Issue details

In December 2022, Home Office Funding was made available to all Police Forces via the Home Office ATOM 2 Programme for the purchase of equipment and software to tackle online based sexual offending.


GMP made an application to the programme, which is being allocated via Cumbria Constabulary and the NPCC MOSOVO Portfolio, led by Chief Constable Michelle Skeer.

On 16th January 2023 GMP were informed that the application had been successful and the funding had to be fully spent in th 2023-24 financial year.

Project 1 - Increase in the capacity of existing Advanced Digital Forensic triage kits, standalone laptops and CCTV/digital media reviewing tools:
Cost £21,600

Project 2 – Increase in the capacity of remote monitoring software for GMP,
Cost: £28,200