Working with police forces, PCCs, partner agencies, and wider criminal justice organisations, 6B delivers end-to-end integration across digital evidence management systems, custody and case systems, records platforms, body-worn video, and external data sources. Our integrations are designed around operational realities, legal requirements, and high-assurance security expectations.
As policing and justice services adopt digital processes, cloud platforms, and remote collaboration tools, integration becomes critical. 6B enables forces to join up legacy and modern systems, reducing duplication and risk while supporting more effective investigations and custody operations.
Understanding Digital Evidence & Custody Systems Integration
Digital evidence and custody environments are complex. Forces often operate separate systems for custody, case management, digital evidence, records, body-worn video, ANPR, CCTV, digital forensics, and partner-agency data. Without effective integration, officers face fragmented views of cases, manual upload and retrieval processes, and increased risk of data inconsistencies.
Integrating digital evidence and custody systems enables secure, auditable information flows between custody records, case files, evidence repositories, and partner agencies such as CPS and courts. These integrations must support chain-of-evidence requirements, retention policies, disclosure processes, and operational workflows, while meeting strict security, privacy, and audit obligations.
6B works with forces to design and implement integration architectures that respect legal frameworks, operational constraints, and vendor landscapes. Our solutions help reduce manual effort, improve evidential quality, and support safer, more efficient custody and investigation management.
Our Digital Evidence & Custody Systems Integration Process
We begin with a detailed assessment of your current systems, workflows, and legal and operational requirements. This typically includes custody systems, digital evidence management platforms, case and records systems, body-worn video, CCTV and ANPR feeds, digital forensics tools, and interfaces with CPS or court services.
Working with operational leads, custody and investigation teams, information management, and IT stakeholders, we identify key integration use cases. These may include automatic association of evidence with custody records, synchronisation of case information, controlled sharing of digital evidence for review and disclosure, or automated updates from external systems.
Our architects then design an integration approach that aligns with your security model, network configuration, and technology roadmap. This may involve API-led integration, secure file exchange, event-driven messaging, streaming of metadata, or intermediary integration platforms that standardise patterns across the estate. We ensure all design decisions support evidential integrity, auditability, and least-privilege data access.
During delivery, our engineers implement APIs, connectors, and data pipelines, mapping data structures carefully to reflect custody and investigative models and to support legal and operational processes. We embed automated testing, validation, and monitoring to ensure integrations are robust and safe for live use.
We conduct end-to-end testing across real operational scenarios, including arrest, custody, evidence capture, case build, and disclosure. We then support phased rollout, training, and transition to business-as-usual, with ongoing optimisation and support available via our managed service capability.
Benefits of Digital Evidence & Custody Systems Integration
Integration reduces manual uploading, rekeying, and duplication across custody, evidence, and case systems, freeing officers and staff to focus on operational work rather than administration.
A joined-up view of custody records, case information, and digital evidence supports better decision-making, more efficient investigations, and improved risk management in custody environments.
For forces and justice partners, interoperable systems improve evidential integrity, support compliance with legal and procedural requirements, and reduce the risk of missed or incomplete information during case preparation and disclosure.
For victims, witnesses, and the public, integrated digital evidence and custody environments contribute to more timely, accurate, and accountable justice processes.
Estimate the Cost of Your Digital Evidence & Custody Systems Integration Project
Please answer a few questions to help our interoperability and integration consultants accurately assess your needs and calculate a personalised quote quicker.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Thank you for your request! 🙌 We will review your project and get back to you within 24 hours to share a ballpark estimate.
Want to speak to someone today? Call 6B on 0113 350 1290.
Readiness checklist for Digital Evidence & Custody Systems Integration
- Identify the key workflows that depend on digital evidence and custody data, such as arrest and booking, evidence capture, case build, and disclosure.
- Document your existing custody, case, records, and digital evidence systems, including any body-worn video, CCTV, and other evidence repositories.
- Confirm legal, security, and information governance requirements, including retention, disclosure, access controls, and audit needs.
- Map current data flows, manual steps, and known pain points where information is duplicated, delayed, or difficult to access.
- Determine which integrations require real-time, near-real-time, or scheduled operation based on operational and legal priorities.
- Gather available vendor documentation, API specifications, interface definitions, and architecture diagrams to support design and delivery.