Forces on their Redaction journey as a Microsoft Partner of the Year.

As a Microsoft Partner of the Year award winner, Simpson Associates brings over 30 years of data expertise. We leverage Microsoft technologies to deliver innovative solutions that drive efficiency and security.

Our industry experts are the best in class when it comes at AI and Data Transformation. Combining that with the experience of working across the public and private sectors, we can enable your organisation to unlock the full potential of its data.

Next Steps

Are you and your force ready to enter a new era of redaction with Simpson Associates? Contact us today to find out how your team can save precious hours!