Question
Niche/ Pulse Dashboards and Body Worn Footage – Langdale report page 83 references the use of BWV for evidence in domestic abuse cases. Was there a new contract for BWV in Jan 2026 and if so, has this been implemented and will information feed into future dashboard reporting?
Answer
PSNI entered into a renewed five-year contract with Motorola for body-worn video (BWV) in January 2026. As Motorola was the incumbent provider, this represents a continuation of the existing service, with no change to system functionality, no loss of data, and no disruption to BWV capability. The contract has been implemented.
In relation to dashboard reporting, a new NICHE/PULSE dashboard has been developed to provide organisational oversight of BWV usage. The current dashboard provides:
- Total number of incidents attended and total number of incidents where BWV was used
- BWV usage expressed as a percentage of incidents attended across the service
- Number and proportion of BWV recordings reviewed and approved by supervisors
- Percentage of BWV usage in domestic-motivated incidents
- Percentage of BWV usage in hate-motivated incidents
The dashboard also allows filtering by recorded incident characteristics, including domestic motivation, sectarian/religious factors, disability, race, sexual orientation, transgender identity, and alcohol or drug related markers (where recorded on the originating occurrence). Reporting can be viewed over rolling 365-day periods, specific date ranges, or year-on-year comparisons.
This information will form part of ongoing and future dashboard reporting to support monitoring and oversight of BWV usage across all incident types, including domestic abuse. This allows for robust supervision to monitor the compliance rate of use of BWV across all crime types but is specifically important to monitor the usage when attending the report of a domestic incident. This will now feed into monthly Domestic Abuse performance meetings held by the tactical delivery group and the Service Accountability Panel.
Deirdre Hargey MLA - Sinn Féin