Ailsa Beaton has been brought in by the Association of
Chief Police Officers (ACPO) to revamp its information management
strategy.
Beaton, director of information at the Metropolitan Police
Service, has been elected head of ACPO’s Information Management
Business Area (IMBA).
Beaton is now responsible for developing a national policing
information strategy. Her brief will cover general communications,
the Police National Computer, information security, data
protection, freedom of information, and criminal justice IT.
Beaton has been with the Metropolitan Police Service for five
years and represents ACPO in the Home Office’s Science and
Technology Strategy Group.
She also sits on the Police Information Technology Organisation
(PITO) board. Beaton has replaced Tom Lloyd as head of IMBA.
